The Nets named Jack Vaughn as head coach

The Nets appointed Jack Vaughn as head coach on Wednesday to replace Steve Nash, who was launched last week. Vaughn has coached the team temporarily in the four games since then.

Vaughn took over at a particularly difficult time for the organization, of which he was the star, Kyrie Irving, posted a link to an antisemitic movie On Twitter in late October. The Nets suspended Irving indefinitely for refusing to repudiate anti-Semitism. He has missed three games, and the team said he will miss at least two more.

The nets has a 2-2 record under the iPhone.

“Jack’s basketball acumen, competitiveness, and intimate knowledge of our team and organization make him the clear best person to lead our group forward,” General Manager Sean Marks said in a statement Wednesday. “He has a proven ability to bring out the best in our players, hold them accountable, and play a cohesive style of first-team basketball.”

Vaughn has been the Nets’ assistant coach since 2016 and served as interim head coach in 2020 after that Kenny Atkinson has been sacked as coach.

The team announced on November 1 that they had agreed to separate from Nash. Shortly thereafter, news media reports began linking the Nets to Im Odoka, the Boston Celtics coach who was Suspended for violating unspecified team policies. According to two people familiar with the situation who were not allowed to talk about it publicly, Odoka had an affair with a subordinate.

The net did not say if they were considering Odoka to replace Nash. The Celtics have given Udoka permission to speak to other teams and will not claim compensation if another team signs him up, according to a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to discuss it publicly.

Nash initially had the support of Irving and striker Kevin Durant when he was Hired in 2020but presided over a period of chaos for the franchise that included: Irving lost most of the 2021-22 season because He will not be vaccinated against the Corona virus; injuries to Durant and Ben Simmons; And James Harden is being traded To the window from Houston – and then To Philadelphia from the Nets Where the team struggled last season.

this summer, The Athletic newspaper reported Durant has asked team owner Joe Tsai to choose between him or Marks and Nash. Nash, Marks, and Durant all said at a media day in September that they were Ready to move together.

And healthy again to start this season, the Nets continued to struggle. They started the year 2-5 before Nash was shot. Marks said players had “zero” involvement in the decision, and that he and Nash “felt the time had come.”

“If I sit here and list one by one all the things he has had to go through during his time here, I will hurt him because he doesn’t want an excuse,” said Marx. “That’s not what he is. So, he definitely hasn’t had an even playing field over two years here. And for that, I definitely feel some responsibility because that doesn’t fall entirely on him.”

This is an urgent story and will be updated.