No beef?

[ozgod]

Joe has weighed in on the so-called beef.

Mazzulla said he has no issue with the two exchanging words.

?It doesn?t necessarily make you sad,? he said. ?That?s just the nature of the space that we?re in. You have a choice to decide what we?re going to focus on. Once a Celtic, always a Celtic. Once you?ve left this place better than you found it, you cannot forget that. You have a gratitude and a perspective of that and we focus on the present moment. We can?t let a day go by where we don?t focus on Jayson?s greatness as a player and what he does for this organization and what he does on and off the court. That?s our guy now.

?It doesn?t necessarily make you sad, it forces you to choose what you?re going to focus on. You have to focus on the attitude and perspective of a great former Celtic and we?re going to choose to focus on the greatness of Jayson and what he?s done for our organization.?

It became apparent during the media session that Mazzulla had reached a breaking point with questions on this topic. He wants to focus on a team that?s coming off a solid victory over the defending champions, but has much room for improvement.

?I?m trying to handle this as best I can,? he said. ?I feel like I?ve answered it. [Brown?s] a former Celtic. He?s left this place in a better place. We?re grateful. Every Celtic is welcome in this building. It doesn?t matter who it is. We?re focused on the current Celtics. We?re focused on Jayson Tatum. He?s our best player. He?s our leader. He?s an unbelievable superstar. He?s a high-character guy. We have others that we?re focused on. I?m not trying to be disrespectful. I feel like I?ve answered it as best I could over the course of four months.

?This is not about that anymore.?

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/25/sports/jayson-tatum-jaylen-brown-feud/

[LilRip]

I thought Joe actually handled that really well. I saw that interview segment and he had answered what sounded like the same question twice prior to being asked it again for the third time (phrased in a different way). I can see why the guy would be like ?yeah lets all move on pls?

Ive seen a lot of people who hate Tatum describe him as corny, but honestly, JB is coming off as pretty corny for me. He isnt trolling like Embiid. Just seems like a guy who takes himself way too seriously and is all up in his feelings.

I get why (TP to Ozgod and Muzzy for terrific POVs). Im just saying, Im not a fan of it.