Joe Mazzulla hypes up Celtics fans at championship parade despite injury

Despite suffering from a torn meniscus, winning head coach Joe Mazzulla celebrated in style.

Despite an injury that required surgery, Mazzulla joined fans in a parade in Boston on Friday, jumping off a duck boat to energize the millions who gathered to honor the champions.

“Joe Mazzulla jumped out of a window in a Duck Boat, ran down the street pumping everyone up, then somehow jumped back in the Duck Boat despite a torn meniscus,” Jared Weiss of The Athletic wrote to X along with the video.

The head coach also Captured on Video On Wednesday night, he walked around Boston with the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy, allowing fans to view and touch it. According to the Boston Globe.

This behavior is not necessarily anti-brand.

In the words of Celtics guard Derrick White, their coach is “a weirdo.”

Mazzulla incorporates jiu-jitsu, mixed martial arts and soccer into his coaching, among many other unconventional practices.

Before Game 3 of the NBA Finals, he showed his players the UFC light heavyweight championship bout between Alex Pereira and Jamahal Hill.

During the season, Mazzulla’s bosses had to tell him to stop trying to block shots, and he also tore his meniscus in a loss to the Hawks in March.

This guy is a unique character, but he’s clearly doing something right.

The 35-year-old led the Celtics to their 18th championship, breaking Bill Russell’s record as the youngest coach to win an NBA title.

Mazzulla joined the Celtics as an assistant coach in 2019 and was named interim head coach ahead of the 2022-23 season.

He will officially become head coach in February 2023, and in just his second year with the team, he led the Celtics to a league-best 64 wins and an NBA championship.

For Mazzulla and most of the Celtics players, this was their first championship celebration, and they did not disappoint Boston fans with their celebration on Friday.

Mazura’s son also joined in the celebration and danced in his father’s footsteps.