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Ime Udoka has professional plan for revenge on the Boston Celtics

By Andrew Hughes

Ime Udoka has a plan to get revenge on the Boston Celtics by stealing two assistants away from his replacement's coaching staff Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports
Ime Udoka has a plan to get revenge on the Boston Celtics by stealing two assistants away from his replacement's coaching staff Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports /
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Ime Udoka isn’t getting mad at the Boston Celtics for having suspended him ahead of the 2022-23 season and ultimately released him this past February due to an inappropriate relationship with a female staffer in the Cs organization.

He’s getting even.

Instead of taking legal action to contest his firing, Udoka is looking to take two assistants from the coaching staff of the man that replaced him, Joe Mazzulla: those being Ben Sullivan and Aaron Miles per Michael Scotto of Hoopshype.

Joe Mazzulla’s Boston Celtics coaching staff will look drastically different in 2023-24

If the Boston Celtics were to win an NBA championship, it’s almost certain that several of Mazzulla’s current assistants would find higher-ranking jobs on a different coaching staff. With Udoka now officially named the head coach of the Rockets, though, MassLive’s Brian Robb can’t help but think the C’s coaching staff will look drastically different for the 2023-24 season.

“Given the deep ties that several assistants on Boston’s staff have to Udoka, it’s fair to wonder just what Boston’s coaching staff will look like next year around Joe Mazzulla with Udoka getting a second chance in the Western Conference after his suspension and eventual termination in Boston,” Robb wrote.

Udoka’s presence in Houston can pose a threat to more than just the coaching staff too. If the Celtics were to do the opposite of what the Houdini previously mentioned and ended up losing to the Heat — who are perhaps the most undermanned team to make the Eastern Conference Finals in several decades — it’s not hard to imagine Jaylen Brown eyeing a reunion with Udoka. Perhaps Marcus Smart can similarly have eyes on once again playing for a coach he reportedly loved playing for.

This Eastern Conference Finals series with Miami, and a potential Finals series against LeBron James’ Lakers or Nikola Jokic’s Nuggets, should go a long way in determining just how many moving parts could be on their way back to Udoka — who could get his best revenge by helping to unravel the franchise that fired him.

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