Brad Stevens Got Emotional Discussing Women in Celtics Organization Unfairly Dragged Into Ime Udoka Situation
The Boston Celtics held a press conference to address the Ime Udoka situation on Friday morning. Co-owner Wyc Grousbeck and president of basketball operations Brad Stevens addressed the media and made Udoka's season-long suspension official. There were no specific details, but it the team doesn't seem like they are questioning their decision or the process used to come to it.
Udoka's leave will be paid, but come with a significant financial penalty. The team says that as soon as they were made aware of a situation lawyers were brought in. Grousbeck also shared that Udoka was found to have committed multiple violations of the team's code of conduct and called his suspension "well-warranted and appropriate"
Udoka's suspension comes with a "significant financial penalty", Wyc Grousbeck says. He adds: there were multiple violations of Celtics' conduct rules by Udoka.
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The most emotional part of the very somber press conference came when Brad Stevens discussed the women in the Celtics organization who were dragged into the situation "unfairly" on Thursday as people speculated who was involved.
“A lot of people were dragged into that unfairly.”
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Celtics President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens had some strong feelings about the female staffers being dragged into the social media conversation. pic.twitter.com/Q2IvR7VGeZ
"I thought yesterday was really hard on them. Nobody can control Twitter speculation. Rampant... bullshit. But I do think that we as an organization have a responsibility to make sure we're there to support them now because a lot of people were dragged unfairly into that."