CELTICS 2010

clays down with the cause

there it is, rip

pic.twitter.com/ySo5wGKrfX

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) September 23, 2022

and ime's statement for the record

NEW: Statement from Celtics coach Ime Udoka pic.twitter.com/MFutFx7c3l

— Malika Andrews (@malika_andrews) September 23, 2022

seems super unlikely hell ever be back with the team year suspension is prob just to give the lawyers time to sort out the details

agreed, this is about working out a separation

some wild rumors on twitter about what happened but idk im sure well get the details before long

alex cora did come back to the red sox after a year suspension but that was from the league not the team. so did sean payton but again same thing

and obv those were on-field rules things, not this bullshit

iirc the red sox fired cora before the league suspended him, but that whole situation was weird, seemed very planned out

not this bullshit

I think I'll wait to see how many more shoes drop before calling bullshit.

i think you misunderstand me or maybe you just didn't read back far enough

Just smashed my TV in front of 25 guests at my sons birthday party because of the Celtics. My wife just took our crying kids and said they’re all spending the week at her mom’s house. This team has ruined my marriage. I can’t handle this anymore. Goodbye, I am no longer a fan. pic.twitter.com/HuweKOPvss

— Real NBA Quotez  (@realnbaquotxz) September 23, 2022

lagoon it’s ok

the 26th guest was his mamba mentality

some guys get so emotional about having a tv I swear

Whew, boy. https://t.co/w7s7Wf3Hmr pic.twitter.com/IykkxOVHFa

— Nekias (Nuh-KY-us) Duncan (@NekiasNBA) September 23, 2022

surely there can't be a vulnerable woman trapped under all this? no, it must be corporate hr virtue signalling

its looking like what happened was udoka and a woman on staff were having an affair management found out and asked them to stop which they agreed to but then udoka didnt want it to stop he was hounding her to stay with him so she went back to management to complain, which if true obviously hes a dumbass who was given a chance to rectified an error in judgement but instead decided to make it worse

its also out there that shes married to a celtics vp, which is just uh wildly reckless lol

i did a little poking around and i don’t believe that part is true

well at least theres that

a little poking around started this mess

ayye

Matt Barnes on the situation with ime. He was told what happened and it sounds like it’s pretty bad. pic.twitter.com/PnMZzR2WsW

— Ant ☘️🏀 (@GangCeltics) September 23, 2022

Yikes

Doesn’t sound like he’s coming back

holy shit I didn't know he was with Nia Long

ESPN Sources: The law firm probe into Celtics coach Ime Udoka found crude language in his dialogue w/ a female subordinate prior to start of an improper workplace relationship, an element that significantly factored into severity of a one-year suspension: https://t.co/vjRArDWGZR

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 30, 2022

the word “consensual” no longer being used here…

Those investigative findings – described as verbiage on Udoka’s part that was deemed especially concerning coming from a workplace superior – contribute to what is likely a difficult pathway back to his reinstatement as Celtics coach in 2023, sources told ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 30, 2022

the Cs could fire him any time, if they don't mind paying out on his contract. if they need to fire him 'for cause' and back out of the contract, they need to get all their facts lined up in case udoka sues.

have no idea what a crude remark is

otoh, I could come up with five imaginary examples in less than five minutes.

If you're going to suspend him for an entire year, I think you just fire him, no?

― i need to put some clouds behind the reaper (PBKR), Thursday, September 22, 2022 7:37 AM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

seems like this is only headed in one direction. not sure why the celtics won’t just go ahead and fire him at this point

― J0rdan S., Friday, September 30, 2022 5:37 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

for the same reasons that have been true for the past week, they can't disclose what happened and are trying to let things cool down and come to a financial settlement before making it permanent.

the woj coverage of this story is so poisoned at this point, like obviously they had to give him something negative about ime for credability purposes but in no way is this about a "crude remark"

is there early any scuttlebutt about a permanent replacement assuming ime is dropped

idk i mean sports franchises fire coaches with 3+ years left on the contract all the time, im not sure how this is different. the celtics could afford to pay him whatever he’s owed so everyone can be done with this. this whole protracted news cycle to save a few million dollars firing him “for cause” feels cheapskatey if that’s really what’s going on

it's different because for even suspending him half of basketball media accused the celtics of looking for an excuse to engage in some racism

this is the basic story thats been going around

Heard some things about Ime Udoka situation from friend at NBA league office. We’ll see what’s real when the news drops:

Udoka and Nia Long are in an open relationship and he is a “serial offender” with the ladies wherever he coached.

In Boston he slept with team staffer (1/4)

— Khaled Abdallah (@khaled74) October 1, 2022

im watching boston celtics basketball

current lineup jayson tatum tallest player

they will win the nba playoffs

Team told him to chill but he kept doing whatever and then slept with a Celtics minority owners wife.

Definitely the worst play he ever drew up

smart-brogdon-white weirdly three variations on the same guy

its like how the patriots always have multiple small white slot receivers

brogdon seems like he can help with the celtics playmaking issues

smart has high playmaking iq but doesnt possess brogdons ability to put pressure on the defense and force the issue so to speak

Definitely the worst play he ever drew up

― omar little, Sunday, October 2, 2022 2:10 PM (eleven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

guys got some sort of issue, committing an im sure fireable breaking of the rules being asked nicely to stop and then just not stopping, cant even be bothered to fuck around outside work download an app or whatever, if the storys true

did notice that none of the players when asked about the situation professed any sort of fondness for him they were all just like what the hell just happened

pretty weird. i do wonder how deep nba teams try to dig when they're hiring coaches. like if any of that is true, what did brad and co. know last year and what only came up during investigation this summer?

did notice that none of the players when asked about the situation professed any sort of fondness for him they were all just like what the hell just happened

― lag∞n, Sunday, October 2, 2022 2:29 PM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

this is interesting, obv it's hard to look back at last season now with all this new info but i wonder if his relationship with the players was always more respectful co-workers than someone they had truly bonded with or admired? maybe he just wasn't here long enough to have that kind of impact.