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Matt Barnes Says The Celtics’ Decision To Suspend Ime Udoka For The Entire Upcoming Season Was A Terrible Decision

<p>The start of the 2022-2023 NBA season is right around the corner&comma; and Boston Celtics head coach <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;celtics-head-coach-ime-udoka-apologizes-after-team-suspension-for-violating-code-of-conduct-with-a-work-affair&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Ime Udoka<&sol;a><&sol;strong> has been suspended for the entire season after it was revealed he had an &&num;8220&semi;improper intimate and consensual relationship with a female member of the team staff&period;&&num;8221&semi; Now Matt Barnes is sharing his thoughts on the whole matter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Matt shared a video and said&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I played in the league for a long time&period; Anyone in the league could tell you this is a very common situation&period; This is not new news for people who&&num;8217&semi;ve been in the league or around organizations&period; I&&num;8217&semi;ve seen it from owners to executives&comma; to coaches&comma; to players&comma; to trainers&comma; to therapists&comma; to dancers&comma; to PR ladies&period; This is not uncommon&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>He continued to compare Ime&&num;8217&semi;s one-year suspension to Pheonix Suns owner <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;robert-sarver-announces-plans-to-sell-the-phoenix-suns-phoenix-mercury-after-he-receives-a-1-year-suspension-10-million-fine&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Robert Sarver<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; who also received a year suspension after an investigation determined he used racial slurs&comma; as well as engaged in &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;inequitable conduct toward female employees&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Matt asked&comma; &&num;8220&semi;So you&&num;8217&semi;re tryna tell me what Robert Sarver did&comma; and Udoka did are on the same level&quest; Even in the same book&quest; Yet they warranted the same time&quest;&&num;8221&semi; He continued to share that he thought the Celtics made a terrible decision by suspending Ime for the entire NBA season&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;Ci2oIsTsbJN&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; max-width&colon;658px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><div>&NewLine; <iframe class&equals;"custom-ig-embed" data-src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;Ci2oIsTsbJN&sol;embed&sol;captioned" allowtransparency&equals;"true" allowfullscreen&equals;"true" frameborder&equals;"0" height&equals;"640px" scrolling&equals;"no" style&equals;"background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; border&colon;0&semi; border-radius&colon;3px&semi; box-shadow&colon;0 0 1px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;5&rpar;&comma;0 1px 10px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;15&rpar;&semi; margin&colon; 1px&semi; max-width&colon;540px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><&sol;iframe>&NewLine; <&sol;div><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>As previously reported&comma; after the news of his suspension&comma; Ime issued an apology and said&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I want to apologize to our players&comma; fans&comma; the entire Celtics organization&comma; and my family for letting them down&comma;” Ime wrote&comma; via ESPN’s Malika Andrews&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I am sorry for putting the team in this difficult situation&comma; and I accept the team’s decision&period; Out of respect for everyone involved&comma; I will have no further comment&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Robert Sarver also recently spoke out in the wake of the news of his one-year suspension as well&period; As mentioned before&comma; he released a statement on Wednesday and shared that he has begun the process of trying to sell both the Pheonix Suns and Pheonix Mercury&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I expected that the commissioner’s one-year suspension would provide the time for me to focus&comma; make amends and remove my personal controversy from the teams that I and so many fans love&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period; &&num;8220&semi;But in our current unforgiving climate&comma; it has become painfully clear that that is no longer possible — that whatever good I have done&comma; or could still do&comma; is outweighed by things I have said in the past&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ime Udoka led the Boston Celtics to the 2022 NBA Finals in his first year as head coach&comma; 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