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I have lived in the Celtics region for all of what has now reached 18 NBA championship banners, and what you read below from Justin Turpin is my favorite-ever article on the Boston Celtics. Good for Coach Joe Mazzulla and the players. Turpin writes for WEEI:
As the duck boats made their way down Boylston Street in front of more than a million Celtics fans who gathered to celebrate Banner 18, Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla jumped out of the window of his boat and began high-fiving and hyping fans up. The response was deafening.
Mazzulla, who’s been called a “Sicko,” “Crazy,” “Weirdo,” and even a “Psycho” by fans, and even his own players, had just earned a new title: “Legend.”
At just 35 years old, he became the ninth-youngest coach to win a title and the youngest since Bill Russell won one with Boston as player-coach in 1969, an achievement so significant the state of Rhode Island declared June 21, 2024, as “Joe Mazzulla Day.”
Born in Johnston, Rhode Island, the honor was the perfect tribute, given that Mazzulla’s basketball journey began there, sparked by his father, Daniel Mazzulla.
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