[From the Old Man and the Three Podcast](https://x.com/playbooksn/status/1710295050389754309?s=46&t=hdMYR5VNI3D4hupTVErxeg)
>**Joe Mazzulla:** “What if we would’ve got the 1-seed and lost to the 8-seed? I probably wouldn’t be sitting here right now.”
>**JJ Redick:** “Coach, I hate to tell you, but you did lose to the 8-seed.”
by lopea182
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It wasnt a dream Joe…wake up…
love the humor lmao
Ah yes thank god they were the 2 seed not the 1 seed.
I mean, the point’s still there. If we’d been the 1 seed and lost in the first round, he would’ve been gone just like Budenholzer before the playoffs were even over— yeah, it turns out the Heat were just that good, but we didn’t know that *yet*
The Bulls almost beat the Heat.
People missing the point that a 1/8 upset is a first round exit.
I love the image of Joe Mazzulla beside himself, driving around Boston consulting (thru texts) Celtics analysts and statisticians, trying to ascertain whether they actually lost to the Heat. Like he’s just now learning that he lost to the 8-seed.
“Give the numbers to me straight, no fancy math, no statistical regressions, no standard deviations.”
“Coach… you lost. In game 7.”
“No way. I wouldn’t be sitting here right now.”
seems like jj missed the point
This is incomplete and out of context lol
Idk if I would be talking about this shit at all if I were him. That dude is top 3 in the NBA for coaches that might potentially be removed
Great comeback by JJ but Joe’s point still stands. Losing in round 1 vs losing in G7 of the ECF is a huge difference for a new coach.
“There’s only so much you can do as a coach. It’s not like you’ve got this magic way of pausing the game and bringing the players over in a huddle to decide the best strategy for your next play.”
Intentionally cutting off the very next sentence in the quote to make Joe look like an idiot. How reddit of you
“No but I mean losing to the 8 seed as the 1 seed in the first round.”
He then goes on to say he knows he lost to the 8th seed, but he meant what if they lost in the first round.
At what point is Mazzulla replaced by one of the assistant coaches?
20 games in? All-star break? After the Celtics lose in the playoffs?
idk if it’s because I’m a heat fan but I jsut can’t take Mazzulla seriously
JJ did one of the greatest heel-face turns in sports history. I love this dude. Couple decades ago I wouldn’t have hesitated to take a dump on his face
I’m so pissed it came to light during this interview that Coach Joe is human
Redick is a turd
This is funny but losing at the ECF in 7 sounds a lot better
Mazzulla should remember he’s the reason the bum heat won the first 3 games
How is this the top post? Celtics don’t have a sub?
For all the hot take artists… it was just a joke this time. He even said he was waiting to say it.
Congrats on all the big brains twisting this up. Next year y’all will be building faraday cages and moving in parallel to 5g towers.
Joe Mazz is not a good nba head coach and the Celtics failing to replace him is probably going to doom their season.
Stop projecting Joe!
i mean if heat got the ring
things would be easier for the bucks, knicks and the celtics
This comment section is full of people that did not watch the podcast or have seen the full quote. Good job OP you got what you wanted
Copium
Bucks still should have won, but having Giannis injured can’t be ignored. Commenters acting like it matters when you lose to the 8 seed.