BOSTON — Following their suspension of head coach Ime Udoka for the entire 2022-23 NBA season, Boston Celtics managing partner Wyc Grousbeck and president of basketball operations Brad Stevens offered scant factual substance during Friday's news conference, citing "privacy reasons for the people involved."
The Celtics officially suspended Udoka on Thursday night "for violations of team policies." The news came less than 24 hours after The Athletic's Shams Charania reported through anonymous sources that Udoka "had an improper intimate and consensual relationship with a female member of the team staff." Charania clarified in a later report, "the woman recently accused Udoka of making unwanted comments toward her.