> The same team that said it supported its female staff members a month ago permitted the Nets to interview Udoka. By declining Brooklyn’s request, Boston could have ensured the one-year suspension was in place. Instead, the Celtics turned their backs on those very employees whom they said they’d protect.
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by Nyhrox
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He’s not the Celtics trash anymore
The Celtics are getting him out of the organization, surely that’s for the best for any female staffers who very fairly felt uncomfortable with him being there.
I’d bet lawyers advised them that if they’ve already made the decision that he’s not coaching for them again, they should let him interview elsewhere or be prepared to end up in court immediately after firing him.
It’s a perspective I hadn’t considered, but it’s surely better to have him out of the organisation
Silly article, because the Celtics made it clear early, that Udoka was free to go anywhere else.
I’d argue keeping him employed was far more disheartening to the staff than shipping him away from the franchise.
Really this article seems like a hail marry attempt at painting the Celtics in a negative light for getting rid of him lol
Didn’t want to pay severance.
Trash reporting. Getting rid of this guy by any means possible is the best thing the Celtics organization can do to show their support for those women.
Lol, please explain how allowing Udoka to leave the organization puts those women in any worse of a position. Fake outrage attempt
I see the point I guess but I don’t think this is really on the Cs, to me this was a “get the fuck out of here, whatever happens isn’t our problem”
Don’t blame the Celtics for the Nets shortcomings
We really deflecting blame on the Celtics, not the Nets?
Reach. They get the “menace” as far as possible and for free. This was the best scenario they could have hoped for. Don’t even think they hoped for that much
Nobody knows what they’re even mad about anymore.
Oh get the fuck outta here, he’s not our problem anymore and the Celtics bear no responsibility for the Nets decision to hire him. He’s their problem now.
Lmao how the fuck does this get spinned back to being the Celtics’ fault.
This is an absurd take.
Are we aware what went down by now?
What a stupid article. They literally sent him outta there. That’s basically the best for ALL people involved.
Well this is one way I didn’t think I would see this be spun. The Celtics properly suspended Udoka and did what they needed to do. Stopping Udoka from pursuing other opportunities would be the wrong thing to do imo.
He’s mad just for the sake of being mad. Cs just want this asshole out and rightfully so
Celtics are not obligated to protect the employees of the nets lol
Remember that sports “journalism” is barely even news. It’s all about personalities and entertainment. If the Celtics wanted to keep not paying Udoka, they wouldn’t be able to keep him from finding a job. The last thing Boston wants to do is give this man any more money than they have to. If they fired him, the nets would have fired Steve Nash sooner to pick him up.
Very tough to formulate an opinion on something you don’t have the details about. We literally still don’t even know what Ime Udoka did in the first place.
Maybe it’s just because I’m a Cs fan but what kind of galaxy brain take is this?
This stuff makes me hate the internet because not everyone needs a platform for their opinions, especially projecting your opinion on an organization that CLEARLY knows more than the author about the situation and OBVIOUSLY knows more about the wishings of their female staff than the author
This is a deranged take
Wooooow what a reach…
Maybe the Celtics should just eat Ime so he never bothers anyone ever again.
This is so stupid.
So after the year suspension then what? He is still under contract with the team and the Celtics didn’t want him back so would he still be in the organization with those female employees?
I swear journalists just write articles without thinking.
Seriously this is the nets fault let’s stop blaming the c’s
Celtics bad for suspending him for a year, but Celtics also bad for letting him fuck off and be another team’s trash
Hot take: Celtics bad
I hate the Cs as every other Sixers fan but putting the blame on them for this is absurd. They have already done their dilligence.
Lol. Painting Boston as the bad guys when they suspended their coach the whole year. Maybe we should be talking about the dumpster fire that is Brooklyn hiring a coach who was just barely suspended.
Hate to defend C’s but this is bs. Other teams arent their responsibility and they protected their own staff perfectly fine.
Unbelievable that they are trying to blame Celtics here. You really think those Celtics employees want Udoka still employed by the organization and getting a paycheck?
BTW, if this incident happened on the Nets we wouldn’t even know about it.
fuck off with this – I don’t like the Celtics as much as anyone – but the fault here is squarely on the Nets
So… the Celtics should be hated for getting rid of a problem in their organization? Huh?
Really poor take. Moving on from Udoka gives closure and allows their staff members to move on. Also, Celtics can’t block other teams from hiring Udoka forever, nor are they responsible to do that.
Nah that’s not their responsibility.
LMAOOO dude WHAT
Idk seems like maybe getting Udoka out of Boston and away from the female staff members is the best way to protect your employees?
What a shit take.
How is the Nets interviewing Ime and choosing to hire him the responsibility of Boston? The mental gymnastics required to come up win this bullshit is gold medal worthy.
This is the dumbest take.
What a weirdo tweet to try to somehow shift blame from the Nets to the Celtics