""Everybody is fighting something whether they're willing to admit it or not. You could be fighting a cold," Mazulla said. "You could be fighting your allergies. You could be fighting your wife or your husband. You could be fighting with somebody, I mean, everybody is in a fight for something. "You could be fighting for a parking spot, you fight for armchairs so you can be more comfortable," Mazzulla added."
"Last year, after Brandon Jennings called Jayson Tatum the softest superstar in the NBA, Mazzulla responded by saying that he wished everyone walked around with five coins that allowed any one to challenge each other to hand-to-hand combat at any time. Not allowing fighting is the biggest thing the NBA "robs people of from an entertainment standpoint," Mazzulla said last fall, while mentioning that basketball is one of the few sports that doesn't have a power play."
Joe Mazzulla has practiced martial arts since childhood, including karate and jiu-jitsu, and integrates that mindset into coaching. He suggested a symbolic system for challenges after criticizing perceptions of softness in the NBA and argued that banning fighting reduces entertainment. Mazzulla characterizes fighting broadly as everyday struggles—illness, relationships, small conflicts—and links the concept to self-awareness, humility, and knowing oneself. He talks about fighting frequently with the team to instill those values. Offseason addition Chris Boucher described preseason practices as a war and expressed approval of the competitive energy.
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