Coach Of The Year check-in: how does Joe Mazzulla stack up?

Award races are starting to heat up. But, similar to our piece about Sixth Man of the Year, that doesn’t necessarily mean the discussions themselves need to get heated. We can have a nice, casual discussion about one of the closer award races this season, Coach of the Year.

At this point in the season, there are four legitimate candidates. Mike Brown, Mike Malone, Mike Budenholzer, and the only candidate not named Mike, Joe Mazzulla. Let’s start with the head man in Green before going through our foray of Coach Mikes.

Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesJoe Mazzulla (+225)

Record: 47-21

Despite the sky-high expectations of the Celtics this year, Mazzulla has been a…