Jay Williams Gets Destroyed For Claiming Celtics Finally Hired A Head Coach of Color, Deletes Tweet

Jay Williams has clearly been watching Boston Celtics basketball with his eyes closed for the past 20 years.

After an extensive search, the Boston Celtics filled their coaching vacancy when they agreed to hire Brooklyn Nets assistant Ime Udoka as their new head coach, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Wednesday.

The Boston Celtics are finalizing an agreement to hire Brooklyn Nets assistant Ime Udoka as the franchise's new coach, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 23, 2021

Udoka will serve as the successor to Brad Stevens, who coached the team from 2013 through this past season. Stevens has since moved into Boston’s front office, and he was responsible for hiring his own replacement.

The news excited Jay Williams as the former NBA player took to Twitter and wrongly stated that the Celtics hired their first head coach of color. He deleted that tweet.

Jay Williams deleted this tweet real quick lol pic.twitter.com/fT7Fgyt6km

— Alex Golden (@AlexGoldenNBA) June 23, 2021

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He was seriously wrong as Bill Russell made history as the NBA’s first black head coach. The team also had K.C Jones and not to mention…..Doc Rivers. You know the guy who was head coach of the team that won the 2008 NBA Championship.

YOU NOT SLICK pic.twitter.com/AmP8Fs25hR

— C’sKev☘️ (@cs_kev2) June 23, 2021

I can’t fucking believe it man. Like ain’t no way………… pic.twitter.com/V7itPdHu8a

— Noah Terranova (The Coach Titan) (@TerranovaNoah) June 23, 2021

Tweet and delete @RealJayWilliams

How do you work for ESPN and not know the history of the Boston Celtics. This is disrespectful. pic.twitter.com/Q6GalVOhJY

— GreenRunsDeep (@CelticsGRD) June 23, 2021

@RealJayWilliams is right. Those other men were black Americans not poc https://t.co/K7u7isGEFM

— MR RAMPANT RAW DOGGERY ?? (@dareal88keyz) June 23, 2021

@RealJayWilliams this you buddy? Why’d you delete it…? Doc Rivers might disagree with your statement btw. pic.twitter.com/R2g8Bhd4ET

— Adam Warlock (@_theadamwarlock) June 23, 2021

The first part seems incorrect… pic.twitter.com/RD03Ag9iN0

— Lucy Burdge (@LucilleBurdge) June 23, 2021

Can we all agree to just Cancel @RealJayWilliams

— ?Ryan (@Ryan_F212) June 23, 2021

we aint gonna just forget about what you said dawg

— ✌ (@JoelFHD) June 23, 2021

Played afternoon beer pong with @RealJayWilliams at a bar in NYC years ago and can only assume he’s getting after it today as well

— Dadpocalypsenow (@dadpocalypsenow) June 23, 2021

https://twitter.com/BATM_1/status/1407799634941169664

In addition to working with the Nets, Udoka played a few years in the NBA before joining the San Antonio Spurs coaching staff in 2012. He was part of the 2014 Championship with the Spurs and then joined the Philadelphia 76ers in 2019 before joining the Nets.