What we are basing here is the individual performance, well, Curry would not win an MVP award as the top favorites are the ones carrying their respective teams. However, as a fan, my definition of a great player is the one that could make his team better and could carry the team to achieve the ultimate success, which for the Warriors is winning the championship.

Yeah, I guess he really knows the player very well, it's just a matter of adjustment for them because of his new role. And I guess it's more on the players side, the scandal took a toll on them.

And so we will see how the Celtics will do and hopefully the same system will bring them to the finals once again. And yeah, it's time for him to show that he can be a lead coach and maybe see some improvements under Joe this new season.

Nobody expected it and even the franchise didn't see the coming but they don't have any choice because a rule is a rule, Ime Udoka is not exempted even if they really need him. It's Ime Udoka's fault because he didn't weigh things correctly and became selfish, anyway, I can already imagine the heavy burden that has been passed to the new coach. The management is giving him a high standard after what the team accomplished last season.

Having those good bench players really secures the team for not having that trouble whenever their roster, the first unit or their main has some issues or injuries.

They can rely on their bench players but not all teams are like this. That's why they're putting their whole force to their main and key players and not a lot to their bench players.

I don't know.  The rumors I'm hearing about what took place are pretty wild.  I've mentioned before that the sex escapades went beyond what most expect happened and involved players as well.  I think Udoka is done in the NBA.  I think he's probably headed for a divorce as well.  I'd bet his next job will be outside of the United States.  Until cancel culture goes away, guys like Udoka are going to have a very tough time finding themselves employment once it's made public that they're deviants who exploit their position for personal wants. 

This is particular for everything now, in general. The cancel culture really is a hard slash for those people that have been targeted by these people, fans and anybody from everywhere. In the field or mostly in the internet.
On the other sports I've seen, particular in esports, there have been the same allegations as this and the person involved that have been known in that field have been there for several years and it just took him a few tweets to get cancelled and eventually resigned out of the shame that it had made.

True, last season is also good for them in my opinion, even without him, they surpasses others expectations. So what more if he comes back  healthy and with that kind of body, his other team members could also be motivated even more this season.

Any news on Jordan Clarkson though? I thought he is on the trading block after the Jazzz let go of Mitchell and they are rebuilding from ground up. And so they are willing to trade JC and Conley as well.

This is what I've been thinking as well.
Coach Udoka has been pretty impressive in his first year as a head coach of the Celtics, but Coach Mazzulla has been there for 3 years, and he already saw how Coach Udoka and even Coach Brad Stevens coached the team so I'm sure that he will do what's best for the team and what the team is excelling with and that is their defense.

Coach Mazzulla might not copy how Coach Udoka is handling the team but let's see how he will handle it. I'm pretty sure that he knows what he's doing. Celtics is one of the top defensive team last season, so we might see them focusing on it again but this time, with a different coach.

I also thought about that one, but I read an article just after releasing the suspension and it says that there is a chance that the suspension will not only for one year meaning the suspension might be either one year only or worse even longer. That's how bad what Coach Udoka did. Well, I will just hope for the best for him but if Coach Mazzulla will coach the team well this season, then I guess there is no reason for him to be replaced right?

Well they have Zach Lavine before and then they added DeRozan, so they are still a pretty solid in my opinion and we can say that Lavine is their mega-star for now, so I wouldn't say it's depressing.

It's the chemistry that they need to build and they have it last season, They were almost on top of the East in the beginning and DeRozan had stretch wherein he had game winning shots.

But since Ball is not going to play, why not get a experience player in Goran Dragic.

True, they have like build a winning streak prior to DeRozan getting injured. And then they still make it before Lavine turn to be sideline. So it was really a combination of injuries and bad luck that really relegated their standings to the bottom half of the Eastern Conference.


That is the bottom line for most teams, they really need to get healthy or at least adjust when their superstars can't play. Lakers for one is a good example, Davis and James went down with injuries. So let's hope that there will be no major injuries for both the Bulls and the Lakers.