{"id":626836,"date":"2026-02-26T21:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/626836\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T21:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:37:15","slug":"chandler-parsons-dishes-out-funny-praise-for-celtics-joe-mazzulla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/626836\/","title":{"rendered":"Chandler Parsons Dishes Out Funny Praise For Celtics&#8217; Joe Mazzulla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">Former NBA wing Chandler Parsons just praised <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/boston-celtics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Celtics<\/a> head coach Joe Mazzulla during a new episode of the Run It Back show.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Parsons said that Mazzulla can &#8220;coach his booty off&#8221; and asserted that Mazzulla is very deserving of consideration for NBA Coach of the Year.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;Joe Mazzulla can coach his booty off.&#8221; \ud83d\udcaf<\/p>\n<p>Chandler Parsons says the Celtics HC is more than deserving of NBA Coach of the Year consideration \ud83c\udfc6<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichelleDBeadle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@MichelleDBeadle<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChandlerParsons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@ChandlerParsons<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamLou23?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@TeamLou23<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X2FWSGkGIV\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/X2FWSGkGIV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Run It Back (@RunItBackFDTV) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RunItBackFDTV\/status\/2027106289596125608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">February 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mazzulla has impressed the entire basketball world during the 2025-26 NBA season. The team holds a 38-20 record, good for second in the Eastern Conference, despite Jayson Tatum\u2019s ongoing absence with a torn Achilles and multiple key roster departures from the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>Mazzulla has maximized the contributions of Jaylen Brown and a deep supporting cast of emerging wings and veterans. The Celtics rank second in offensive rating while allowing the fewest points per game in the league. This success earned Mazzulla Eastern Conference Coach of the Month for December, his fifth such honor overall.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">In his broader NBA coaching career, which began as interim in 2022 before becoming permanent in 2023, Mazzulla has amassed a 220-83 regular-season record.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">He captured the 2024 NBA title, making him the youngest coach to win a championship since 1970. Known for his adaptive strategies and emphasis on collective effort, Mazzulla has guided Boston to sustained excellence, including a 61-21 mark in 2024-25. His work this season stands out as particularly masterful amid adversity.<\/p>\n<p>More NBA: <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/boston-celtics\/news\/celtics-eastern-conference-rival-receives-unfortunate-injury-news\/1fd5cf64a83e617cfdcc4b33\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtics&#8217; Eastern Conference Rival Receives Unfortunate Injury News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former NBA wing Chandler Parsons just praised Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla during a new episode of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3766],"tags":[7,45,75,3798,46,6],"class_list":["post-626836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boston-celtics","tag-basketball","tag-boston","tag-boston-celtics","tag-bostonceltics","tag-celtics","tag-nba"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116139094601099251","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}