With the season on the line following a 128-102 Game 3 loss to the eighth-seed Heat, Grousbeck came in hot. After Grant Williams asked everyone to clear the room so the players could have some space, Grousbeck went off. His message to the effect that he has been building this franchise for over 20 years and the players need to play with some balls left the locker room stunned, several team sources who were in the room told The Athletic. The sources were granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record. “(Grousbeck) was right, but we shouldn’t need that,” Blake Griffin told The Athletic. “As soon as we got to the locker room, we were just so frustrated.”
Wyc Grousbeck Rumors
Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson: Celtics coach Joe Mazulla praised by team owner Wyc Grousbeck: “This is Brad’s [Stevens] recommendation and Brad’s looking brilliant right now.” “I got to know Joe as an assistant coach more than I normally get to know assistant coaches. It was just very good luck.”
Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson: Celtics Owner Wyc Grousbeck tells @BallySports why Malcolm Brogdon “should be the 6th man” of the year. “I think the sixth man is an award that represents character.”
Bobby Manning: “We’re looking at buyout candidates and free agents,” Celtics governor Wyc Grousbeck said on WEEI this week. “I’d be very surprised if we went into the playoffs with an open roster spot. I don’t think that’s going to happen…”
Celtics owners Wyc Grousbeck on trade deadline strategy: It's about this year
Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck reinforced the notion while discussing the team’s approach to the upcoming NBA trade deadline with Boston president of basketball operations Brad Stevens. “The conversation that I’ve had with Brad is, it’s about this year,” Grousbeck said Saturday on NBC Sports Boston’s “Celtics Pregame Live.” “It’s not about ‘this will pay dividends in three years’ or ‘this will do this next year.’ It is this year. Muscle up and let’s go get the job done. So that’s his instructions, and that’s what we’re going to try to do. If there’s anything to do, we’ll do it. If not, we love this team. We’re at the top of the league right now.”
At a news conference last week, Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck said the suspension — which extends through June 30, 2023 — was a product of multiple violations of team policies, and sources told ESPN the Celtics won’t stand in Udoka’s way should he have the chance to become a coaching candidate elsewhere. There are teams that have tried to gather a preliminary understanding of the full explanation for Udoka’s suspension in preparation for possibly evaluating him for future coaching employment, sources told ESPN.
Jared Weiss: When asked if the investigation determined Udoka’s behavior was harmful to others or just inherently a violation of policy, Wyc Grousbeck would not comment. Only clarified that there was a “volume of violations.”
