{"id":112403,"date":"2026-04-19T22:30:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T01:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/joe-mazzulla-explained-reasoning-for-coach-of-the-year-comments\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T22:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T01:30:54","slug":"joe-mazzulla-explained-reasoning-for-coach-of-the-year-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/joe-mazzulla-explained-reasoning-for-coach-of-the-year-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Mazzulla explained reasoning for Coach of the Year comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<header class=\"m-article-header m-article-header--standard\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"article-header-primary-term\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"a-term a-term--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/tag\/boston-celtics\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBoston Celtics\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"m-article-header__sub-headline\">&#8220;At the end of the day we all battle with pride in some capacity and learning how to navigate that &#8230; we&#8217;re all just looking to just be better.&#8221;<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"a-photo m-article-header__photo \"><figcaption class=\"a-photo__caption\">\n\tJoe Mazzulla has been praised all season for keeping the Celtics competitive without Jayson Tatum.<em> Danielle Parhizkaran\/Globe Staff<\/em>\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"m-block t-amp__list-container m-article-list-container m-article-list-container--frame-border a-border-frame  a-list-header__headline--red m-article-list--alternative--default  m-article-list--floated\">\n<ul class=\"t-amp__list a-list--no-style m-article-list m-article-list--recirculation m-article-list--has-images \">\n<li class=\"m-article-list__item m-article-list__item--featured\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"m-article-list__link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/sports\/boston-celtics\/2026\/04\/17\/celtics-76ers-first-round-playoffs-joel-embiid\/?p1=article_recirc_inline_feature\" data-p1=\"article_recirc_inline_feature\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BCMDIFCE3YFZ32GABXHFVKT6QU-69e29e8256811-768x432.jpg\" class=\"t-amp__list-image m-article-list__image m-article-list__image--full\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BCMDIFCE3YFZ32GABXHFVKT6QU-69e29e8256811-768x432.jpg?width=200 200w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BCMDIFCE3YFZ32GABXHFVKT6QU-69e29e8256811-768x432.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BCMDIFCE3YFZ32GABXHFVKT6QU-69e29e8256811-768x432.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BCMDIFCE3YFZ32GABXHFVKT6QU-69e29e8256811-768x432.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BCMDIFCE3YFZ32GABXHFVKT6QU-69e29e8256811-768x432.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BCMDIFCE3YFZ32GABXHFVKT6QU-69e29e8256811-768x432.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BCMDIFCE3YFZ32GABXHFVKT6QU-69e29e8256811-768x432.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BCMDIFCE3YFZ32GABXHFVKT6QU-69e29e8256811-768x432.jpg?width=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><h4 class=\"m-article-list__headline t-amp__list-headline \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"m-article-list__link a-link a-link--inline a-link--text-link a-link--text-link-dark\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t76ers star Joel Embiid won\u2019t play Game 1 vs. Celtics, per Philadelphia head coach\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Joe Mazzulla has won nearly three-quarters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/coaches\/mazzujo99c.html\">(72.6 percent)<\/a> of the regular-season games he has coached with the <a href=\"https:\/\/boston.com\/sports\/boston-celtics\/2026\/04\/17\/celtics-76ers-first-round-playoffs-joel-embiid\/\">Celtics. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>He has had the benefit of working an extremely talented roster and staff throughout his time here in Boston, and he isn\u2019t shy about directing the praise he gets for the team\u2019s success towards them. <\/p>\n<p>When he was asked about his NBA Coach of the Year award candidacy a few weeks ago, Mazzulla called the award stupid said he hoped that no one would ask him about it again. <\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, he was asked about it again. But this time, he was asked when he decided to start answering such questions the way that he did. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think being a Division I basketball player, you grow up with this sense of entitlement as if the whole world revolves around you,\u201d Mazzulla said. \u201cI had to \u2014 inherently \u2014 if I wanted to be a better husband, better father, better coach, I had to get rid of that type of entitlement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say going through life as a student-athlete, you kind of think it\u2019s all about you and it\u2019s not,\u201d Mazzulla said. \u201cI had to surrender to that. There\u2019s something way bigger than me in sports, the world, and life, so that\u2019s important.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He made those comments about the award while the Celtics were putting the finishing touches of an unexpectedly competitive season. <\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/46521096\/nba-2025-2026-season-win-projections-all-30-teams\">ESPN Bet set the over\/under<\/a> for the Celtics\u2019 win total at 40.5. They won 56 games, locking up the No. 2 seed for the second straight postseason and finishing one win shy of the 57 games the Celtics won in Mazzulla\u2019s first season. They did it without Jayson Tatum for most of the year while he recovered from a ruptured Achilles\u2019 tendon.<\/p>\n<p>They also did it with a young team. Derrick White is the only one amongst the Celtics\u2019 top-8 rotation players over age 30. Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Payton Pritchard, and Sam Hauser are all either 28 or 29 years old. <\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve gotten a boost from developing young players. Neemias Queta has become a legitimate starting center. They\u2019ve gotten contributions from Baylor Scheierman, Hugo Gonzalez, and Jordan Walsh. <\/p>\n<p>These developments have put Mazzulla into serious consideration for the Coach of the Year award. Detroit\u2019s JB Bickerstaff is also a contender, having taken Detroit from the league\u2019s worst record two years ago to the top seed in the Eastern Conference. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.betmgm.com\/en\/blog\/nba\/nba-coach-of-the-year-odds-bm23\/\">According to BetMGM<\/a>, Mazzulla closed the regular-season as the favorite to win. Bickerstaff had a long stretch as the favorite. <\/p>\n<p>Sixteen years ago, Mazzulla helped West Virginia reach the Final Four in the NCAA tournament as a player. Now he\u2019s coaching the Celtics in the playoffs for the fourth straight year. <\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s more to the story, he said, about the process caused his mind-set shift when it comes awards and credit. But, he explained his reasoning for why he operates that way. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a deeper conversation,\u201d Mazzulla said when asked about the process. \u201cAt the end of the day we all battle with pride in some capacity and learning how to navigate that \u2026 we\u2019re all just looking to just be better.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"o-author-single has-avatar\">\n<header class=\"m-author-card\">\n<div class=\"a-image a-image--square m-author-card__image\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cropped-Screen-Shot-2024-01-26-at-4.59.30-PM-6706db53ae1d7-6706dcbabfba0-242x242.png\" alt=\"Profile image for Khari A. 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