Ime Udoka, in black and giving directions, in one of the last games in Boston against the Golden State Warriors. Photo: AP Photo / Jed Jacobsohn.
The Boston Celtics, currently runners-up in the NBA, are about to sanction their coach, I udokaperhaps for the entire season due to a relationship with a franchise employee, ESPN announced Thursday.
“Udoka will probably have to face a suspension for the entire 2022-2023 season for her role in a consensual relationship with a female staff member, “she said in Twitter Adrian Wojnarowski, famous ESPN journalist.
Both ESPN and digital media Atletico Wednesday night they announced that the Celtics were studying to sanction Udoka, considering that relationship as “a violation of the organisation’s code of conduct”.
The episode became very mediatic in the United States because until the news broke, Udoka was in a couple and got engaged. with Nia Lungo, a well-known actress in that country.
As for the Celtics, the assistant thu Mazzulla prepares to act as an interim manager during the season, which kicks off on Oct.18, Wojnaroswki said, adding that the official announcement of the sanction against Udoka is expected this Thursday.
Udoka, of 45 yearstook control of the Celtics bench last season in his first experience as a head coach in the NBA. Before launching himself as a solo coach, he was Greg Popovich’s assistant at the San Antonio Spurs for seven years, a team where he also played as a professional and shared the locker room with Manu Ginóbili.
The technician has reached a balance of 51 wins and 31 defeats in the regular season and led Boston to its first finals since 2010, in which they fell to Golden State Warriors.
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