Joe Mazzulla JOINS! Influence, locker room speeches and MORE! | The Lowe Post

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Published 2024-06-20
Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla joins The Lowe Post to discuss his flashbulb memories after winning the championship, his analytical approach, the challenge of repeating, and the role of luck in the playoffs. Then Jeff Van Gundy joins to discuss his role as an advisor to the Celtics and why he decided to join the Clippers staff as Ty Lue's lead assistant. Plus, the Pistons’ firing of Monty Williams and the Pacers’ extension with Pascal Siakam.
 
0:00 Welcome to The Lowe Post!
2:06 What was said in the halftime locker room of Game 5
5:19 Flashbulb memories from the postgame blue
9:19 Learning from his personal Mount Rushmore of coaches
15:09 The influence of his father
22:44 How quickly this has all happened for him
25:00 Implementing his style in his first full off-season as the head coach
28:24 The 4th quarter of Game 3
34:20 The impact of Al Horford
35:52 On the challenge of repeating
41:18 Jeff Van Gundy explains his role for the Celtics (44:42
1:13:47 Pistons fire Monty Williams after one season
1:18:32 Pascal Siakam to sign $189.5M max contract with the Indiana Pacers

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All Comments (21)
  • @SirGenesis206
    This dude is built different. Generational find for the Celtics.
  • Joe is such a smart, innovative and REAL coach. Hes arguably the most interesting and human of all the coaches. superheroes, military, christianity, MMA, competitiveness, crazy practices, data analytics, counterintuitive ideas, football, pop culture references, the town, etc
  • Joe a real one for coaching the rest of the season with a torn meniscus. Leading by example! 🍀
  • This is amazing, I don’t remember ever seeing a coach doing a long form interview just days after winning a championship. This is gold
  • @zalemdreams
    Love Joe as a coach. Decisive, analytically-driven, and open-minded. It shines through in his coaching but also in this (very interesting) conversation. Possibly my favorite coach with/after Spo.
  • Thank you for bringing Joe and Jeff on the show, Zach! You're probably the most level-headed one, or maybe just non-actor, at ESPN. LFG, Celtics! ☘
  • @jeffreymndove
    I'm not going to lie, as a Celtics fan, last season I was so frustrated by Joe's coaching (especially the lack of timeouts) in the beginning but had to give him the benefit of the doubt due to him being thrown into the deep after the Ime situation. This season I can't point out anything he did wrong and you can see how good of a coach he is after putting together his own staff & having a proper training camp with the players.. I'm impressed of how he made all the players buy in & finally win a championship.
  • @mrenga
    The best teachers are lifelong students. Love how Joe is expansive in his approach to learning what matters to the process and to winning.
  • The media needs to apologize to Mazulla. Remember how they wanted Mazulla fired within a few months? Like seriously. You see how they ran off Adrian Griffin from the Milwaukee Bucks in just 3 months? That's exactly what they wanted to do Mazulla.
  • @glenn8886
    The first 15-20 mins are just something that I will never imagine I can hear: deep, thoughtful and just purely amazing stuffs
  • @LegerAndCo
    Everyone in the league said the Celtics don't have the "'dog" in them. Mazzulla is the dog. this year proved that and his growth and the teams compared to last year can't go unrecognized.
  • @vh448
    Besides being a brilliant young basketball coach, he's real not fake or doesn't worry about offending someone with his honesty. If people are not honest with each other, that's where misunderstandings can occur. One lie leads to another until it's out of control. Joe seems like a good guy and it's good to see good people achieve success.
  • ALL THE 'EXPERTS' IN THE MEDIA WHO CALLED FOR JOE MAZZULLA TO BE FIRED NEED TO PUT SOME RESPECT ON HIS NAME ..
  • @drminas695
    Joe is a great coach and even better human being Boston is lucky to have him.
  • @colewhite7482
    I am a massive wvu and a massive Boston fan. I don’t even have words for how amazing it is to see Joe lead these Celtics. I always took pride in him being on the staff, and was well familiar w his young yet successful coaching career. I’m just so happy he’s the guy leading our Celtics. Mountaineer and Celtic nation loves you Joe!
  • @LouLou-cm3pp
    This man is impressive in all facets of life. There is nothing more powerful than a curious mind.