Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks has expressed that the team is currently in a holding pattern as it pertains to the head coaching position. Jacque Vaughn took over the role on an interim basis after the team and Kenny Atkinson mutually parted ways in March, and was set to remain in the position for the rest of the 2019-20 season.
Although, based on the recent report from Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News, the parting of ways may have not been as mutual as the team originally indicated.
According to Bondy, Nets governor Joe Tsai was the one who “made the call” regarding Atkinson because “players griped.”
Kyrie Irving was not among those players, according to Bondy. However, Irving does have a replacement in mind, according to Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo Sports: Tyronn Lue, who coached Irving in Cleveland.
And Lue is “interested in the Nets gig,” according to Bondy, so Brooklyn could wind up playing host to a reunion tour.
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