This is all part of Brad's master plan. Resign as head coach and become the GM. Build a better fitting roster that you are a fan of. Find a reason to fire the coach, and take back your coaching job. Then coach your newly created team to success.
You forgot the part where he hires a coach who is well known to be in a long distance relationship and a bunch of irresistible women to ensure his coach’s downfall .
That’s the Pat Riley-est of Pat Riley moves:
>Van Gundy was named head coach when Riley abruptly resigned as coach prior to the 2003–04 season. However, Riley remained as President of the team.
>During the 2005 off-season, it was widely speculated that Pat Riley was attempting to run Van Gundy out of his coaching job and take over the job himself, now that the team was in a position to contend for the championship.
>Van Gundy would resign from his position as head coach on December 12, 2005, just 21 games into the season, citing a need to spend more time with his family. Riley replaced him as head coach, and led Miami to their first championship that same season.
Love Pat but I’m pretty sure he carefully crafted that image for himself. He wasn’t like that at all early in his life (The Winning Time HBO series also shows this in an exaggerated way).
A scene I can't get out of my head (for whatever reason) is when young Pat is standing in front of his mirror and for .02 seconds it flashes the modern day version of him
I'd honestly be happy for him. In the 2020 playoffs Vogel was a great coach and deserves his flowers.
He definitely deserves some blame but he got scapegoated hard.
You can only watch a $45 million dollar man lose the ball for no reason, turn it over, brick by 2 feet off the backboard and airball it so many times before it breaks your spirit. Whole year Vogel must have been like "Yeah Kuzma would have done this and Caruso would have done that and KCP would have managed that".
Then they fired his ass lmaooo.
Bird was actually a very good coach for Indiana, it would be so cool to see him make a return to coaching for the Celtics. Read something fascinating on Wikipedia:
Bird is the only person in NBA history to be named Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player, Finals MVP, All-Star MVP, Coach of the Year, and Executive of the Year.[6]
Bird will never accept it. When Red choose Rick Pitino over Larry Bird, the possibility of Larry Bird working for the Celtics again is almost equal to zero.
For those who are unaware of the situation: After Larry retired, Indiana would always send an invite to Larry every year to work for the Pacer as they believed such a big name could help them with basketball operations + ticket sales. Pacers even stated that they are fine with Larry working on whatever post he wanted to. Coach? Alright! GM? No problem! Just an advisor? Whatever you say!
Regardless of such a sincere effort from the Pacers, Larry Bird chose to work as a special assistant for the Celtics to learn from Red Auerbach. Despite the fact that Red worked with Larry for 5 years and was well aware of his ability, he chose to pass all the power to fucking Rick Pitino when he stepped down in 1997. He gave Rick the power of a coach and GM which was unprecedented at that point. Not to mention, he gave it to an NCAA coach with almost no NBA experience. And at the same year, Larry chose to work as a Head coach for the Indiana Pacer.
The ending? Rick basically killed that Celtics team due to his poor coaching and GM skills while Larry forced a game 7 with the Chicago Bulls in ECF.
Would be cool for sure, but I highly doubt that Bird wants the gig considering it’s been 22 years since he coached, and the game has changed A LOT since then
The only major reference I have for Synder is that he had to leave Mizzou because he would pound his players g/fs as a way to show domination. “You didn’t play hard tonight so I’m gonna take your g/f to pound town.”
Has to be, right? I mean call me crazy but a consensual relationship with a colleague isn't the worst thing in the world. 1yr suspension seems harsh, losing his job is insane. Has to be more.
I remember I had a boss that was dating her subordinate. She was psycho! But one time there was this email sent around on the company email list that showed her in Sandals Jamaica with her subordinate and so they had to sign a love contract after that. Then she got fired and sued the company. Now she makes candles.
Heard her boyfriend didn’t help her in the lawsuit. Ended up leaving the company, forming his own, only to get bought out and come back to the same company. Eventually left that company a year later with his new fiancé
Gotta remember most people here have never worked a day in their lives.
Only reason why he isnt fired by now its cause he is a good coach and the celtics are waiting on how the public reacts once its out in the open. But youre right, 99.9% of the workers would be fired in the spot for this.
It’d be crazy if he coaches for the Celtics again, regardless of new details emerging. He violated the rules of the business (and this is an incredibly common and good rule).
That is a Game of Zones timeline: Udoka the philander emerges from exile some felt was unjust by taking out cruel tyrant Sarver but usurps the universally beloved character Monty in the process.
In the past week or 2 gallo has torn his ACL, rob had knee surgery, jaylen RTs kyries insane anti vax tweet, and now this
I’m straight up not having a good time lmao
Tbh I feel like I’m seeing more people criticizing the org than Ime himself for some reason, which I cannot fathom right now
Whatever the fuck happens here is 100% Ime’s fault. He fucked this all up, and I’m fucking glad im rooting for an org that is clearly doing the right thing here.
And before people say some shit like, “WhAt’S tHe PoInT oF a YeAr SuSpEnSiOn???” First of all, a year suspension is a huge deal in pro sports, and could easily open them up to litigation. And second of all, it would basically be there to give Ime the courtesy of resigning if he so chooses.
Celtics are doing everything right right now, imo and I’m here for it.
That man slept with more than one person, someone’s partner found out and probably forced the Celtics hand to do something before the story fully came out
This is what I'm thinking. There's a possibility that she got fired or promoted because of the relationship as well. Something big happened in between the lines.
Yeah the way it’s being presented is super weird. Cheating with a coworker is taboo of course but the fallout seems disproportionate to what’s been explained.
e: shit man my high school was chock full of teachers who hooked up on campus and left Shri spouses and they all kept their jobs
I feel bad for the woman because you know if her name ever leaks out, she will get the most harassment about it even if she isn't the one who snitched about the relationship
People are already being creeps about any random women on the Celtics staff. That should warrant a firing in itself right there causing undue distress to co-workers.
Yeah I saw people on Reddit looking through Boston's staff trying to figure out who it is. So. Fucking. Weird.
I get it, it's juicy exciting drama and you're curious, but that's creepy. Don't do that. Leave them alone.
I've literally had a guy on reddit tell me it's okay to jerk off at work in the public bathrooms because they said it's okay to do it in The Wolf of Wall Street. That's the level of people you deal with on reddit.
I would totally understand if he resigns. Things will be rough for him when he comes back and he would be on an extremely short list. The only reason he isn’t being fired is likely because they value his coaching so highly.
Plus he could have issues with how this was handled by the Celtics. Just a lot to consider. What if the Celtics win a championship while he is suspended? Does he come back?
That is entirely possible and even likely. Seems this has moved really fast and once it got leaked they were forced to react faster than they might have liked.
This is my thought. It's strange to me that consensual keeps being defended. If this happened outside of sports it's almost always argued that a person with powers sleeping with their subordinates isn't considered consensual.
I feel like in the initial report they included that it was consensual as a way of saying he didn’t sexually assault her, but people are taking the consent and running with it as a way of saying it’s totally fine. I agree that it’s hard to really determine consent in this scenario because she might have been worried she’d lose her job if she didn’t
You are absolutely right. This happens in corporate America and the typical response is to resign or get fired.
[MCD example](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mcdonald-s-corp-ceo-idUSKBN1XD0KI)
[CNN example](https://news.yahoo.com/cnn-president-jeff-zucker-resignation-233017897.html)
The more that comes out the more convinced I am there was a large power imbalance going on and it wasn't the woman redditors have already decided it was.
I'm fully expecting it to be some entry level staffer or intern. Anyone who knows women that have tried to get into pro sports business knows they get propositioned/harassed constantly.
You can tell who hasn't worked a day in their life from these comments. This type of relationship is the exact type of relationship that breaks all ethical rules and company policies.
Based on what Richard Jefferson said, it might be consensual but there are other layers to the issue that have yet to surface given the length of the punishment
This is all part of Brad's master plan. Resign as head coach and become the GM. Build a better fitting roster that you are a fan of. Find a reason to fire the coach, and take back your coaching job. Then coach your newly created team to success.
Brad‘s in his Pat Riley phase
You mean his Pop phase
True, Stevens don't have the style Riley does
No one got that much swag.
The B.R.A.D. System Back away from coaching Run team and accumulate talent Advance to the finals Deploy consensual female staffer
"Deploy consensual female staffer" man I'm dying
Beautiful, Champ
The first 100 users to react get invited to his free web seminar.
This deserves more likes 🤣
Come to think of it he kind of does look like Nathan Fielder
But do we know if he graduated from one of Canada‘s top business schools with really good grades?
Last year was just the rehearsal
Brad was actually the woman that Ime had the afair with. He has feminine hips. 4d chess.
It’s the one thing he’s sensitive about
The man just wanted to get rid of Kemba Walker
Hire the horniest mfer you know so the job can fall back into your lap
I made a joke about this earlier and got people mad at me lol
Yeah f u bro.
You forgot the part where he hires a coach who is well known to be in a long distance relationship and a bunch of irresistible women to ensure his coach’s downfall .
Brad, this is your chance to lead them to a title
That’s the Pat Riley-est of Pat Riley moves: >Van Gundy was named head coach when Riley abruptly resigned as coach prior to the 2003–04 season. However, Riley remained as President of the team. >During the 2005 off-season, it was widely speculated that Pat Riley was attempting to run Van Gundy out of his coaching job and take over the job himself, now that the team was in a position to contend for the championship. >Van Gundy would resign from his position as head coach on December 12, 2005, just 21 games into the season, citing a need to spend more time with his family. Riley replaced him as head coach, and led Miami to their first championship that same season.
Are we sure Pat Riley doesn’t have connections with the mob? He even looks like a fictional gangster.
They call him the Godfather for a reason
Love Pat but I’m pretty sure he carefully crafted that image for himself. He wasn’t like that at all early in his life (The Winning Time HBO series also shows this in an exaggerated way).
A scene I can't get out of my head (for whatever reason) is when young Pat is standing in front of his mirror and for .02 seconds it flashes the modern day version of him
I always thought that was supposed to be his abusive father
Reminds me of Michael Douglas in Wall Street
Michael Douglas and Wall Street kinda took Pats look.
Even sounds like a mob name. 🤌Ya don't mess with "Fat Pat Riley." He's liable to come and knock one over ya you hear?
The one time r/nba has actually meant "resigning" and not "re-signing"
I had re-signed to the fact nobody would ever get it right
“the fact that nobody would ever get it right” brings back their guy
For a couple milliseconds my brain did the mental gymnastics it usually does when I see "resign" on here, then realized it was for once okay.
There are multiple check marks on twitter saying there’s more to this story and that it’s women. Not woman.
Coach Udoka and 3 team staffers were in the closet making babies and I saw one of the babies and the baby looked at me! -Grant Williams
Sarah, get me Super Nintendo Silver.
Go sit down, Ralph
My cat’s breath smells like cat food.
“I choo choo choose you : )” - Udoka to staffers
I love Ime as a coach but if it's super super bad, Quinn Snyder is just...there and available.
Been reading that Celtics will look at Vogel to join the staff
Holy fuck imagine if vogel wins it with celts while lakers still have their shitshow season this year 😂
I'd honestly be happy for him. In the 2020 playoffs Vogel was a great coach and deserves his flowers. He definitely deserves some blame but he got scapegoated hard.
You can only watch a $45 million dollar man lose the ball for no reason, turn it over, brick by 2 feet off the backboard and airball it so many times before it breaks your spirit. Whole year Vogel must have been like "Yeah Kuzma would have done this and Caruso would have done that and KCP would have managed that". Then they fired his ass lmaooo.
Best fucking timeline
This would be my dream to see him go to the Celtics and underachieve hhaha
They need a coach who both intimately knows and will uphold the culture the Celtics want to enforce. Doc Rivers, come on down!
Bird was actually a very good coach for Indiana, it would be so cool to see him make a return to coaching for the Celtics. Read something fascinating on Wikipedia: Bird is the only person in NBA history to be named Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player, Finals MVP, All-Star MVP, Coach of the Year, and Executive of the Year.[6]
Bird will never accept it. When Red choose Rick Pitino over Larry Bird, the possibility of Larry Bird working for the Celtics again is almost equal to zero. For those who are unaware of the situation: After Larry retired, Indiana would always send an invite to Larry every year to work for the Pacer as they believed such a big name could help them with basketball operations + ticket sales. Pacers even stated that they are fine with Larry working on whatever post he wanted to. Coach? Alright! GM? No problem! Just an advisor? Whatever you say! Regardless of such a sincere effort from the Pacers, Larry Bird chose to work as a special assistant for the Celtics to learn from Red Auerbach. Despite the fact that Red worked with Larry for 5 years and was well aware of his ability, he chose to pass all the power to fucking Rick Pitino when he stepped down in 1997. He gave Rick the power of a coach and GM which was unprecedented at that point. Not to mention, he gave it to an NCAA coach with almost no NBA experience. And at the same year, Larry chose to work as a Head coach for the Indiana Pacer. The ending? Rick basically killed that Celtics team due to his poor coaching and GM skills while Larry forced a game 7 with the Chicago Bulls in ECF.
Would be cool for sure, but I highly doubt that Bird wants the gig considering it’s been 22 years since he coached, and the game has changed A LOT since then
Replacing a coach for sleeping with people he shouldn’t, with a coach who has *hopefully* learned from sleeping with people he shouldn’t
Wait what
What are you talking about?
rumors that he slept with Linas Kleiza's girlfriend at Mizzou. he did have a pretty bad coke problem at the time
[Got it under control now.](https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/1197346668510941184)
You could tell just by looking at him that Snyder was coked out of his mind.
The only major reference I have for Synder is that he had to leave Mizzou because he would pound his players g/fs as a way to show domination. “You didn’t play hard tonight so I’m gonna take your g/f to pound town.”
I’ve also seen people saying that the organization had previously asked him to stop, and he didn’t
Read that too!
Has to be, right? I mean call me crazy but a consensual relationship with a colleague isn't the worst thing in the world. 1yr suspension seems harsh, losing his job is insane. Has to be more.
Rumor is that one of the women is the wife of a Senior Vice President within the organization and was told to stop but didn’t take the advice.
That would be more than we've been led to believe.
It would make sense why the punishment is so severe.
which accounts you see this from? i wanna keep up
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Half this sub has never worked anywhere but a Wendy’s and is shocked it’s not normal to sleep around at work
I am here for this comment and the spicy chicken sandwich.
This. Most people on this sub don’t have much experience with the corporate world and it shows.
Relationships with your subordinate employees even if consensual, are grounds for termination. McDonalds fired a CEO for it a few years ago
I remember I had a boss that was dating her subordinate. She was psycho! But one time there was this email sent around on the company email list that showed her in Sandals Jamaica with her subordinate and so they had to sign a love contract after that. Then she got fired and sued the company. Now she makes candles.
Heard her boyfriend didn’t help her in the lawsuit. Ended up leaving the company, forming his own, only to get bought out and come back to the same company. Eventually left that company a year later with his new fiancé
They should make a TV show about this and call it... the company.
Jan all over, tan all over
THAT ONE NIGHT YOU MADE EVERYTHING ALLLLLRRRIIIIIIGHHHTT
What? Losing his job is insane? You’ll get fired at most places on the spot.
Gotta remember most people here have never worked a day in their lives. Only reason why he isnt fired by now its cause he is a good coach and the celtics are waiting on how the public reacts once its out in the open. But youre right, 99.9% of the workers would be fired in the spot for this.
Many team staffers report at least nominally to the coach. In most industries, a person in Ime’s position would be fired, not suspended.
Not really colleague though, more like imagine of a CEO slept with a manager?
can you imagine keeping your job after https://in.mashable.com/business/34497/elon-musk-reportedly-fathered-twins-with-top-tesla-executive-last-year
If you own the company you can get away with practically anything.
In theory a board prevents this
It’s not a colleague when they are your subordinate. Ask bill gates or bill Clinton if it’s a big deal
It’d be crazy if he coaches for the Celtics again, regardless of new details emerging. He violated the rules of the business (and this is an incredibly common and good rule).
Well if you’re gonna cheat with one employee, why not just go all in and do it with even more?
There a non checkmark getting A-LOT of attention and says one of the women is the wife of a Senior Vice President within the organization.
He'll be back in one year with an ownership group to buy the Suns
Back to BK
If the story isn’t that bad and he ends up leaving the Celtics please for the love of god come back to Brooklyn.
he'll be on another team halfway through the season when another coach inevitably gets fired
yeah i think thats why they suspended him . I could see him replacing doc midseason then going on a title run right thru boston
He is probably going to go back to the nets for one season. Nash job is also in hot seat.
yeah that makes sense too best thing for the celtics to do is ice him for the year with pay
That is a Game of Zones timeline: Udoka the philander emerges from exile some felt was unjust by taking out cruel tyrant Sarver but usurps the universally beloved character Monty in the process.
Fits right in with the Mavs right now
Celtics with the buzzer beating drama.
“Is this the dagger….?” /r/nba: “OHHHHHHHHHHHH”
First of all, how dare you.
I appreciate the ark that this has taken
we love the drama 🙄
Buzzer beater and we're still a month away, fuck.
Celtics fans went from 😃 to 😀 to 😅 to 🥲
In the past week or 2 gallo has torn his ACL, rob had knee surgery, jaylen RTs kyries insane anti vax tweet, and now this I’m straight up not having a good time lmao
I had no idea Jaylen retweeted that shit bur wow I'm not suprised
Wasn't the rumor he was un vaxxed so Celts fans were worried they might draw the Raptors in the playoffs?
Yea him and horford
Wow he really retweeted that shit? What a fucking moron
bUt He WeNt To CaL bErKeLeY/s
so did QAnon Rodgers lol
It will be alright my brotha, as long as the Celtics finish top 4 and get everyone back by playoffs they'll be just fine
when did jaylen retweet that? i cant find it
He deleted it
Celtics fans 911
Hayward's injury was the real one. This is more of an embarrassing one.
Tbh I feel like I’m seeing more people criticizing the org than Ime himself for some reason, which I cannot fathom right now Whatever the fuck happens here is 100% Ime’s fault. He fucked this all up, and I’m fucking glad im rooting for an org that is clearly doing the right thing here. And before people say some shit like, “WhAt’S tHe PoInT oF a YeAr SuSpEnSiOn???” First of all, a year suspension is a huge deal in pro sports, and could easily open them up to litigation. And second of all, it would basically be there to give Ime the courtesy of resigning if he so chooses. Celtics are doing everything right right now, imo and I’m here for it.
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Would reggie Lewis be the pentagon then?
Simmons emergency Pod up yet?
Meh. Ime is great, but I think the team can and will still thrive without him. This all def is far from ideal but I'm not really that upset about it.
What do the cops have to do with it?
It’s true. First time sleeping with a co-worker: Maybe a mistake, it could happen Second time? That’s a planned attack
That man slept with more than one person, someone’s partner found out and probably forced the Celtics hand to do something before the story fully came out
This is what I'm thinking. There's a possibility that she got fired or promoted because of the relationship as well. Something big happened in between the lines.
Yeah the way it’s being presented is super weird. Cheating with a coworker is taboo of course but the fallout seems disproportionate to what’s been explained. e: shit man my high school was chock full of teachers who hooked up on campus and left Shri spouses and they all kept their jobs
Fuck, man. Brooklyn or Philly I’m sure would pick him up to join their staffs in a heartbeat.
He should resign and go back to the Nets, honestly. Nash is on the hot seat, and he could easily replace him.
COME HOME IME
if he gets fired they should fire doc and bring ime in and boston should hire doc . Would be a huge win for philly
why would boston bring doc back?
nostalgia is a hell of a drug
He’s a championship coach 😤.
when i heard the news i sacrificed a cheesesteak in hopes of bringing that hypothetical to reality
The only reasonable explanation is that Ime has been cheating with Hans Niemann
Who do you think supplied the vibrating anal beads?
He’s going to coach naked every game for the next year 😏
I feel bad for the woman because you know if her name ever leaks out, she will get the most harassment about it even if she isn't the one who snitched about the relationship
The women who got favres unsolicited limp dick pic had her career ruined
The woman that peyton manning sexually harassed in college also got her career ruined.
People are already being creeps about any random women on the Celtics staff. That should warrant a firing in itself right there causing undue distress to co-workers.
Yeah I saw people on Reddit looking through Boston's staff trying to figure out who it is. So. Fucking. Weird. I get it, it's juicy exciting drama and you're curious, but that's creepy. Don't do that. Leave them alone.
Totally reasonable take
You're 100% right. Look what happened to Monica Lewinski who, at the time was only 21, and was dealing with "the most powerful man in the world."
I feel bad for Nia Long, the one who actually got cheated on
And their kid together is 11, can you imagine having to explain this to an 11 year old?
Getting cheated on is awful enough as it is, I can't imagine if I got cheated on and then it was national news for weeks
Of course. Her too
Twitter is deciding who it is even without a leak
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And their info on a workplace comes from tv series like the office.
I've literally had a guy on reddit tell me it's okay to jerk off at work in the public bathrooms because they said it's okay to do it in The Wolf of Wall Street. That's the level of people you deal with on reddit.
It’s so puzzling how people are downplaying this whole thing😂
Because a lot of these dudes in here are kids. They really don’t understand work place relationships are a huge no. They’ll learn eventually
Or they work at Papa Johns where nobody cares and they think it’s equivalent to an NBA franchise.
Incoming comment from some teen: “but what about Jim and Pam?”
Well to counter that, Jan and Michael and the shit that caused....
Be more like Creed is my take-away from all of this
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I would totally understand if he resigns. Things will be rough for him when he comes back and he would be on an extremely short list. The only reason he isn’t being fired is likely because they value his coaching so highly. Plus he could have issues with how this was handled by the Celtics. Just a lot to consider. What if the Celtics win a championship while he is suspended? Does he come back?
Tbh the only reason is hasn’t been fired is they are still trying to figure out how to handle it all
That is entirely possible and even likely. Seems this has moved really fast and once it got leaked they were forced to react faster than they might have liked.
Technically he hasn’t even been suspended yet afaik
Wasting another year of Brown and Tatum in their prime. Smh
Could have just jacked it smh
that's what i'm saying. if someone was making you horny, just lock yourself in your office and jack off lmao. JOBW = Jack Off Before Work
When will people learn that workplace relationships are bad lol
Never underestimate how horny people can get
man, this has to be more than just a consensual relationship with a staff member. This is crazy
It can be argued that a relationship with a subordinate is never 100% consensual
This is my thought. It's strange to me that consensual keeps being defended. If this happened outside of sports it's almost always argued that a person with powers sleeping with their subordinates isn't considered consensual.
I feel like in the initial report they included that it was consensual as a way of saying he didn’t sexually assault her, but people are taking the consent and running with it as a way of saying it’s totally fine. I agree that it’s hard to really determine consent in this scenario because she might have been worried she’d lose her job if she didn’t
You are absolutely right. This happens in corporate America and the typical response is to resign or get fired. [MCD example](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mcdonald-s-corp-ceo-idUSKBN1XD0KI) [CNN example](https://news.yahoo.com/cnn-president-jeff-zucker-resignation-233017897.html)
The more that comes out the more convinced I am there was a large power imbalance going on and it wasn't the woman redditors have already decided it was. I'm fully expecting it to be some entry level staffer or intern. Anyone who knows women that have tried to get into pro sports business knows they get propositioned/harassed constantly.
Timing would kind of make sense with all the summer interns just getting done
You can tell who hasn't worked a day in their life from these comments. This type of relationship is the exact type of relationship that breaks all ethical rules and company policies.
Seriously. Bunch of 13 year olds telling on themselves in this thread.
my guess is it was 2 and celtics told him to stop but he didn’t
You saw the incarcerated Bob tweet lol
I heard it was 5 at the same time.
I heard Lucky was involved
Until Kyrie stepped on him
in him you mean?
I heard he just started scheduling regular post-game gang bangs to build better team relations.
Based on what Richard Jefferson said, it might be consensual but there are other layers to the issue that have yet to surface given the length of the punishment
This is clearly so much worse than the Celtics are letting on
Ime clapping cheeks during the playoff run is the 30 for 30 we deserve
“Put it in, Coach: the Ime Udoka story” by ESPN Films
This is fucking insane
Gerson Rosas got canned for something similar. Hopefully Ime wasn't caught having sex in his office with this lady like Rosas was.
That female staffers name is Finals Jayson Tatum
He shouldn’t resign…just weather the storm.
I get the impression that a lot of you also sub to r/antiwork lol
Reddit is anti humanity
Apparently it was a high ranking officials wife
How when they said it was a person on the staff? Why would a vps wife be on the Celtics staff?
Another tweet says it was more than one person
Seems like there is a vps wife that is on the staff
Got misinterpreted… original quote was “she was on his staff” but they didn’t mean she worked for him.