Joe Mazzulla isn’t looking to be too friendly with his fellow NBA coaches, at least during the season.
That’s why the Celtics coach was recently annoyed by one of his former assistants, Charles Lee, when they took on the Hornets for two games earlier in November. Mazzulla claimed that Lee, who’s now the Hornets’ head coach, might have tried to gain a competitive edge on him as he was asked about his relationships with other coaches around the league on Friday.
“I told Charles when he left, ‘I’m not talking to you during the season. I’m not waving to you at the national anthem.