Ime Udoka’s situation is the ultimate word salad.
This latest report from ESPN has a lot of words written in it but doesn’t specifically tell you anything. If Udoka was using crude language, why did the woman consent to having an affair with him?
Did she feel pressured to do so? If so, that is a huge deal, and if that is the case, should WOJ have called it a consensual relationship?
Here is what they are reporting now.
The independent law firm probe into Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka found that he used crude language in his dialogue with a female subordinate prior to the start of an improper workplace relationship with the woman, an element that significantly factored into his one-year suspension, sources told ESPN.
Those investigative findings — which described verbiage on Udoka’s part that was deemed especially concerning coming from a workplace superior — contribute to what is likely a difficult pathway back to his reinstatement as Celtics coach in 2023, sources told ESPN.
The power dynamic associated with a superior’s improper relationship with a staff member was the primary finding and policy violation in the law firm report commissioned by the Celtics and completed early last week, sources said.
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.
Other teams don’t even know what Udoka did to warrant a season-long suspension.
According to Matt Barnes, if the entire story got out, he would never coach in the NBA again.
What do you believe?
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