What in the World Is Joe Mazzulla Talking About With His Hoops-Hockey Takes?

Getty Images/AP Images/Ringer illustration The Celtics head coach went on the radio this week and advocated for power plays and fighting to move … to the NBA? Do his ideas hold any water? And what else did he say? On Tuesday, during a segment on the Boston sports radio program Zolak and Bertrand, Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla was asked to ponder hypothetical revisions to the NBA rule book. "How would the game change," host Marc Bertrand asked, "if the corner 3 was taken away, and the arc went to the sidelines?" Mazzulla's response was eager and immediate, as if he'd been waiting a lifetime for this very question. Well—sort of. "First of all," Mazzulla responded. "Let's entertain more important rules that would make the game better." Dang, floor's yours, Joe! "So there should be, like, a power play," he declared, "where on a take foul, or a technical, you have to play five-on-four. For five seconds, or three passes." Wait, is that … hockey's music? First basketball co-opted the "hockey assist," and now this. Mazzulla got even more animated from there, endorsing a little on-court scuffling between players, as a treat. So here, to properly discuss this important...