Can anyone catch Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla?
Three years ago, Joe Mazzulla was the head coach of Division-II school Fairmont State. Just over three months ago, he was coming off his third year as a Celtics assistant coach, still seemingly years away from his first shot as a head coach at the professional level.Coach of the Year. And at this rate, it’ll take a strong push to dethrone him.
The betting markets have barely been able to keep up with the stunning rise for Boston’s interim head coach, who was hardly on anybody’s radar over the summer. Ironically, former Celtics coach Ime Udoka was the consensus favorite to win the award as recently as September after leading his team to the NBA Finals a year ago.New customers only. Must be 21+. AZ, CO, IA, IL, IN, LA, MI, NJ, NY, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY only. Full T&C apply.New users only, 21 or older.
Finally, oddsmakers installed Mazzulla among the preseason favorites by October, pricing him at 12/1 at among the likes of Finch and Jenkins. It didn’t take long for Mazzulla to seize the top spot on the board after his Celtics won 21 of their first 26 games — with three of those losses coming in overtime.That scintillating start earned Coach of the Month honors for Mazzulla, who was favored for this award by November and nearly an odds-on favorite by December. He remains the top choice in the betting market, sitting at +260 at DraftKings. But he’s got competition.
Nets coach Jacque Vaughn — another coach who started with an interim tag — was similarly off the board entering the season, when Steve Nash remained at the helm. Vaughn took over as the permanent head coach in November after Nash’s unceremonious exit and was still a long shot for this award as recently as last week, when he was dealing at 14/1 at
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