The Boston Celtics have suspended head coach Ime Udoka for the entire 2022-23 season.

[CHICAGO]

I think a few reasons.

-PR nightmare to just fire him without saying ANY reason. Suspending him, having vague leaks coming out and then firing him would be easier from a PR point of view
-Have no idea how is contract is setup but they could be cheaping out on how much they would have to pay him. I doubt Udoka wants to leave money on the table if he knows he's not going to coach again.

IF HE SEXUALLY HARRASSED
SOMEONE HE CAN BE FIRED WITHOUT PAY.

THEY ALSO WOULDNT BE KEEPING
EVERYONE IN THE DARK
AS TO WHAT TOOK PLACE
IF HE SEXUALLY HARRASSED SOMEONE.

THAT WOULD BASICALLY BE
PROTECTING A SEXUAL HARRASSER.


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[CrimsonTider]

Clout chasing

 

[gurf]

That’s a terrible idea as it’d put even more pressure on the current HC and cause even more controversy for someone that’s trying to avoid even more of it l

I agree, but if he went to lets say the spurs, it would work since POP is about to retire sometime soon.

 

[Unfiltered]

One thing that I've read, and idk if this is true or not... but him and Nia Long had "broken up" or at least were apart while this entire fling was taking place.

Ime and her were COWORKERS and she was not a subordinate to him, but rather they worked in completely different departments

old bytch 51 can't blame breh, childhood dream was a nightmare when she woke up at 51 and tried to boss breh around.

serious question.

why does America try to follow sports fan into thinking women are complete angels home reading they Bible waiting on a good man to come through the door? they go hard to hide female nature, they go hard to put up this illusion of women and anyone who's ever worked around real long money brehs or cacs can tell you how it goes down, these women looking for that come up by any means necessary. this 26 fukked Ime cuz that old cac she married was just a psycheck.

 

[jaydawg08]

Like I said, I have no idea if this is true or not... but again nothing about this entire situation is anything but speculation

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

I agree, but if he went to lets say the spurs, it would work since POP is about to retire sometime soon.

Pop and the Spurs wouldn't do that as they're not that type of organization. It would be bad optics on any team that signs Ime right away if he and the Celtics parted ways. It'd be a quick way to derail and take attention away from a teams season. It's better to do it next offseason after his suspension is up.

 

[GunRanger]

Malika upset because she fukking a coworker and waiting to use the "power dymamic" as a parachute herself

 

[jaydawg08]

You can still be a subordinate despite working in different departments. He's the head coach, and unless this woman was on the standing of ownership or in a GM type of role, then she was most definitely a subordinate to him. It's all about influence/power, and the HC is gonna have that over someone who just works behind the scenes.

It's a grey area, and there's no doubt that this individual ALSO had a high position in the organization as her husband had a high position within the organization as well.

This isn't him fukn some random college intern

 

[gurf]

Pop and the Spurs wouldn't do that as they're not that type of organization. It would be bad optics on any team that signs Ime right away if he and the Celtics parted ways. It'd be a quick way to derail and take attention away from a teams season. It's better to do it next offseason after his suspension is up.

Ime and Pop are tight. He coached him and he was an assistant with the Spurs previously. If anyone would give him another chance it would be the Spurs

 

[mvp_status]

It's a grey area, and there's no doubt that this individual ALSO had a high position in the organization as her husband had a high position within the organization as well.

This isn't him fukn some random college intern

Has the husband's status been confirmed?

Not gettin at you, Im just trying to catch up on all the facts. Alot of rumors/speculation being thrown around since this broke

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

ONCE AGAIN....
IF THEY WERE fukkING ON
COMAPANY GROUNDS THERE GOES
MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS...

2. HES IN A SUPERIOR POSITION
TO HER SO OF COURSE SHE ISNT
GETTING PUNISHED.



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Basically, you're saying your 'personal example' doesn't mean shyt? Good to know.

And I don't know why you keep throwing these hypotheticals out there when you know they're less than likely to be true. Any person that's reading into this properly knows it's much deeper than them just fukking on company grounds or telling her she needs to lose weight.

 

[Born2BKing]

Im a Celtics fan and I like Udoka as a coach and even i will admit there is some smoke to this. Matt Barnes definitely is plugged in. He was Udoka's teammate once or twice, Udoka was a assistant coach to Pop when Stak was there too. Udoka and Barnes played in the same era there is plenty of overlapped. He has more knowledge about THIS situation than Stephen A's bald head ass

Yeah and Matt ain't the type to back down from shyt unless it's a good ass cause. Breh prideful as fukk.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Ime and Pop are tight. He coached him and he was an assistant with the Spurs previously. If anyone would give him another chance it would be the Spurs

If Boston did an investigation and felt that what Ime was worth a year long suspension, then how can another team justify bringing him in sooner? That's the first question they will get asked along with whether they reached out to the Celtics beforehand for information on what Ime did to get fired?

At least with the Knicks and Rosas they could have least hid him behind the scenes with bringing him on as a consultant. Ime would still literally be visibly on the bench and you run the risk of one of those ESPN analyst asking about him during one of those sideline interviews.

It's not worth the distraction for a team anytime soon. Malika is still a sideline reporter so don’t think twice that she wouldn’t be bold enough to ask about it.

 

[Jazzy B.]

some people get engaged to show they are fully committed taken and DO NOT want the legal and social ties of marriage, how is this so hard to understand? marriage comes with a whole bunch of social, religious and legal bullshyt and expectations that many people don't want or need.

This is a contradiction.

If you're worried about "legal bullshyt" you don't accept the proposal to get married in the first place.

and maybe they got engaged because "fiance" at 40+ sounds better than calling a man/woman your boyfriend/girlfriend

You've just agreed with my point.

She's essentially still a "girlfriend after 10+ years in a relationship at 50+ and knows it.

So to fend off being asked why she isn't yet his wife she says she doesn't agree with marriage but is happy to have the fiancé title which is "to be married".

It's damage control.

It's been 8 years. Ime isn't fully committed and that's why he's been smashing at work and that's why she found out about the affair via shams and not him. She aint nothing but a girlfriend to him and deep down she knows it

 

[gurf]

If Boston did an investigation and felt that what Ime was worth a year long suspension, then how can another team justify bringing him in sooner? That's the first question they will get asked along with whether they reached out to the Celtics beforehand for information on what Ime did to get fired?

At least with the Knicks and Rosas they could have least hid him behind the scenes with bringing him on as a consultant. Ime would still literally be visibly on the bench and you run the risk of one of those ESPN analyst asking about him during one of those sideline interviews.

It's not worth the distraction for a team anytime soon.

I can dig it. Guess I’m still stuck on the suspended vs fired deal.

I’m thinking If he did something heinous they wouldn’t have kept him on the payroll and the authorities would be involved.

I’m thinking he got someone’s wife pregnant, but all we can do is wait for more info.