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Social media is rallying behind Nia Long as rumors swirl her longtime partner and Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka had an ‘improper intimate relationship’ with a staffer for the Celtics.
The former basketball player is likely facing a suspension from his role as head of the Celtics “for the entire 2022-23 season,” according to ESPN.
Sources that informed the outlet claim the pending suspension is over Udoka’s “role in an intimate relationship with a female member of the franchise’s staff.”
While the relationship is considered “a violation of the organization’s guidelines,” ESPN claims “the proposed penalty for Udoka is largely unprecedented for a sitting head coach in the NBA.”
Senior NBA writer and insider Shams Charania additionally tweeted on Sept. 22: “Celtics coach Ime Udoka had an improper intimate and consensual relationship with a female member of the team staff, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. It’s been deemed a violation of [the] franchise’s code of conduct.”
Celtics coach Ime Udoka had an improper intimate and consensual relationship with a female member of the team staff, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. It’s been deemed a violation of franchise’s code of conduct.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) September 22, 2022
Social Media’s Support For Nia Long Amid Ime Udoka’s Cheating Rumors
Social media users are commenting about Udoka’s alleged cheating underneath a photo of the coach Long posted back in May.
The sentiments of the actress’ fans included:
“Huge fumble 😢 Stay up Ms. Long. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️,”
“Delete that clown’s picture,”
“We’re all speechless 😶 smh😩,”
and “Buddy’s a goof.”
Long also posted a cryptic video on her Instagram Stories on Sept. 22 that centers finding light after “darkness.”
“When you see people change their whole life and start walking down a path of enlightenment, hugging trees, connecting with nature, loving themselves, embracing positivity, letting that light shine, understand one thing: that light that you see, understand one thing about that light: they had to go into the darkness to get it. No shadow, no light, know shadow, know light,” a voiceover in the video states.
See Black Twitter’s Reactions Down Below.
Nia Long AINT NEVER been in the news for ANYTHING BUT HER WORK, black women finna send something after him.. & it ain’t God.
— 🆑 (@JALKALDEN) September 22, 2022
Cheating on Nia Long is crazy. https://t.co/iD0Sx2DMRT
— THIQUE (@ScottieBeam) September 22, 2022
THIS MAN MOVED ✨NIA LONG✨ TO 🤡BOSTON🤡 and CHEATED ON HER??? ooooomg I’ve never hated the Celtics more in my fucking life https://t.co/w3mePWXtxA
— Zara Rahim (@ZaraRahim) September 22, 2022
Nia Long has an 100% approval rating with Black America and Ime Udoka is about to understand that.
— Van Lathan Jr (@VanLathan) September 22, 2022
Cheating on Nia Long is not something a sane man does. Ime Udoka must’ve gotten CTE from coaching Al Horford
— The Hood Therapist (@OhhMar24) September 22, 2022
J Cole in Nia Long’s DMs rn pic.twitter.com/PkMJH0g5L7
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) September 22, 2022
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