Mazzulla's plans might not be the best for his players but he understands what the people want
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Celtics' Joe Mazzulla wants to bring fighting back to NBA: 'What's more entertaining than a little scuffle?'
Mazzulla's plans might not be the best for his players but he understands what the people want
Anyone who follows the NBA with any sort of regularity knows by now that Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla is an odd cat. To me, he's odd in awesome ways. The guy supposedly watched "The Town" two to three times a week at one point in his life, and he has real thoughts on how to actually rob Fenway Park, to the point that he scopes out exit points when he's at Red Sox games. Honestly, the guy is a treasure.
So when Mazzulla made an appearance on Boston radio and was asked what he would change about the NBA, you knew he wasn't going to give a stock answer. True to form, Mazzulla elaborated on why the NBA should institute power plays after fouls, forcing the offending team to play a man down for a length of time, as in hockey.
Oh, and he also wants to "bring back fighting."
"The biggest thing that we rob people of from an entertainment standpoint is you can't fight anymore. I wish we'd bring back fighting," Mazzulla said on NBC Sports Boston in a manner that certainly didn't sound like he was trying to be funny. "What's more entertaining than a little scuffle? How come in baseball they're allowed to clear the benches? How come in hockey they're allowed to fight? I don't understand. I just don't get why some sports are allowed to clear the benches. They have bats and weapons [in baseball]. We don't. We have a ball. The other sport [hockey] has one of the hardest playing surfaces and a puck and a stick. And yet we're not allowed to throw down a little bit?"
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Just sayin': Bad idea.