CELTICS 2010

this off season is not going well!

ESPN Sources: Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka is facing possible disciplinary action – including a significant suspension – for an unspecified violation of organizational guidelines. Discussions are ongoing within the Celtics on a final determination. pic.twitter.com/1QZb0k326F

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 22, 2022

That’s very vague…

wtf is an “organizational guideline” this is the worst language i’ve ever seen in one of these news drops.

this is one of the weirder woj leaks ever

Ime Udoka’s job isn’t believed to be in jeopardy, but a suspension is looming and a final determination on that length could come as soon as Thursday, sources tell ESPN. https://t.co/x0uWgD5URM

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 22, 2022

Celtics coach Ime Udoka had an improper intimate and consensual relationship with a female member of the team staff, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. It’s been deemed a violation of franchise’s code of conduct.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) September 22, 2022

there it is

No final decision has been made on the length of a suspension, but internal discussions have included scenarios that would keep Udoka out for the entirety of the 2022-2023 season, sources told ESPN. https://t.co/Vnn2wWVcKA

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 22, 2022

sheesh

well then

fuck is going on here

shams says “Udoka is facing possible discipline for a violation of organizational policy, sources said. ESPN first reported that Udoka was facing a potential suspension.”

TS: possible discipline vs. potential suspension

smh this is america today where you are disciplined for being a sexy man

ffs ime what’s wrong with you

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

Once again the Timberwolves are setting the trends in the NBA

Haha wow down to the day

Exactly one year after The Rosas Incident, 9/22 must be international “have an affair with a member of the staff” day in the NBA.

— TwolvesBlog (@TwolvesBlog) September 22, 2022

unbelievable.

rumor out there is that the woman in question was not just a team employee but a "close family friend" of one of the owners (pagliuca).

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

i’m kinda shocked they’re willing to go into this season of all seasons with an assistant coach who was two down the pecking order as head coach. i get why they can’t really have brad come down to the bench for one season but i wonder if they put feelers out to any ex coaches not currently employed about doing a one year interim gig

Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka is likely facing a suspension for the entire 2022-2023 season for his role in a consensual relationship with a female staff member, sources tell ESPN. A formal announcement is expected as soon as today.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 22, 2022

crazy situation

a whole season cmon

jesus christ

if he wasn’t looking like one of the best coaches in the NBA they would’ve just fired him

r jeff out here stoking the flames

When you guys find out the truth 👀…. pic.twitter.com/JwUOZzclTb

— Richard Jefferson (@Rjeff24) September 22, 2022

cad, where is your intel about pagliuca coming from? honestly hard to make sense of this situation without more info about what actually happened, it seems absurd and potentially vindictive, like did he take advantage of the owner's daughter or something? but if whatever he did merits a year suspension, then it almost feels like they should just fire him no matter how great a coach he is. feels like there's a sunk cost thing going on keeping him hanging like that, nba windows are short and it already feels like this season is starting to fall apart, let alone next

i must admit that horf as player-coach trending on twitter does give me a warm feeling, however implausible

yeah if there was actual wrongdoing then let him go if its just two adults operating on a harmonious wavelength then give him five games and consider minding your own business next time

genuinely misread this as “if he wasn’t like one of the best looking coaches in the NBA they would’ve just fired him” and i was nodding, like, word
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, September 22, 2022 1:40 PM (thirteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

its kind of their own fault for hiring such a handsome man if you think about it

i cant find it but there was a photo from last season of udoka and stoudamire on the sidelines both just eye fucking the camera i was like this is dangerous you cant let these gentlemen hit all the best steakhouses and wine bars in town theres gonna be a commotion

apologies in advance if it ends up he did some shady shit, other than just cheating on his wife, tho who know what their arrangement is

so there is further intel that a woman listed in the celtics staff directory deleted all her socials this morning, that seems to be an obvious sign--she does not appear to have a relationship to pagliuca so that may have been a false rumor.

i think there has to be something else going on here that has them landing on this punishment, but ultimately i stand by my opinion that having a workplace fling is one of the lamest and most selfish things you can do, they always get exposed and they always fuck things up for everyone else. if part of ime's appeal was that he was this dude who commanded respect and could yell at jaylen brown or whatever than yeah, just fire him.

i dont think they are officially married but been together for like a decade with a kid together.

I don’t really have a personal moral issue with workplace flings or whatever, people are gonna fuck who they want and it’s impossible to stop them, but the rules are in place for a reason: I’m assuming this relationship ended and she now has to continue to work under him, which obviously being exes would create an inherently inhospitable work environment. ime knew the rules and broke them (assuming this story is true). a year does seem like a lot though

the workplace affair yeah its lame and gross youre exposing people who are just trying to get through their day in their cubicles to your private horn levels, but on the other hand people just wanna get wet thats human nature and i think its forgivable, its certainly not as bad as say taking healthy companies and loading them up with unsustainable debt so you can get money to buy a basketball team

if they feel like this behavior has damaged udokas credibility with the team then fine let him go, but if its just some corporate hr stories theyre telling themselves about being upstanding citizens creating the right culture or whatever i could do without it

seems like a pretty good chance that if they do give him a year suspension he just walks

yeah I mean why would you want to go back after that

yeah if there was actual wrongdoing then let him go if its just two adults operating on a harmonious wavelength then give him five games and consider minding your own business next time

yeah those are reasonable points and obvs theres a lot we dont know about their working relationship like was she his subordinate and so forth, i dont think five games and being publicly reprimand is exactly a slap on the wrist, tens games idk, is one mans inability to keep it in his pants really creating this black air is responsible for amateur internet sleuthing and whatnot

if you have a company where people whisper that every woman might be fuckin the coach you may have bigger problems that may resist corporate legislation

is one mans inability to keep it in his pants really creating this black air is responsible for amateur internet sleuthing and whatnot

lol yeah those corporate raiders are really doing him a favor god bless them

i mean there may be some not entirely healthy societal forces at play here that were not caused by ime udoka idk

think they should just let him go tbh if the punishment is gonna be this severe anyway

the person who deleted her socials did appear to work on the basketball ops side--would be tough to make the case that the head coach isn't her superior

theyre cld be floating a year to make a show of how seriously theyre taking this then give him 20 games or something

gerson rosas lost his job for doing this a year ago & nobody batted an eye, prob cuz he sucked at being a GM. if ime was steve clifford ppl would find it laughable that a team would be willing to suspend him for a year and take all the PR blowback associated with this whole mess in order to stick by him. he’s absolutely fortunate they aren’t canning him

you should write him an email

?? it’s ok ime will survive this horrible injustice of not being able to coach basketball for one year after having sex with a coworker. close your eyes and take deep breaths. picture jimmy butler’s three clanging off the rim