NBA Ime Udoka facing lengthy suspension for consensual affair with a staff member

[Tryamw]

Udoka suspended by C's for 2022-23, apologizes

Boston's largely unprecedented suspension of coach Ime Udoka is effective immediately, and a decision about his future with the organization will be made later, the team said.

www.espn.com

 

[Terry Yake]

Didn't Jackson/Buss also inform HR of the relationship? I thought I recalled that being something from one of those Laker documentaries

And as pointed out power dynamics and situation are not same

everyone in the lakers organization was well aware of phil and jeanie's relationship from the beginning. they actually talk about it in the last episode of the "legacy" doc on hulu. west, kupchak, and others in the FO weren't happy about it

 

[MMC]

Key paragraph in the Athletic's article

 

[John Price]

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f***

i wouldn't be surprised if he didn't come back after his suspension ends. how hard is it to just coach a damn team and not engage in adultery

 

[Voight]

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This could very well sink his career.

I am a little surprised the Celtics threw the hammer down on this one. He did obviously violate their code of conduct but one would think they wouldn't go too hard on the head coach.

 

[CanesUltimate11]

This could very well sink his career.

I am a little surprised the Celtics threw the hammer down on this one. He did obviously violate their code of conduct but one would think they wouldn't go too hard on the head coach.

Well if the line about unwanted comments is true then he's lucky to only be suspended and not shown the door, if only to protect the organization from a potential lawsuit.

 

[Fenway]

 

[Terry Yake]

i'm pretty shocked stevens didn't make himself the interim HC

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

i'm pretty shocked stevens didn't make himself the interim HC

kinda hard after last season, tbth, when Danny left for Utah, hence the reason Will Hardy is there instead of remaining here..... who would essentially run the organization, and remember, it's not just Boston, it's the link to Portland as well where Coach Mazzulla was in 2015/16, and why the Red Claws were rebranded and brought totally under the Celtics banner instead of the hybrid agrrement

 

[spintheblackcircle]

 

[Blitzkrug]

One of the relationships was with someone below him on the pecking order right?

I'd be willing to bet "consensual" refers to the fact she "agreed" to sex but there was some scummy ass power dynamic/coercing in play.

If Matt Barnes is willing to retract a statement about you, you f***ed up. Bigly.

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

Scumbag for not only cheating but doing it with someone he manages over

Also he is lucky he wont be fired for this. Most companies would fire a manager for this type of conduct with someone they manage (I have seen it happen)

He'd be better off getting fired, would probably get picked up as a head coach somewhere else and rack up double income for the year

Unless coach salaries aren't guaranteed in the NBA like they are in the NHL, or if breaching the code of conduct allowed for termination

 

[bluesfan94]

Unless coach salaries aren't guaranteed in the NBA like they are in the NHL, or if breaching the code of conduct allowed for termination

The latter is probably true and any termination provision would almost certainly come with a mitigation clause.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

There's more to this story, we just don't know what yet. It will come out eventually.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

There's more to this story, we just don't know what yet. It will come out eventually.

it's weird how cryptic and vague everyone is on the situation but it's pretty easy to read between the lines.

there was a sexual relationship that was consenual at one point, and it stopped. but he continued to harrass and come on to the woman is what it sounds like.

clearly didn't rape or sexually abuse her as he obv. would be fired and in a lot more trouble.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

from cheater/sexual harrasser to domestic abuser. nice

 

[Troy McClure]

There's more to this story, we just don't know what yet. It will come out eventually.

Maybe. We never got the story about what caused the Stars to fire Jim Montgomery.

 

[John Price]

Maybe. We never got the story about what caused the Stars to fire Jim Montgomery.

He was an alcoholic

 

[Troy McClure]

He was an alcoholic

Yes, but he was fired for something specific he did. We've never found out what that was.

 

[John Price]

Yes, but he was fired for something specific he did. We've never found out what that was.

He had a habitual drinking problem.

That's your answer.

 

[Troy McClure]

He had a habitual drinking problem.

That's your answer.

No, it's not. He was called into Nill's office and fired for something he did, and the media has never figured out what it was.

 

[John Price]

Patriots - Belichick caught cheating twice
Red Sox - Cora caught cheating twice
Celtics - Udoka caught cheating on his wife

only clean coach is Jim Montgomery

 

[GKJ]

This is like an Entertainment Tonight dude, I assume this is real. These are the kinds of stories they scoop the sports insiders on because they don't want to report on it.

 

[Vamos Rafa]

This is like an Entertainment Tonight dude, I assume this is real. These are the kinds of stories they scoop the sports insiders on because they don't want to report on it.

I’m just here imagining the words that were being said in that conversation.

And Kevin Frazier used to be in the sports world.

 

[John Price]