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Celtics hire Charles Lee as lead assistant coach

Originally posted on Celtics Life | Last updated 6/11/23

The Boston Celtics continue to add to Joe Mazzulla's depleted coaching staff. A week after adding former Celtics guard Sam Cassell Boston is hiring former associate head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks Charles Lee. Lee will serve as Mazzulla's lead assistant coach.

Charles Lee is finalizing a deal to join the Boston Celtics as the lead assistant coach, sources tell ESPN. Lee had been the associate head coach with Milwaukee and a finalist for the Toronto and Detroit head jobs. pic.twitter.com/t2WO5r2hHh
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 11, 2023

Cassell and Lee give Mazzulla a ton of assistant coaching experience on his bench. I would have liked to see an addition who actually has NBA head coaching experience. Maybe an older coach who doesn't have a desire to be a head coach anymore and is content just sharing his wisdom.

I'm sure Brad Stevens is expecting to see improvement out of Mazzulla in Year 2, but if the team ever decides to go another route, don't be surprised if Lee or Cassell becomes the next Celtics head coach.

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