Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla talks with a reporter from Brazil about the criticism Jayson Tatum deals with compared to Brazilian soccer players like Neymar during his media availability at the NBA Finals.
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thank you coach hey I got a question who do you think had the hardest adjustment uh to the the media and the criticism because like the lens with which Brazilian soccer players are looked at is very similar to how American athletes are looked at by their media right and you look at where Neymar has been over his time and like taking on the number 10 and in the number nine like who do you think has uh dealt with the most and how do you think that they’ve handled it because I feel like playing for the Celtics and representing the the country of Brazil for its national soccer team then now you see enri coming up and like he’s going to face that soon so like how do you think that’s handled in your country uh you’re talking about football okay I just want to see if I get I got you right uh I think Neymar has handled the the most pressure lately but because we we we had a lack of Idols uh most recently uh if we were back in 2002 we had Heraldo had Ronaldinho had hio had a great national team and this Talent has uh um went down yeah for the years and Neymar uh has surge like a a huge Talent yes and we put a lot of expectations in him that he can deliver to us another world cup so I I I don’t think uh it’s pretty fair toing what we did I agree I would say the same thing for Tatum like also like he’s probably the first number 10 to take on the the weight of of Brazil since the social media era like right like that was like who before Neymar was involved in that social media area and it’s like he’s so good everything you do can be taken for granted like when he won the gold medal by H making the game-winning penalty kick you would have thought that would have solidified it but it hasn’t right so like I think that’s a really you ask an interesting question because I think the guys that we’re around uh sharing that same burden of having to handle um you know the the responsibility that they have to move it forward for what they do and it’s an Ultimate gift but I agree that’s probably Neymar right yeah most recently yes and uh I have a particular opinion about but I I have to see the the the the general thing about it about Neymar yeah because I don’t agree of a lot of his actions outside the field uh but I don’t know him all I know is a soccer player yeah so we we we just focus in the the soccer player and I I I don’t think that’s fair what don’t get me the coaches I mean yeah the way don’t get me into the Brazilian the football coaches right I mean that’s like an impossible job it’s a lot of pressure yeah you can it’s a huge country we love football we love soccer uh and it’s our sport we were always good at so it’s a lot of pressure and most recently the the results were so badly that the pressure is just Rising yeah you got to study I mean I study that a lot because I think we’re in a similar environment here as to how to handle all of that
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YES LIKE TATUM NEYMAR is overrated
Bro know real Ball ⚽️ 😂
No offence Mazulla there is no comparison – neymar had the pressure of 200 million people who only follow football. Boston celtics would be lucky to have even 1 million real supporters. Theres levels to this. Football way bigger
I honestly feel like a couple years from now we're gonna appreciate Mazzulla as an all time great coach. I think some oeople criticise him and say Udoka and Stevens were better but this guy is 35 and already coaching a championship caliber team in his second year.
I actually like Joe but no lmao, our fandom is not even close to Brazil's
They be WILD
I see the comparison. But Neymar won titles already, granted he hasn't won the holy grail of the national team, the world cup. But Neymar already proven his mettle and won treble when he is around Tatum's age. Even then, the expectations of the national team never stop. With Tatum, everyone expect that he gonna win a title at some point, and once is enough. Nobody gonna put on more expectations after he win that first title. So it's different between him and Neymar.
Neymar has never played 9 😂 stop the madness
Lol this guy be cappin
The pressure is not comparable at all
Neymar carries the hopes of a whole country while Tatum carries the hopes of a franchise or rather a state!!!
I’m sorry love Joe but it ain’t even remotely close neymar was seen as the next pele and Tatum not even close to bird not even by the media mind due ney also had issues of the field which affected him earned him a lot of unwanted attention from the media and the only expectation for Tatum is to be great when they needed him an ney always showed up when he wasn’t injured unlike Tatum who has went ghost in the finals 2 times now
Never great to be compared to that horrible guy Neymar.
respect for the football knowledge but comparing Neymar’s criticism to Tatum is like comparing the titanic to a kayak lmao. Football is part of brazils national identity so take basically the whole population of Brazil + hundreds of millions of ppl globally. For Tatum it’s Boston🧍🏽♂️+ a couple million nba fans. On top no one expects Tatum to be on MJs level while Neymar was expected to carry like some goats
Is this reporter Ary Aguiar, fr ESPN Brasil?
As a Spurs fan I am very worried that I really start to like this guy.
The most high pressure sports role are due to the expectations of a country so most pressured role is actually in Cricket and that falls on the Captain of India 1.4Bn people and Cricket is their religion also the Pakistan Cricket Captain Outside that Pacman had the pressure of the Phillipines when he fought. Outside that the rest are all in National Football Brazil and Argentina number 10s, Italian and Spanish Captains and Black players for England anything but success in those roles is Death by Media
One similarity is both br national team and the celtics supporters, second place is not enouth. You have to win or its plain wrong. 🍀🖖
I’m biased because I’m a WV girl, but wow! I’m constantly amazed at how multi-faceted Joe is. Wishing him continued success. Boston is lucky to have him. Too bad the Mountaineers timing couldn’t have worked. They would have been blessed to have him.
I was rooting for the Mavericks in the final, but this Celtics team with this coach is really a deserving winner of the NBA Championship. Amazing basketball, no drama, big up from Germany
It's true tho, as a Brazilian myself, C's fan. Neymar is the first Big Time player we had after social media exploded, the closest one would be Kaká. The thing about JT is that he was drafted by us and he got so close so many times, that makes an expectation. But i do think, he has the abilities to turn this team into a dinasty.
What an innate response? Tatum criticism stems from his ISO heavy game where White has to do all the thinking for the team. Tatum main issue is his lack of basketball IQ as one of the top players in the league. There's something unpredictable about him, something untrustworthy about his shot selection. Yet last game I was amazed when he went ISO at the top of the key and when the fast double came he passed the ball to the corner three.
Neymar was at the apex of the game but his Brazilian teammates were very average.
Excellent ball knowledge from coach, i just wouldnt compare what neymar went through to what tatum experiences cause they arent on the same scale