JJ Redick Praises Joe Mazzulla, Celtics' Defensive Creativity

The Boston Celtics' defensive versatility affords Joe Mazzulla options that other teams don't have.

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00:00 Derek White against Miami on Super Bowl Sunday got absolutely crossed by Tyler Hero on the

00:07 in the right slot left to right crossover like he was beat any nearly any other guard in the league

00:13 Tyler Hero is going to get an uncontested floater or layup at the rim. Derek White recovered and

00:18 blocked a shot out of bounds like that. It's a rarity. It's a rarity. It's almost like, yeah,

00:25 we can have all these rules and we can have all these schemes. Like if I'm a coach, right,

00:29 we can do all that. That's great. When you have the personnel that the Boston Celtics have,

00:34 it just opens up a world of possibilities. It does. And because because Joe Mazzola is so

00:41 creative and thoughtful about all of these matchups, right, it goes back like he started

00:48 drew holiday on Joel Embiid. He they guarded him with drew holiday for 24 half court possessions.

00:57 The first time they played Philadelphia, it's stuff like that that is just so cool to me.

01:02 And look, it's like a it's like a perfect marriage, right? It's a perfect marriage

01:06 between a coach who understands all of this stuff at a very high level and having

01:13 smart, instinctual, awesome individual defenders.