With only a handful of regular season games remaining, every contending team is focused solely on booking a playoff spot. But sometimes, basketball takes a backseat and more important things take priority. Tonight was one of those nights for Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla. As part of a league-wide initiative by team’s former assistant coach Scott Morrison, Mazzulla participated in Autism Acceptance Night to spread awareness about the condition.
He wore customized Nike sneakers with the word “Acceptance” printed on it. After the dominant win against the Suns, Mazzulla dove deeper into his participation in the special cause, making a shocking family revelation, “Yeah, I’m grateful that I get to do it. It’s for an important cause and you know there’s two close people in my life whose children have autism and the impact and just that it has on children and families. Scott Morrison and John, and Max is my godson and so to be able to represent him and help him any way I can is you know it’s a great opportunity.”
Yes, the shoes Joe wore were ideated by the To The Max Foundation, a non-profit initiative by Morrison and his wife Susanne in honor of their son Max, who was diagnosed with autism three years ago. Moreover, this is not the first time Mazzulla has contributed in raising awareness. Last year, he wore similar Air Force 1s on Autism Acceptance Night with a rainbow infinity symbol printed on the sneaker. The symbol represents the neurodiversity paradigm and is also part of the logo of Scott Morrison’s foundation.
Sure enough, Mazzulla was very vocal about it the last time as well, “This cause is important to me because it’s about children, it’s about people who are dealing with something that’s uncontrollable.” He also detailed his relationship with his Godson Max and Scott, “My relationship with Scott is love/hate. My relationship with his son is love. Max is my Godson, love him to death, grateful that Scott gave me that opportunity to be in his life.”
(Developing Story)
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