Earlier this month, after the Celtics lost to the Nuggets by two at home, Kendrick Perkins had some harsh words for coach Joe Mazzulla.
“They have two Joe Mazzullas,” Perkins said. “They have the one that got the philosophy of ‘we’re going to get up more 3s than you.’ When they hit them, he looks great.”
“Then you have the other Joe Mazzulla, who just stands over there,” Perkins added. “And you wonder, if you take his brain out and you put it in a bird, the bird is going to start flying backward.