Joe Mazzulla praised his assistant coaches all year for navigating the most difficult start to a season imaginable.
Damon Stoudamire and Ben Sullivan, among others, already stepped into larger roles in the offseason before an investigation began into head coach Ime Udoka led to his suspension days before training camp. Mazzulla assumed head coaching responsibilities and the team eventually fired Udoka. Nobody knew why outside of a brief statement and reports. The Celtics hired the assistant that remained from the Brad Stevens era.
“The staff deserves a ton of credit,” Mazzulla told CLNS Media/CelticsBlog in April.