Potential Nets head coach candidates to replace Jacque Vaughn
The Nets promoted assistant Kevin Ollie to interim head coach on Monday, hours after firing Jacque Vaughn. Here are some potential candidates for future jobs, including Olly. mike budenholzer In Tom Thibodeau’s mold, you have an experienced coach with a history of success. In 10 seasons as coach of the Hawks and Bucks, he won […]
Nets fire Jacque Vaughn as season spirals
The Brooklyn Nets are making another coaching change. The Nets had struggled throughout the season, going 21-33 during the NBA All-Star break and were 2.5 games out of the final spot in the play-in tournament, when the team announced Monday morning that Jacque Vaughn had been waived. Brooklyn did not immediately name an interim head […]
Jacque Vaughn and Nets stars need to be on same page
If Jacque Vaughn’s message is still getting through as he claims, it begs the question of whether it’s enough. Because the results certainly aren’t. Brooklyn is on the verge of passing through a dire situation and entering a catastrophe. If the Nets learned anything from the breakup of the Big Three, it’s that the team […]
Lonnie Walker IV’s recent spark could force Jacque Vaughn to make Nets changes
The Nets desperately needed some inspiration as the season wore on. Lonnie Walker IV offers one and insists on watching more minutes while so many around him struggle. Walker, in his third game back from a hamstring injury, hit 8-of-12 shots (5-of-3 from 3-point range) in 25 minutes off the bench during the Nets' 111-102 […]