The head coach of the Boston Celtics, Joe Mazzulla, discussed the similarities between his trainer and that of the Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, saying that he had used the career of the Catalan coach as a ” road ”.
Mazzulla and Guardiola were promoted to the darkness relating to their first role as a senior-Mazzulla coaching-chief to the Celtics after the suspension of Ime Udoka before the 2022-23 season, and Guardiola by Barcelona of the configuration of the team of Reserve after the inscribed end of Frank Rijkaard of Frank Rijkaard Tiration in 2008 who saw the club finish third in Laliga, 18 points behind the Rivaux of Real Madrid at the summit.
“Obviously, far from the manager that Pep is but we share a similar start,” said Mazzulla Interview with men in Blazers. “He coached Barcelona team B, I was in the Maine G team from League G, and they could easily have gone a bigger name, but they go to this guy sitting on the rear bench without experience.
“It has really become a roadmap to find out how I wanted to build a culture, a team, and you know, to get the size. Separates the coaches in any sport – it’s Something I thought I could really learn. “
While Guardiola was a coach established for considerably longer than his American counterpart – recovering three titles from Laliga with Barça, seven premier League triumphs in England with City, three Bundesliga victories with Bayern Munich with three successes of the League Champions at that time – Mazzulla quickly became one of the most respected coaches in the NBA after winning the championship in its second season completed last year.
Before match 1 of the NBA final against the Dallas Mavericks in June, Mazzulla was seen talking to the Spanish on the TD Garden field, and the couple also met on the city’s training field In February of the same year.
“The greatest thing I wanted to take to him was: what does it look like before winning? What are the Challènes who come with the victory of the first? And what are you now that you have won,” continued Mazzulla.
“He has seen all these steps, and it just gives you a great perspective as to: okay, if you are going to do it for a long time, here is what to expect, here is how to adapt and here is how to look at it.
“So I just thought it was someone who could really help me and therefore I appreciate his humility and it was a fun journey, in a way to establish a relationship with him.”
The Celtics Stay the title of title for the 2025 championship Despite the 5 years and the Cleveland Cavaliers matches at the Eastern Conference, while City is in the middle of a turbulent season which allowed them almost certainly to lose their grip on the Premier League after four consecutive titles and at edge of an outing of the Champions League before the round of 16.
