After being champion in 2021 with the Bucks, then finalist with the Celtics in 2022, Ben Sullivan will change the atmosphere next season, arriving in Houston, in a team certainly much more ambitious than for a few years but not yet built for aim for the title.
The assistant decided to leave Boston to join Texas with a clear goal in mind: to team up again with Ime Udoka, who arrived to take over from Stephen Silas this summer, a year after his departure from the Celtics.
” There are several reasons “he explains at the Houston Chroniclespeaking of his departure. “I had incredible luck between two excellent situations. I went to Boston for Udoka, so I feel like we started something that isn’t finished. When he took this position, we talked about it, and I was eager to build something with him. Look at the squad and the young talent, it’s a very exciting challenge. »
The two men share more than their experience in Boston in 2021/22 since they also have a past in common in Portland, the scent of which was very strong on the Celtics bench.
While waiting perhaps to go to the end of his desires, “I would like to be a coach one day”he delivers, Ben Sullivan will therefore continue his adventure with Ime Udoka.
“My job is to help the Rockets no matter how. My mantra is to do the best job possible with my abilities, to help the players, to help Ime and the other coaches. I am very enthusiastic. »