Celtics' Joe Mazzulla had hilarious reaction to Jordan Walsh Summer League ejection

Third-year Boston Celtics combo forward Jordan Walsh was in the midst of a pretty efficient run in the second quarter of a Summer League clash against the Miami Heat when he got a pair of quick technical fouls and saw himself ejected from the contest.

The 6-foot-7 Arkansas product couldn't quite crack head coach Joe Mazzulla's rotation on the 61-21 Celtics in 2024-25. In the 52 games he did play, he was generally on the floor for 7.8 mop-up minutes per. In those contests, Walsh averaged 1.6 points and 1.3 boards.

Now, in his third straight Summer League appearance, Walsh is looking to make waves.

Unfortunately, his intensity was dialed up a bit high early, when he got into the aforementioned fracas with Heat forward Pelle Larsson.

As Noa Dalzell of SB Nation indicates, the battle happened just in front of incoming majority owner Bill Chisholm and team president Brad Stevens.

Jordan Walsh has been ejected — got into a scuffle right into Bill Chisholm and Brad Stevens pic.twitter.com/ZHekGRsjVh

— Noa Dalzell 🏀 (@NoaDalzell) July 15, 2025

The Heat went on to eke out a narrow 100-96 victory with Walsh on the shelf in the game's second half.

In just 10:06 of action, Walsh scored 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the floor (1-of-2 from distance) and 2-of-2 shooting from the foul line, pulled down three rebounds, and swiped two steals, while notching a plus-5 plus-minus. 

After the contest, Walsh revealed that he apologized to Stevens for the incident, per Dalzell.

Jordan Walsh did say he apologized to Brad Stevens for getting ejected:

“That's not really me. I'm more of a professional than that, more mature than that, so I just wanted to make sure that he knew that he knew that this wasn't gonna be a continuous thing." https://t.co/JUCrH6Lli5pic.twitter.com/tOtSWfuXca

— Noa Dalzell 🏀 (@NoaDalzell) July 15, 2025

“That's not really me," Walsh said. "I'm more of a professional than that, more mature than that, so I just wanted to make sure that he knew that he knew that this wasn't gonna be a continuous thing."

Mazzulla, on the other hand, seemed to revel in Walsh's intensity from afar (he's not coaching in Summer League). Mazzulla texted Walsh after the ejection to indicate his enthusiasm for the moment.

“He told me he loved it," Walsh said. "Joe was hype.”

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