The Brooklyn Nets have formally introduced Jacque Vaughn as their new head coach right now, after much speculation that they had been going to rent disgraced Celtics coach Ime Udoka.
“Jacque’s basketball acumen, competitiveness and intimate knowledge of our team and organization make him the clear-cut best person to lead our group moving forward,” General Manager Sean Marks said on Wednesday. “He has a proven ability to get the best out of our players, hold them accountable and play a cohesive, team-first style of basketball.”
The rent will trigger the least disruption to the gamers, contemplating Vaughn’s been the assistant coach for the final seven seasons and been serving as the interim coach since November 1st, when former head coach Steve Nash was let go.
It wasn’t the primary time Vaughn has been an interim for the group, after he served as head coach for a ten-game common season stint in 2019-20 season once they parted methods with Kenny Atkinson.
In the 2022-23 video games when Nash was on the helm, Brooklyn solely managed to win 2-5 and since Vaughn’s interim tenure, the group has gone 2-2.
The Athletic reported that “…the decision to hire Vaughn was made largely in part due to the buy-in from Nets players under Vaughn… .Vaughn is said to have created positive energy inside a Nets locker room dealing with external stress.”
The determination got here after the group modified their preliminary plan to rent Udoka when a number of points arose, such as the due diligence and investigation course of to rent him taking longer than anticipated and the group’s capability to compete and be a real contender with out Kyrie Irving.
ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported the promotion comes with a deal by way of the 2023-24 season.
Like many different coaches within the NBA, Vaughn loved a 12-year enjoying profession spanning 776 video games with the Jazz (1997-2001), Hawks (2001-02, 2003-04), Magic (2002-03), Nets (2004-06) and Spurs (2006-09). He will face his first check right now when the Nets play the Knicks at Barclays Center.
