{"id":42947,"date":"2025-03-14T08:37:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T08:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=42947"},"modified":"2025-03-14T08:37:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T08:37:31","slug":"fran-fraschilla-on-boston-celtics-head-coach-joe-mazzullas-coaching-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=42947","title":{"rendered":"Fran Fraschilla on Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla&#8217;s coaching evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">You may have noticed that\u00a0Boston Celtics\u00a0head coach Joe Mazzulla has grown in that role considerably since taking the helm at the start of the 2023-24 NBA season. Better set plays, better rotations, better game management, and better overall schema on both ends of the basketball court have been the hallmark of the Rhode Island native this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">And if you were among those who have taken note of the Celtics coach&#8217;s growth helming the team, you are not alone. Longtime league analyst Fran Fraschilla spent some time talking up Mazzulla&#8217;s growth as a coach on a recent episode of the New England Sports Network&#8217;s &#8220;Hold My Banner&#8221; show with cohosts Travis Thomas and Ountae Campbell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Take a look at the clip embedded below to hear what they had to say about Mazzulla&#8217;s coaching chops.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NBA Analyst Fran Fraschilla SPILLS The Truth On Joe Mazzulla\u2019s Celtics Coaching Evolution!\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YY5owr6K0w0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">If you enjoy this pod, check out the &#8220;How Bout Them Celtics,&#8221; &#8220;First to the Floor,&#8221; &#8220;Celtics Lab,&#8221; and the many other New England sports podcasts available on the CLNS Media network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>usatoday.com wants to ensure the best experience for all of our readers, so we built our site to take advantage of the latest technology, making it faster and easier to use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":42956,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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