Why would Celtics execs inform the players on what was still an ongoing investigation until this past week? (Especially with the accusations under investigation)
The investigation was leaked during the deliberation before the punishment and it’s been a whirlwind ever since (heavy media/general public attention, press conference, punishment meetings, legality, media day less than a week later, etc.). The right thing would’ve been to have a meeting prior to media day to have s private Q&A with the players and coach them up on how to answer the Udoka questions.
Perk is an obvious contact for Barnes and his sources are accesible to the members of the team. Marcus teased to knowing more about the issue, I think the Jays know too, but want to avoid a bombardment of questions about the situation moving forward.