When Joe Mazzulla became fixated with watching game tapes, his assistant coaches intervened.

A narrative regarding Joe Mazzulla’s preoccupation with game film only serves to reinforce the fact that he has an almost obsessive passion to the game of basketball, as anyone following him during his tenure as the Celtics’ head coach would attest.

Under the direction of 36-year-old coach Joe Mazzulla, who has led the Boston Celtics to an NBA championship for the 18th time in their history in just two seasons, Mazzulla has established himself as one of the league’s most talented captains.

Before the Celtics signed Mazzulla as an assistant in 2019, the player spent a few years teaching at Fairmont State. After joining the team, he quickly rose up the ranks, amassing a 121-43 record in the regular season over his first two seasons.

Mazzulla’s unwavering love for the sport he has dedicated his entire life to has been a major factor in his success, and numerous examples demonstrate the obsessive nature that has allowed him to succeed to such an extent.

The newest one comes from God Shammgod Jr., the son of the biggest name in basketball history, who was just hired by the Celtics to assist with player development. Mazzulla had Mazzulla as an assistant coach at Fairmont State.

Longtime Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy shared a new anecdote on Thursday from an interview he did with Shammgod following Mazzulla’s appointment as the Celtics’ interim coach in 2022. It talks about the intervention his supporting staff was forced to hold because they became concerned about the quantity of game tape he was watching.

Mazzulla consumed so much gaming film that Shammgod and the other assistants started to worry about what was going on in his head, so they persuaded him to come watch an hour of conventional television with them after a hard day’s work.

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