‘We’ve got to do this’: How a week in the jungle with a chess prodigy helped Joe Mazzulla become the coach the Celtics needed - The Boston Globe

‘We’ve got to do this’: How a week in the jungle with a chess prodigy helped Joe Mazzulla become the coach the Celtics needed - The Boston Globe

Josh Waitzkin, whose childhood was immortalized in "Searching for Bobby Fischer," took Mazzulla on a life-changing trip in Costa Rica in the summer of 2023.

Celtics Hire Former Chess Prodigy Josh Waitzkin As Performance Consultant

The Boston Celtics have added former chess prodigy Josh Waitzkin as a consultant, a move that was never publicly announced until now. Waitzkin, whose childhood was portrayed in the 1993 Oscar-nominated film "Searching for Bobby Fischer," has been working closely with head coach Joe Mazzulla since the 2022-23 season. Their relationship intensified after Boston's Game 7 loss to Miami in the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals. Following the defeat, Maz…