Aug. 7, 2026, 3:16 p.m. ET
Optimizing every player on the Boston Celtics roster for Mazzulla ball will be no easy task, but Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla and his staff have proven to be capable player development coaches every bit as much as they have shown themselves to be adept at managing the egos and skill sets of their star players.
But for this next iteration of the Celtics to succeed, the youth movement on Boston’s roster in particular will need a certain, specific type of growth on a person-to-person basis. What do each of the Celtics players need to do next season to find the most success on the court under Mazzulla?
The hosts of the “First to the Floor” podcast, Jake Issenberg, Ben Vallis, and Wayne Spooney, took some time on a recent episode of their show to talk it all over. Check it out below!
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