{"id":407196,"date":"2022-09-23T17:54:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T17:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=407196"},"modified":"2022-09-23T17:54:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T17:54:51","slug":"ime-udoka-passed-unwanted-comments-on-female-staffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/ime-udoka-passed-unwanted-comments-on-female-staffer\/","title":{"rendered":"Ime Udoka Passed Unwanted Comments On Female Staffer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Questions remained regarding the timing and severity of the penalty as information about the Celtics&#8217; choice to suspend coach Ime Udoka for the rest of the 2022\u201323 season for what was formally referred to as &#8220;violations of team policies&#8221; emerged.<\/p>\n<p>Shams Charania of The Athletic later on Thursday provided some further information regarding Udoka&#8217;s alleged relationship with a female employee of the Celtics.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Celtics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Celtics<\/a> knowing about Ime Udoka affair since July, Ime didn&#39;t his tell longtime GF &amp; mom to his child, Nia Long, until a few days ago.<\/p>\n<p>Nia moved to Boston 2 wks ago w\/ their 10 yr old, despite Ime knowing this was about to blow. They&#39;ve been looking for houses. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NBA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; michael j. babcock (@mikejbabcock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikejbabcock\/status\/1573337847788093440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Ime Udoka Passed Unwanted Comments On The female Staffer<\/h2>\n<p>On Thursday, accusations of the controversy surfaced, claiming that the coach had an intimate relationship with a female member of the Celtics staff. The team, according to The Athletic, learned about the relationship back in July, and they only got involved after Udoka made &#8220;unwanted comments&#8221; to the woman.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/emeckejr\/status\/1573336479337943041?s=20&#038;t=6kJAwTH4rjpLQgO5uQ-Yfgnbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to Charania, members of the Celtics organization learned of the connection in July, and Udoka and the woman both told Boston&#8217;s management that the union was amicable. However, according to Charania, the woman recently claimed that Udoka made inappropriate statements to her, which prompted the team to conduct a series of internal interviews.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to suspend Udoka for the entire season was decided after the team conducted a series of internal interviews and met behind closed doors on Thursday with the team owners and president Brad Stevens (who, notably, served as the team&#8217;s last head coach).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The important part now is how did the Ime Udoka affair go from \u201cconsensual\u201d to \u201cunwanted advances\u201d to being reported and that is something we do not know <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DvCe1HCRzK\">https:\/\/t.co\/DvCe1HCRzK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud835\udc04\ud835\udc31\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2f\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b \ud835\udc0f\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc29\ud835\udc1e (@exavierpope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/exavierpope\/status\/1573336214664626177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Udoka Accepted The Team\u2019s Ruling<\/h2>\n<p>In a statement he released Thursday night, He accepted the team&#8217;s ruling.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI want to apologize to our players, fans, the entire Celtics organization, and my family for letting them down,\u201d Udoka <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/2022\/09\/23\/ime-udoka-releases-statement-celtics-announce-suspension\">said<\/a>. \u201cI am sorry for putting the team in this difficult situation, and I accept the team\u2019s decision. Out of respect for everyone involved, I will have no further comment.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8It&#39;s official: Ime Udoka has been suspended for the ENTIRE season.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The Udoka case is more complex than a staff affair, when they find out who the woman involved is, there will be a major stir&quot; @bsotv <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/imeudoka?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#imeudoka<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/udoka?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#udoka<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#sports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sport?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#sport<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/news?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#news<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rddNWXRh7f\">pic.twitter.com\/rddNWXRh7f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; F.M NEWS (@fmnews__) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fmnews__\/status\/1573332118595313666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to Wojnarowski, with Udoka&#8217;s ban now in place, assistant coach Joe Mazzulla will serve as the team&#8217;s acting head coach. Mazzulla, one of Boston&#8217;s top coaches, has previously coached the Summer League squad of the organization but has never held a head coaching position in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BbiMEONbfgg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Now that training camp has begun, the Celtics will have a short turnaround until the start of the season on September 27. Boston will face the 76ers home on October 18 to open the 2022\u201323 season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nia Long blindsided by Ime Udoka affair, moved only two weeks ago to Boston, where she was house hunting with the Celtics coach. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/az9VsYbza2\">https:\/\/t.co\/az9VsYbza2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Austin Laymance (@JALaymance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JALaymance\/status\/1573331569468928006?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE NBA UPDATES &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/nba\/schedule\">NBA SCHEDULE\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/nba\/odds\">NBA ODDS\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Questions remained regarding the timing and severity of the penalty as information about the Celtics&#8217; choice to suspend coach Ime Udoka for the rest of the 2022\u201323 season for what was formally referred to as &#8220;violations of team policies&#8221; emerged. Shams Charania of The Athletic later on Thursday provided some further information regarding Udoka&#8217;s alleged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":394923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,51],"tags":[2283,1940,3127,3128],"class_list":["post-407196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-boston-celtics","category-nba","tag-ime-udoka","tag-nba-updates","tag-udoka-affair","tag-udoka-unwanted-comments"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}