JJ Redick Explains How The Celtics Have Evolved Under Joe Mazzulla
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- čas přidán 24. 02. 2023
- In this clip, JJ Redick talks about the coaching of Joe Mazzulla and the success of Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and The Boston Celtics. He talks about the differences between this year's team and last year's team under Ime Udoka.
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I went to a raps vs celtics game this year. Something interesting I noticed about mazulla is his time out methodology. Most coaches call a time out and players huddle around the bench and coach delivered the message. Mazulla let’s the guys go to the bench and sit for exactly half the timeout while him and his staff go underneath the basket and talk among themselves. I could see his staff pitching ideas at him and he’s bouncing them off and talking to them too. Then halfway through they approach the bench and Mazulla draws out the play. He’s just An amazing coach as well. Ime wore his heart in his sleeve and was emotional which helped the Celtics too but Joe is a straight faced killer, strictly business. Oh and boston is winning the chip this year you can book it. That team is a well oiled machine.
Its the Sicilian blood
What a stupid comment 😂
Keep in mind Joe was already on the bench last year with Udoka, he's familiar with the entire team. It's not like a new situation, hopefully he can unlock the full potential of this team and deliver 18
Lol hopefully not
I really hope so. #BLEEDGREEN
that's up to the players. it's the same thing that occured basically with the warriors when they dismissed jackson and kerr takes the team and they win the finals. it was already heading in that direction once he took the keys. with this team, that falls on tatum brown and smart mostly.
Gotta give Tatum and Brown credits for trusting a 34 years old coach.
Tatums biggest accomplishment is carrying that bum Mazzula
@@Hackersuncoveredweirdo behavior
@@Hackersuncoveredur Dumb af
Yah, it's crazy Mazzulla's only 34, cuz Al Horford is older than him
It shouldn’t have been that big of a stretch, he was already on the staff that went to the finals. This wasn’t like when Brad Stevens got the job fresh out of college at 37.
Even as a Celtics fan I think Mike Brown deserves COTY if the kings stay top 4 in the west. Obv I want my fav teams coach to win but I think Mike Brown deserves it. I love watching the kings finally have some success. That fan base deserves it.
People like you are rare..
@@keithsmith339 who cares?
I’m also a Celtics fan and kings are easily my 2nd favorite
As a Spurs fan I agree, I am genuinely happy for Kings fans and the players. They could easily win a playoff series this year
Same,nobody expected the kings to be good people expected the Celtics to be good. Mike Brown deserves it. As I was writing this I realized why not give it to both Mike and Joe?
As a Celtics fan, Mazzulla is very deserving but if Mike Brown were to win especially given what he comparatively has to work with this year and how bad it’s been for the Kings for literally the last 20 years, I would have nothing but congratulations for him. Restoring a historically terrible franchise to relevance without a SUPERstar is extremely significant
I have to give that coach credit, I did not expect them to get better after they fired a coach that just toke them to the finals.
Very impressive stuff
Of course they were going to get better, they brought the whole team back and their best players are 24 and 26. They’re not even at their best yet.
since and even with brad stevens the team has grown and improved pretty steadily, might just be that the players are pretty good.
That’s the homie right there. I grew up playing AAU with him and we graduated high school together from Bishop Hendricken in 06. It’s the same style we played where we push as much as possible and play unselfish to get the ball to the best shot, preferably a kick out open three unless you have clear path to basket. Lay ups, uncontested 3s, annoying defense, fast pace. Joey has always only cared about three things, God, family, and basketball. Focus is his biggest advantage .
His gum chomp has always been on point it keeps the demons at bay😂
As an Aussie and long-time follower of this channel, I’d be super happy for you to get Giddey on here!
My man is using greenies term lol I'm sure he loves it.
Coach Mazzulla is doing an amazing job. Seems like he has figured out their offensive issues this year, especially when we would see them become stagnant in stretches of games in the playoff’s last year. I think part of it is because he probably has better schemes and play calls, but also, one thing I noticed is that when there offense stagnates in a game, Mazzulla calls a timeout right away to stop the bleeding. Udoka, as great as he is, would just let the team play through the stagnation and would see if they would figure it out, similar to what Doc Rivers does, but with a young team like the Celtics, I think it’s better to call a timeout immediately to recollect all the guys, get them refocused, and lessen any panic from settling in.
To be fair, we have to make a clear distinction between Ime Udoka (calling time-outs when the defense is failing) and Joe Mazzulla (calling time-outs when the offense is failing). And lets be honest, we have seen teams going for large runs against the Celtics this season because the team couldn't figure out their defense and Joe Mazzulla refused to call a time-out. Honestly, I couldn't be happier about how his first year turned out. But there are some points for improvement. One being the lack of time-outs to sort out the defense. Overall, we can clearly attribute the increased off-ball screens, increased ball movement and creative offense to Joe Mazzulla's input this season.
Mazzula never calls timeouts. Its literally what hes known for. The celtics aren't young either, or at least aren't inexperienced. Thats why Mazzula lets them play, as well as to build in game resilience. Sorry but do you watch the games? Have no idea how you're claiming Mazzula calls timeouts right away.
@@willkeating1623 your 100 percent right. I watch damn near every single game. I kinda like that thought process from joe and sometimes I don’t. But he SHOULD call timeouts in the playoffs right?? I mean I hope....LOL
You got that right fam I agree with everything
@Kade well be good bro..he’s doing that to get us ready for the playoffs. Testing us.
I got Mike Brown first. 2 years ago Thibs won it for bringing my Knicks back from the dead, Mike Brown did the same for the Kings, the Celtics were already 1st in the East
I agree, I don't even think any of us had the Kings being a top seed in the West of all places.
Thats true. I do think its kinda crazy how no Celtics coach has won COTY. Doc never won it in Boston, Brad never won it in Boston, Ime didn't win it last year, and Joe probably won't win it this year.
Is it most surprising coach or best coach? Bc joe has been the best but Mike has been the biggest surprise
@@nickdesjardins5987 to simplify things … Brown gets more out of less so I’d say he’s better this season
@@davidfebreeze428 If thats the case, based on the past, Mazzulla will win it. Remember when Casey won it over Stevens despite the same circumstances? He SHOULD win it
The Celtics were a good team last year R Williams was just injured in the finals. Tatum and Brown has sharpened their weaknesses and still feel the pain of losing last year. With the addition of Brogdon running the 2nd unit the Celtics have been able to maintain leads. Pritchard and White have become productive in clutch situations this year. Manzulla unorthodox style keep the team calm and steadfast. Manzulla is not influenced or shaking by the media disapproval of his timeout strategy. Mike Brown could get COTY. The Kings haven't been in the playoffs in 16 years, and they have been above 6 plays most of the season. The kings has 2 or 3 coaches last year. Defense win championship and Mike Brown definitely have a high defensive basketball IQ..
Mazzulla has been under both Brad and Ime at a young age and with his unique perspective has been the biggest surprise in the NBA imo
Mazzulla is joe
they can go from spurs ball movement to the celtics version of kobe and tmac iso ball. depending on the other team they can choose how to play and make adjustments throughout the game and series, hard to hit a moving target
I really hope Coach Mazzulla wins COTY because the Celtics have had this odd "curse" of consistently good coaches over the last decade and for some reason that keeps hurting the coach's chance of winning the award. Stevens should've won at least one COTY with all that he did with multiple teams that played far above their talent level and made multiple ECF appearances. Udoka made the greatest mid season turn around in NBA history statistically and still didn't win the award. Now Mazzulla inherits an already good team but has made them even better, has beaten every top team in the league so far, and has held the #1 record all year, yet because they made the finals last year, he might not win the award even though this team could beat last year's Celtics into the ground in a series if we're being honest.
He knows how to roll with things. Gave him a champagne bath after his first win cause he’s so young. Not many coaches woukd take that the right way and separate the boss role from peer. It’s like he’s one of them but still has their ears and respect. Rare. Enjoying the ride for now.
best commentary on the NBA. no sensationalism, just down to basketball. thanks guys, keep it up
How long have you been watching?
Very remarkable indeed. Mazzulla has exceeded expectations. Fun time to be a C's fan.
Joe should win especially considering how suddenly he was thrusted into the position right before the year started.
Also he shouldn't be penalized just because he has talented players. Not easy managing great talent and making Brogdon and White and even Mike Muscala comfortable immediately in offense is thanks to a great coach
As a Celtics fan, I’d love Joe to win it but it’s gotta be Mike Brown. What he’s doing with that roster is incredible. The Celtics would be an incredible team with a number of coaches at the helm.
Do you know the elephant in the room is that Udoka should’ve won the award last year.
Mike Brown should be coach of the year, hands down. He's taking the kings, a newly constructed team that's had a 17 season playoff drought, and has them 3rd in the west and on their way to the playoffs. The Celtics went to the finals last year for Pete's sake. Why does Joe get credit just for being the next guy up? His team is full of journeyman players in their prime. Yeah.. great coaching..
It’s amazing to watch!
JJ I don't know you'll read this comment but I really do appreciate the content, when I'm at work and I see that you put out something it makes work so much easier so I really do appreciate
I personally would say Mike Brown is the front runner for coach of the year, but muzzula has been an amazing coach this year
Coach Mazzulla came in with a hard job to do. As a Celtics fan after last year I though Udoka was our guy, I thought he was going to be our head coach for years. And take us to multiple championships. And then ofc what happened, happened. And the fans, the players loved Udoka. I honestly thought it could all fall a part. Then Joe stepped in, he had to convince fans and players that he was the real deal. I absolutely love mazzulla, I love his mentality. He’s all about unselfish ball, he encourages everyone on the team. I believe we can truly go all the way this year.
The Celtics Front Office has a culture, it’s not just an individual coach that’s affecting the teams success. If you understand this you wouldn’t be surprised by their level of play without Ime Udoka.
I respect JJ Redick's work. Good stuff brother
I would love to see JJ and Gilbert do an episode together
Mike Brown is the coach of the year
Mike Brown is clearly coach of the year.
HE KNOWS ABOUT MAZZULLA BALL
Comparing this years stats to all of last years stats isn't a fair comparison, they spent the first half of last year trying to figure it out. A better one would be last years second half to what they've done so far to really see the difference
Truth JZ🥧
I feel like Mike Brown should be coach of the year, regardless of how amazing Mazzulla’s been for Boston especially considering the circumstances of his hiring, Mike Brown has completely changed the culture in Sacramento. The Kings went from being one of the bottom tier three point and defensive teams to being top 10 in both categories.
So many teams are stacked with talent, yet fail to live up to expectations. It’s far from a given that a talented roster is guaranteed success, and you still need to give credit for maximizing a team’s ability. That being said, I would not be surprised or upset at all if Mike Brown won it either.
It must also be noted that Mazzulla only had his starting 5 fully healthy for two games in the season so far. When Rob Williams was out, Coach Joe turned the Celtics into a historical offensive juggernaut. Now, the C's still leads the league in net rating and is the only team in the top 5 in both offense and defense. If Joe figure out his rotations, the C's can reach another level. The only weakness I see in this team is the shaky mental toughness (losing to bad teams like the Magic, that embarrassing loss to the Thunder).
You know JJ's really taken the time to watch the game and giving legit opinion, when he's not quoting any stats. Whenever he started an argument with bunch of numbers, that's when you know he's mumbling
Yeah. Passionate too. Don’t like all the takes but that’s gonna happen. I’m opinionated too
Because quoting stats without watching games is whats wrong with nba fans nowadays. He's just saying thats how JJ comes off here
@@tylerholt6828 stats are obviously helpful but he wasn't condemning them. Just what it represents in an argument if thats all you have it probably means you didnt watch.
The ball movement reminds me of OG warriors spurs and heat teams
So crazy too! I believe his prior experience was a division 2 program. Farimont State.
Front runner? It’s Mike brown
u can think he deserves it more but he's not the frontrunner
@@bee-kt2ys who deserves it?
@@maxwellhagen4258 to me it's mazzulla rn, he's really done a lot to help the celtics offense but if the celtics go on a bad stretch it's easily mike brown's
Brown has done more for the kings by getting them to the third seed. But they are young and inexperienced and definitely not poised to make a deep playoff run like the Celtics are
The Sac Town disrespect is gettin annoying…I mean I get it to a degree but the dismissal & expecting us to fall off shows the lack of research bein done & the over saturation of promotin stars on losin teams…but go off, we just keep winnin 🤷🏾♂️ & gon be tough to beat 4 times in 7 games
Mike brown changed an entire franchise around. He’s gotta be first
The mark jackson to steve kerr did the warriors good. Maybe the ime to joe will do similar?
I love listening to JJ Redick. Honestly I’ve only heard one bad take from him and that was the Halliburton Sabonis kings Pacers trade. He got that wrong. But besides that the guy is pretty spot on
he gotta learn how to call a freaking timeout sometimes, but he is amazing
Literally coaching players who are older than him. That’s crazy
With context, this is still almost the exact the same team and core, I would give credit to mike brown with the kings being a legit playoff team that did not sniff the finals.
Tommy talking about team talent swaying it when to start the season he had the Celtics finishing 6th in the conference because of the Ime scandal potentially throwing the team off…aight lol
Yo jj look good in hat, Tommy too bro
Steve Kerr inherited a really good team too when he replaced mark Jackson. But I still think what both did to improve their teams should be commended. Mike brown deserves COTY tho
If stats do not back up the eye test, why would you put a lot of stock in it?
JJ: journeyman player glib analyst
Mike Brown should win coach of the year. Joe can get it another time
The offensive numbers are certainly great, and the defense I would say is to be expected having a roster with: Smart, White, Rob Will, not to mention the above average Jays.
What continues to drive me and a number of other fans nuts is the timeout hoarding/letting the team "play through" the doldrums. I understand the idea in principle, but when the runs go 9, 11, 15 points before he finally stops the action, it's Infuriating. And I think it is a flaw that WILL burn them in the playoffs. I like the Cs over anyone in a 7 game series, but I think they are going to be in some dogfight 6-7 game matchups because of this "tactic". It will cost them games come playoffs.
I would like to counter with, this tactic is to prepare for the playoffs in the first place. Mazzulla is not going to let these runs happen in playoff time but the thought process is that if he does let it happen in the regular season and the players figure out how to get out of the ruts themselves, then it's less likely to happen in the postseason and he can save them for crucial situations.
Same system. Better personnel. More experience with the system. Mazzulla has not proven he can make adjustments. He continues to let the players "work through" problems rather then calling necessary time outs. Has not shown he has go to plays after time outs. He has admitted to using Brad Steven's time out plays. He is a middling coach in this league. And as a Celtics bleed Green fanatic I know it'll caught up to us in the playoffs and it makes me cringe to listen to this conversation as much as it was embarrassing that Mazzulla was an Allstar head coach in his first season in the role he is still clearly learning to perform.
I think Mike Brown would be coach of the year. No where in hell did anybody thought Kings would be #3 in standings.
Plus, I'm biased as a Kings fan, lol.
Back to the basics.
Love the podcast but when did JJ become GM? 😂
Let’s be honest though, Tatum, brown and smart are about as good of a 3 man backcourt as you can get on a team. They have scoring, getting to the basket, range and defense covered. Horford, Rob and grant Williams. Plus the mix of young and veteran talent not even mentioning brogdon and d white? Muscula gives them everything they need. They have the most talent in a roster in the league right now. I like Missoula and he deserved a shot, but yoh could thrown Jeff van gundy in there and I’m sure he wouldn’t mess it up lol. Still I give him credit
You crazy jj ....mike brown should get coach of the year
Wonder where udoka got that offensive philosophy GSG POP THE GOAT
JJ dissing Bird now too? Dayum, what happened to this dude.
I'm a big Celtics fan, & wish we still had Udoka. ... Feel like Joe doesn't carry the same type of respect with the players. ... Seemingly can't say no to Tatum with regards to minutes/going for ultimately meaningless personal achievements. ... Other things as well. ... Bottom line is the team just needs more of an edge from the head coach, IMO.
Am nervous it's all going to be exposed in the playoffs. ... Do hope I'm wrong though.
Where’s the analytic that shows the success rate for taking a bunch of players known for choking under pressure, and expecting them to shoot 3s all playoffs without getting eliminated. I’d also like to see the analytic for letting Jayson Tatum jack up horrible shots every playoff game and just praying they go in. Finally the last analytic I’d like to see is the amount of excuses the Celtics have made for them every off season per day.
Come on now, jj , it's Mike Brown's award and it's not even close
I love Reddick’s analyst on this but I wanna see him in the playoffs. To me Celtics have to win a ring this year
Coach of the year is a regular season award
@@CrumbsLamond never said it wasn’t, I just wanna see Celtics get it done
Udoka did this to himself. Even if the rules are dumb, you know what you’re getting into. Plus Celtics look like the favorites in the East so you can’t blame the Celtics office for making this decision.
This team would have the same record if Ime was there
thats conjecture, their offense was objectively wrse under ime
This ain't aging well JJ... 😅 Dude inherited a finals team and they added Brogdon . That is where the jump came in.
Yo this guy looks like Volkanovski
The roster is better then last year if they had Brogden they playing a close game 7
All that happened is we developed our stars and got rid of iso kyrie the coaching was already perfect with Steven’s but he is a better GM
Mark Jackson--->Steve Kerr
Ime Udoka--->Joe Mazulla
Makes you wonder if this dude the one who snitched on Udoka😂
Udoka did positive things but he was no where near the tactician Stevens & Mazulla are, as evident with his rare brilliant ATO plays. So I see Mazulla as a blessing that actually improves the team whereas if Udoka stayed would have been bad as he was the one who went with the Js to orchestrate offense everytime without any adjustments made.
If it wasn't the choke of JB & Scary Terry in 2017 in G7 ECF, & Ainge's desperate attempt to play toxic Kyrie in 2018-19 to try get more trade value back, that screwed chemistry, Stevens might have gone to the finals and won.
I don't think Mazulla would care about these COY accolades (he's disciple of Stevens). He just wants to win. COY does not = real good coaching unless they win in the playoffs with a weak team, which Stevens did. And he doesn't care about such accolades.
Baseless comment. There is a reason Mazzulla was his assistant and the Celts went to the finals in his first year. If not for their own lack of experience, they'd be champions today. Just say you don't like Udoka, because that's not a basketball take.
@@supascrape2916 If you can highlight any outstanding plays Udoka drew up, esp ATOs, that's as good as Stevens' or Mazulla's, I'd love to see it.
It’s French Tommy
76ers got rid of isiah joe I was pissed they never gave him an opportunity. I really don’t like how Doc doesn’t know how to develop players
Respectfully, I think you're giving Mazzulla far too much credit. The celtics have been on an upward trajectory since midway through last season. There are a lot of contributing factors to that, but you can't overlook what Ime Udoka was able to do there. Credit to Joe, he's kept the train moving. But this is the play Udoka brought to Boston. As his former assistant, Mazulla is just staying the course.
He is not front runner for coach of the year, Mike Brown is
The thunder are 11th in the west, with a lot of talented players. Daigneault is doing an average job at best... Not your brightest take.
Doesn’t matter.. that team has something going and if you watch them you’ll see!! The first time I saw them play I was amazed how they moved the ball and shot good threes. Their offense is similar to the Celtics. Shai is a special players and they have a bunch of talent.
The Thunder are losing close games when they do lose and their roster isn't fully fleshed out yet and developed. The Thunder are going to be a huge problem in 2-3 years, and will be going to the playoffs next year. They could take a 2/3 seed to 6 games as it stands right now.
JT should not even be in the discussion for mvp😂 that’s ridiculous
No way Mike brown doesn’t win. Joe inherited a team that just came from the finals anything but a top 3 finish and a ECF appearance would have been an absolute failure
I just saw you said Larry Bird wasn't a all time great 3 pt shooter,on ESPN recently. I can't take a analyst seriously that says something like that, blocking this channel lmao...
Tyron Lue won a championship as a coach but it wasn't bc of him. Players win championships.
Heard your take on Larry bird. Don't know how someone who played ball, and was good, could say something so stupid.
I dont see you giving uo wekeakness of any other player beside Embiid. Idk just a thought. just a thougth
oohhhhh trying to get the celtics fans back on your side? Cheap move. Also, nice video.
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Joe Mamula
Celtics are so lucky to have 3 amazing coaches back to back to back.. some teams can't even find a good coach over multiple years
not to make a pun here, but it's not luck. They just do their due diligence in the hiring process.
Idk if I'd call Mazulla COTY front runner he took top 3 team and kept them a top 3 team, cavs kings or nuggets coach probably should be higher imo
He's literally the front runner in Vegas odds
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mike brown coty
What a joke of analysis. Ur saying duh. Using dumb stats to try ( not working) to prove a point. He’s proven to not use timeouts wen needed. Wheather it’s too stop a run or set up a game winning shot. He’s failed as a coach so far. If u got Steph curry. Let him him shoot. It’s not that hard to understand . He’s got talelent.JB and JT for ten years. I’m signing up. Give JB the max. Obviously JT getting the max. Brad made this team team. Stoudimire would’ve been a better coach. Tough to f that roster up.
how can yall watch this guy. he thinks the players today could play in the old days. lol. most of the old heads would light it up today with the lack of defense and soft player today
Bro $12 for a mask?
Jayson Tatum is going to get exposed this playoffs as the most overrated player in this league today. Mark my words. HE WILL BREAK down against the elite teams/defenses.
Will come back to this comment after playoffs and will see ☘️☘️☘️☘️
stop talking bad about the kings we beat the clippers with no defence
You shouldn’t give any advice on basketball