Funny return of Ime Udoka to Boston. Even though he ultimately only spent one season as head coach of the Celtics, with a defeat in the Finals at the end, the Houston coach especially recalled the bonds formed in Massachusetts when he returned, explaining that his main regret is “for not having finished the work”.
On the court, his Rockets were swept by the Celtics well above, and the circumstances surrounding Ime Udoka's departure are still unclear. And the person concerned maintains the vagueness.
After the suspension of the coach, following an internal investigation which concluded that Ime Udoka had violated internal regulations by maintaining an extramarital relationship with a member of his staff, the Boston players complained in particular about discovering the situation through the press , frankness keeping them away from the investigation.
“I would say they lied to you. They knew. Some of them knew and I could obviously talk to them, but they didn't want to share things publicly.”
False, replied Ime Udoka, with a smirk, upon his return to Boston…
“I would say they lied to you”, explained Ime Udoka about his former players. ” They knew. Some of them knew and I could obviously talk to them, but they didn't want to share things publicly. So those who needed to know, knew.”
Placed in overhang, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown therefore had to answer questions on the subject, the first evading by simply explaining that he was happy to see Ime Udoka bounce back elsewhere, the second confirming that the players generally knew what it was happening, even if the whole sequence had been ” weird “.
“We knew what was going on, but there came a point where we heard things like there was more to it than that or something else, and it turned out there wasn't anything. There was nothing we didn't already know. But this is a very special situation. Overall, I'm just happy to see him bounce back, to see him get dragged down the sideline to where he belongs, and I'm happy it ended up working out for both sides.” concluded the full-back/winger.
