Joe Mazzulla took a trip to England during the All-Star break. He traveled to Manchester, where he attended a Manchester City Football Club practice session. He also met legendary European soccer coach Pep Guardiola. In a recent interview with The Athletic’s Jared Weiss, Mazzulla admitted that he views the City coach as one of the greatest sporting coaches in the world.
He also told Weiss that he sees patterns in soccer that can translate to the basketball court, and has been working with the Boston Celtics to help implement some of those strategies since taking over from Ime Udoka as head coach.
In a recent episode of the “Green With Envy” podcast, the hosts discussed Mazzulla’s quotes and his trip to the UK. They explored whether we can already see segments of a soccer system within Mazzulla’s coaching and how Boston is approaching games this season.
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