Celtics' Joe Mazzulla pitches new NBA award idea after Coach of the Year nomination

BOSTON — Joe Mazzulla has made his thoughts on Coach of the Year clear. He believes it’s a stupid award.On Monday, he suggested an alternative, saying he wished the award was replaced by something that wouldn’t go to just one person when so many are involved in a team’s success.“I would like to see that changed to staff or organization, for sure. I think those things are important,” Mazzulla said. “If it was Staff of the Year, it’s different, (or) if it’s Organization of the Year. But at the end of the day, I haven’t made one basket all year. Our staff hasn’t made a basket. We haven’t got a block. We haven’t ran back on defense. We didn’t play a back-to-back. We didn’t have to play hurt. We haven’t really done s–t. So if you don’t have the guys you know to be able to put you in position, it doesn’t really matter.”Advertisement