Suspended Udoka replaced, may never coach an NBA team again

Over a seven-year period, Udoka learnt the skills required to be head coach, and even experienced NBA success in 2014

Suspended Udoka replaced, may never coach an NBA team again
Ime Udoka-Celtics
Nigeria born Ime Udoka who was suspended as coach of the Boston Celtics because he had an affair with a member of the franchise, a move forbidden by the organisation's rules, has now been replaced by Joe Mazzulla, the interim coach.
Furthermore, it was said that his place as coach for the following season was not in any jeopardy. But now things could be different.
Reporter Ethan Strauss of House of Strauss reported that Udoka's professional career is in serious jeopardy, according to reliable NBA sources.
"Given that report," Struass said on his Substack, "and everything else said in private, an agent friend of mine delivered a verdict on Ime Udoka's NBA head coaching prospects: 'He's done.'
"My guy's not the only one saying it. This is how many NBA insiders now see the situation, and have seen it since Thursday, really.
"While nobody can completely predict the future, it is a widespread interpretation of present events."
This year, which promised to be bright with Celtics fans looking forward to a championship, is taking on a darker tone.
We will have to see how a rookie coach is able to lead a young but experienced team.
In addition, injuries to Danilo Gallinari for the entire season and Robert Williams III for the early part of the campaign make Mazzulla's start even more difficult.

Over a seven-year period, Udoka learnt the skills required to be head coach, and even experienced NBA success in 2014. Mazzulla has had a very different rise though, as he only joined the NBA as a coach in 2019.
Mazzulla was brought in by the Celtics in 2019 after impressing at Fighting Falcons in the NCAA division II, with the coach being undrafted in his playing career. But he will now have to step up to the ultimate test.
Mazzulla will have to personally manage the likes of Jayson Tatum, Jalen Brown and Marcus Smart. However, he was known to be hands on anyway, and former coach Stevens is still at the club as general manager.