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Turttleducky

“Is Jason Kidd black?” Will be trending on google from this lol


Scoob8877

I thought Mazzulla was Italian.


cbranch101

His ethnicity is The Town


Rinch13

Joe “Whose car are we gonna take” Mazulla


jakkyspakky

Ya think ya better than me?


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dont_shoot_jr

If he was full Italian he would be Joey Mozzarella 


XAgentNovemberX

“If ya gunna coach tha Celtics ya gotta eat somethin first!”


Drummallumin

I’m sorry is that not his govt name?


dont_shoot_jr

Giuseppe Pasquale Di Mozzarella 


Victorcreedbratton

What part of the Boot you from, Joe?


AntSmith777

Mike Tirico type beat


yooston

>He has famously stated that he has seen pictures of his father and immediate family, all of whom are of Italian ancestry. "The only contact I had growing up was with my mom’s side of the family. And they are all as white as the refrigerator I’m standing in front of right now."[^(\[66\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tirico#cite_note-66) In regard to a genealogical test to see if he has a black ancestor, he said "Yeah. I’d like to find out the truth at some point, so I can answer questions for my kids", but made it clear he does not feel any urgency.[^(\[67\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tirico#cite_note-67) In September 2022, Tirico acknowledged that his father is African-American.[^(\[10\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tirico#cite_note-:0-10)


X_FlashPanther_X

Well today I learned something new lmao


LisanAl-Gabe

He is half Italian.


ChannelNeo

So together he and Kidd make one full black man.


NBA_Fan_76

But how many Christians?


Turttleducky

They’re both catholics evidently so i guess 2. There you go Joe


captaincumsock69

I thought he was a Celtic


chloroform42

BAH GOD, WHO’S NEXT??? Isaiah HARTENSTEIN?


RaikouKuzunoha

You know who genuinely shocked me for being black? Wentworth Miller. He and Hartenstein belong in the brightskin category.


hoodpharmacy

Michael Schofield? That's wild


AfroKuro480

Hmm. Wow, didn't even know lmao


thewolf9

Because he’s White skinned. His father is black.


spiattalo

He also has quite blue eyes. Not exactly the blackest of genetic features.


IanicRR

The fact that I remember him with the bleached blonde Justin Timberlake hair doesn’t exactly help either.


raizen0106

i feel like his name is pretty white too lol


TXlandon

He had a flat top in the 90s lol


likwitsnake

TIL


Jawkurt

I legit thought he was white


Otroroboto

Not gonna lie I thought Zach Lavine was 100% white until very recently.


smurfnturf69

It’s cuz he’s named fucking Zach


Mike_with_Wings

Zach Randolph in shambles


imadogg

Another fat white boi


alienated_osler

Embarrassingly was one of those Googlers earlier this week. Though to be fair USA has different definition than most of the Americas


Smelldicks

I’ve known who Jason Kidd is forever and I still didn’t know he was black until now.


H0tFuzz

I have a black dad and white mom, came out basically like Jason kidd/Derek Jeter. Would know people for awhile before they were like "Wait your black?!?" Incognegro


tennisss819

I’m a Mavs fan and had to look that up…


KyrieLS777

The awkward silence after🤣🤣


i5the5kyblue

And then proceeds to scan the room for the next question 👀


WiktorVembanyama

scanning for threats


Reidroshdy

He scans the room like the freaking Terminator.


nysraved

I think he actually holds the silence for several more seconds than shown in this clip lmao


KyrieLS777

Yeah he does😂


greenteam48712

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbjS4PC01bo


Pitch-forker

Wtf


SeaOwn2023

lmao. i love your coach, damnit why are we playing you. reporter after his answer "uhhhh...ok i guess"


altruism__

I wonder how many of those awkward silences are Christian awkward silences


burner_for_celtics

While everyone is stunned and disoriented… BOOM that’s when the killer whale gets you


NotManyBuses

Probably all of them except Phil Jackson


Bouldershoulders12

I think Larry brown is Jewish .


xyzyxzy

pre-1975 but Auerbach and Holzman had Jewish parents too.


ATXBeermaker

Honestly think Pop couldn’t give a shit.


tandemtactics

Steve Kerr doesn't strike me as particularly religious either


bettercallsaul3

He probably is. He used to go to a Catholic church.


LongTimesGoodTimes

Christians? In America? In sports? Unheard of


yooston

If you watch any post game interview you know god and Jesus are HUGE sports fans


Mr_Hugh_Honey

Yeah but they both really hate the Hornets


sniper91

Minnesota: *has professional sports teams* God & Jesus: “And we took that personally.”


funkadelic_bootsy

> God & Jesus Alley oop!


HazardousBuck

David Blatt in 2015 - he’s Jewish. 


THE_PENILE_TITAN

LeBron was the coach that year.


TryingToDoItGood

Le'Chaim


PlumAccomplished2509

Did Phil even follow a religion? I feel like he kinda made his own and just rocked out


DonOctavioDelFlores

The Holy Triangularity


cptahb

i think this is pretty close actually 


drmeattornado

The Gospel According to Saint Tex.


Bouldershoulders12

I thought he was a Buddhist


NBA_Fan_76

Thought he loosely followed Buddhist principles in his life but didn’t consider himself a full Buddhist, didn’t practice any organized religions


erictmo

Exactly. That’s why he’s called the Zen Master.


dont_shoot_jr

Religion is like all around us dude


NotManyBuses

Motorcycle Maintenance


XAgentNovemberX

He observed festivus, which is obvious because he would constantly tell his teams “I got a lot of problems with you people and now you’re gonna hear about it.”


pizza_volcano

he was really into native american spirituality inspired by his childhood contact with a tribe near his home


_Meece_

Phil was the son of two preachers and openly would talk about God with his players, especially Michael


sctthuynh

Joe Mazzulla, "I wonder how many of those coaches looked for exit strategies to rob Fenway"


Sean_Macquire

He's just here to win the title so he can throw out the first pitch and pretend to leave but actually hide somewhere and wait for everyone to leave before he strikes. He's just doing The Town 2 irl


idkwhattosay

Some dude actually did get robbed after taking 240k out of a bank in Fenway this weekend, he was bringing over to a check cashing place in Eastie. They got photos of the guys so I don’t *think* it’s Joe.


altiif

My man has a minimum of 3 bodies in his outside freezer. Minimum.


powderjunkie11

I wonder how many of them were Christians


boofintimeaway

Im sure he baptized them before sending them to the lord


Clammuel

And for the first time since 1975, two of them were black victims.


dog-tooth-

Nobody on this planet scares me as much as this man does.


SearchElsewhereKarma

He has the temperament and self-assuredness of a serial killer


ChannelNeo

just be glad he's putting his energy toward coaching. *... for now*


QuadramaticFormula

Nah, we’re good. If he stops coaching, it leaves more time for viewings of The Town.


trevorde11

In the next season of criminal minds the team flies to Boston to investigate murder scenes of bodies reenacting scenes from The Town.. also guest starring Jeremy Renner


oldtype09

Anyone else responded like this I’d be like “that’s kind of off-putting.” But we’ve already all priced in that Joe is a psycho so I’m like “yup, sounds like something he would say.”


ChannelNeo

When KP was out injured, Coach Mazz knelt to pray and told him 'you can't do that."


Kanavious_Knit

It took me a few reads to understand this was literal Crazy Mazz is TIL for me


ChannelNeo

It's a play on the Marcus Smart story from last season lol.


bigdon802

The awkward silence is the best part.


TheyCallMeNick_1

He scares me too. It's why I like him as a coach. He's borderline insane with some of the things he says and it's hilarious.


Whoareyoutho9

It's hilarious *when winning*


Cosmic_Note

I feel like this guy could take over the world if he wanted to lol


Several_Quiet7662

We’re all villains in someone’s eyes.


too-cute-by-half

Anything Is Possible.


Enough-Remote6731

So I’ve heard…


victorspoilz

He does jiu jit zu, too. Celtics pay for his trainer.


obri95

Joe jit zu


tlozz

WE LOVE PSYCHO JOE🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍


Ma_Pies

Crazy Joe Davola? Crazy Joe Mazzulla


ed42000

This guy being a legitimately good coach is hilarious


Charlie_Wax

He's the Michael Jordan of Mark Jacksons.


Garizondyly

Who's the Mark Jackson of Michael Jordans?


ThunderBobMajerle

OJ Mayo


PM_Me_Beezbo_Quotes

Nailed it


19ad9

Mama there goes that condiment.


Jos3ph

Ham down man down


ThunderBobMajerle

That’s a grown sourdough move


DoctorMansteel

I was gonna say Michael Beasley but this works.


BiggChikn

Wow. That's like, amazingly precise and accurate.


tythousand

Former Rookie of the Year, one-time All-Star and one-time assists leader Mark Jackson?


ThunderBobMajerle

Mama there goes that mayo


Charlie_Wax

Ricky Davis


Plies-

Nah see he can't be because both Michael Jordan and Mark Jackson were abusive to members of their team and Joe, despite his psychopathy, treats all of his players with respect. [Fr though Mark Jackson is a piece of shit for what he did to Festus Ezeli](https://www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/report-mark-jackson-tried-to-poison-warriors-against-festus-ezeli)


GreyActorMikeDouglas

He also had Steph running laps and stomping on his fucked up ankle in his church to prove he had healed it through God. On top of his hyper religious lunacy, he’s a hypocritical adulterer who stepped out on his wife. Fuck Mark Jackson forever


pfqq

You know what the worst part was? The hypocrisy.


INeedAKimPossible

> He also had Steph running laps and stomping on his fucked up ankle in his church to prove he had healed it through God. Lol what?


Sadvillainy-_-

I still remember when his Quizlet account full of scouting info was discovered lol.


MrFishAndLoaves

Any links?


Sadvillainy-_-

Archived link at the bottom of the post https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/r07QBIUBeq


CrossDeSolo

Lmao 🤣  I forgot about that 


eternali17

Honestly don't know what to make of this guy


PensiveinNJ

He's either a serial killer or a funny yet endearing little weirdo and there is absolutely no inbetween.


TiredMillennialDad

Just an unhinged millennial. There are millions of us


sectorfate

he's only 35? holy fuck I thought he was a decade older. not that he looks that old, but his entire demeanor and attitude makes him seem older.


theconmeister

Mf banished the Wall, Cousins UK team in the 2010 tourney


killa_ninja

From what I can gather he’s not black he’s Christian


xyzyxzy

The delivery is A+


eamonious

Not one fuck for social norms. Doesn’t smile, doesn’t try to save anything. King.


prodigus01

And it’s genuine. Clearly is not an act compared to other NBA stars.


ScrapinLinden

It should be an act, he should be just hamming it up for the cameras but I have never been more sure in my life that this dude is just that fucking nuts


ShrimpSherbet

Only Jesus is King, brother


Briancisgo

Joe is the ultimate quote machine


Sxaosinz

Looks like a black Michael Cera


greenteam48712

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbjS4PC01bo


lopea182

Looks like we got ourselves a ‘troll war’ between these two coaches today


EutaxySpy

The funniest part is that Mazzulla probably isn’t even trolling. He’s a pretty religious guy lol, this is just him normally


lopea182

I’ll never forget when he was asked about the Royal Family sitting courtside and telling the reporter the only ‘royal family’ he knew was Jesus, Mary and Joseph


Serah_Null

Joe being a good coach feels like a plothole


tlozz

One of the weirdest (and my favourite) moments in an nba presser, ever. Love it.


HispanicAtTehDisco

bro is all hits on pressers, that “we’re all a villain in someone else’s eyes” one from last week killed me


Bard_Wannabe_

Or when asked for advice he'd give to a new coach: "Everyone hates you".


tlozz

Omg I know. That shit made me die😂 he’s so fucking weird and it’s beautiful


topofthecc

Also one of, if not the, most American things you could say to the British royal family.


plz-be-my-friend

only king i recognize is burger king


JDuggernaut

“Coach Mazzulla, what sorts of challenges do Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans present?” The only Zion I acknowledge is the town where my Lord and Savior lived and preached.


sevaiper

Just incredible content 


suffering_420

I don't think he's trolling. He's just a strange guy.


tlozz

I’m agnostic so I don’t think I understand fully, what point is coach trying to make here? Lol😅 (I love Joe. Just genuinely asking bc I’m confused a bit lol.)


vagrantwade

I’m assuming he’s implying that being a Christian is more core to who he is than being black. *Edit* Nailed it


Ode1st

“I wonder how many of those coaches eat a large portion of their meals standing over the sink?”


LostReplacement

And like Major Payne


Stunning-Concern7472

Christians in positions of leadership has always been the norm in this country, that’s not true for black folks. How one more strongly identifies isn’t really relevant to the fact that perception of one’s ability to lead is impacted by one of these identities and not the other


iabeytorm

This is the weird part for me, men in power either being Christians or claiming Christianity is as American as apple pie, black men in charge, not so much. [44/46 presidents were explicitly Christians](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/01/20/biden-only-second-catholic-president-but-nearly-all-have-been-christians-2/) The only two that weren’t were Thomas Jefferson, who was a deist that read an edited version of the Bible that removed Jesus’ miracles but kept his teachings, and there isn’t a consensus about Abraham Lincoln’s religious beliefs but he did speak about god as the president. Being a non-Christian president is almost as rare if not rarer than being a black president.


Stunning-Concern7472

Exactly. Remember in 2023 when Mahomes and Jalen Hurts were the first two black quarterbacks to face off against each other in the Super Bowl? That was significant for all the same reasons. Imagine how dumb and irrelevant it would be if when asked about that the quarterbacks were like “don’t you care about my religion?”


garrishfish

> Mahomes Between this and Taz being Italian, there's just no point in even being a fucking racist when you can fuck up so easily.


Otroroboto

The fact that Hook is his son helps clear up any questions regarding Taz’s ethnic origins.


Gr8WallofChinatown

Because if you’re not Christian you’re not going to win the presidency. That stuff matters in America. Trump isn’t really a Christian but he needed to be one to win over his voting demographics. Same as Obama (so he wasn’t deemed an Islamist)


JMEEKER86

There was a poll a few years back that found that a majority of people wouldn't vote for an atheist and that people would be more in favor of voting for a Muslim, LGBT, or adulterer than an atheist. Hell, in some states there are still laws on the books that say atheists can't even run for office.


sewsgup

Marc Spears contextualized it with Mazzulla's response in a previous piece: --- https://andscape.com/features/celtics-interim-coach-joe-mazzulla-always-had-faith-hed-be-an-nba-coach/ After the 2019-20 NBA season, there were only four African American head coaches in the predominantly Black league. With you, there are a record 16 Black NBA coaches. What are your thoughts on that progress and the state of Black coaches in the NBA as a mixed-race Black and Italian man? It’s one part and it’s not the whole me. So, my identity and who I am as a person is important and knowing who I am is important. And I think being a part of that is important for society. It’s important for the league. It’s important for the players. It’s important for people to understand that it doesn’t matter what you look like or where you come from, you can get to where you want to go. That fundamental principle is extremely important. And so, being a part of that is huge. But I don’t want to be just defined by that. That’s also important to me. My faith is just as important as my race, if not more important. But I understand that in order to reach different people, you have to be your whole self and you can’t put yourself in a box. And so, I want to be able to reach Black people, Christians, non-Christian. Whoever it is, I want to be able to be an opportunity for that person. --- How is your daily walk with your Christian faith? It’s helped me shed perspective. The interim perspective. My daily walk tells you, you’re an interim, regardless. Anything could be taken away from you. I’ve seen it firsthand. My dad’s seen it firsthand, in life where something could be taken away from you, just like that. And so, the humility that you got to walk with, the awareness you walk with and the responsibility that you have to other people, just helping other people get to where they want to go. There was within a three-day window where Brad offered me the job and three days later my dad was diagnosed with glioblastoma. And so, at that point, you have to learn how to accept a dream and a nightmare at the same time. And so, it’s a coincidence that I have this hoodie that says, ‘Good.’ There’s something good in everything. And so, you have to have the perspective. That’s why I have the perspective of, ‘All right, so what? Good.’ And so, how do you balance getting a dream and a nightmare at the same time? And that’s the epitome of life.


tlozz

Ah okay - this helps contextualize it, and makes lots of sense. Joes delivery is just always so jarring and confusing, no matter what he’s saying lol.


ChannelNeo

I swear Joe's cracked a joke before, but people weren't sure because of his flat delivery. "Why aren't you laughing? My tone was humorous."


DSleep

Captain Raymond Holt vibes


WholeWideHeart

I think he was downplaying the race component. And suggesting another somewhat unnecessary metric to cannote.


CfoodMomma

TIL Jason Kidd is black.


saxman162

Half black apparently. An all time passer, if you will.


Fluffy_Somewhere4305

This is too hot for /nba. This is circlejerk quality


toystory2wasokay_

All time comment right here.


shawnkfox

https://archive.org/details/1993-Street-Smith-college-Basketball-yearbook-Guide-Jason-Kidd-California-wwwprpsportscom


yooston

[he was a lil more passing in his youth](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/94/5c/3a/945c3ac362dfb991974122f84abcb04c.jpg). also looked 35 already in college lol


[deleted]

He’s a super light skin. That will be the case when you got some Irish in ya


Great_Huckleberry709

He's mixed. Black and white. It was easier to tell when he had hair.


bobak186

I bet no one ever overstays themselves at his BBQ. He can really kill the whole vibe on a dime.


ThlammedMyPenis

He's that coworker/family member who turns every light hearted conversation into a heart-to-heart about their life's struggles


Zigleeee

First Finals coached by two people arrested for domestic violence?


unibball

Maybe, but at least one of them has multiple drunk driving convictions.


PatriotMissiles

“I wonder which one of us beat his wife…”


PointBlankCoffee

Both!


bigdon802

Hey hey hey, that young woman who Joe apparently lifted by her neck wasn’t in any way related to him.


Fluffy_Somewhere4305

yeah according to the christian bible (old testament, the real shit) thots can be cast out into the desert and stoned. so yeah just regular christian shit


GooseMay0

I don't get what his response is driving at...


spiralism

"You wouldn't ask that question about another important part of my identity, but you'll ask this one about my race"


Fluffy_Somewhere4305

he christians harder than you. He christians so hard that it broke marky mark's christian app


Zachkah

His faith matters more to him than his skin color. It's not the deep or crazy. Most religious people feel this way about their religion.


BowserBuddy123

Perhaps he just doesn’t strongly identify with his being black or doesn’t want that to be what people think of when they see him? Like he thinks the question is foolish? He may just be conservative and ascribe to the color blindness that many do. He may think it’s just a foolish question and throws out Christian coaches as another fairly meaningless distinction as he sees it.


MyAnswerIsMaybe

I don’t think it’s color blindness as much as he doesn’t want being black to define him more as being Christian It’s a weird combination of old school African American values and heavy Christian values. Christianity comes before everything, including your race. My uncle is a pastor in the Bible Belt and is exactly like this. Every comment or joke you make he will tie back to Christianity and just sit in the awkwardness.


Fladap28

My guy is the violent autistic kid who sat in the back with a joker grin on his angry face


strillanitis

What the fuck is this possibly supposed to mean


Metallica1175

He's mocking the pointlessness of the question.


NeverSober1900

Also he's been quite clear that he views his faith as important as anything else about him. He's like very Christian.


remy_buxaplentyy

Love Joe but dude is a nut. One of my friends played under him at fairmont. apparently one day, after practice, all the other players had left the court, and it was just my friend and joe mazzulla left. joe got this intense look in his eyes and said, "hey, wanna learn something special?" my friend was kind of curious and was like sure definitely. joe mazzulla proceeded to pull out a cassette tape of anderson silva highlights and popped it into an old tv/ver combo he had in his office. they sat down and watched it together, with joe occasionally pausing the tape to explain a particular move or technique. he was like, gently grunting throughout. after they finished watching, joe said, "now it's your turn." he had my friend stand up and try to replicate silva's moves, with joe providing really close guidance and feedback. they went on like this for hours, joe never once losing his enthusiasm or energy. my friend, on the other hand, was completely exhausted by the end and just passed out. he woke up with joe feeding him ice chips and cradling him in his arms with the tape still playing in the background. my friend never forgot that night, and he's told me it was one of the most memorable experiences of his basketball career. we still laugh about it sometimes, and it's become kind of a running joke between us. but maybe there's some truth to the idea that anderson silva's moves can be applied to the basketball court. or maybe joe mazzulla just really, really loves anderson silva


Additional_Essay

pasta?


nmaddine

penne


jumboponcho

You gotta be 18 or new to basketball to not know Jason Kidd is black. Mariah Carey is black too btw


EkruGold

How far along the spectrum is he again?


maintain_improvement

The number of posters in here who can't figure out what he meant is TOO DAMN HIGH


stilexx

Bruhhhh whyyyyyy why did you even think that ahgahahahahahahahahahahha


theseustheminotaur

I wonder how many of them were born on a wednesday