Steve Nash has expressed more than once that he wants to establish a collaborative environment in Brooklyn. He has a talented roster. He also wants to surround himself with a strong coaching staff.
But at the end of the day, Nash still holds the title of head coach — which is why some of Kyrie’s recent comments on the latest episode of “The ETCs with Kevin Durant” caught some by surprise.
“I was the first … well, he said I was the first person to call him Coach Nash, but I call him Steve. Steve is great, and I have a relationship with him that’s going to build over time, bro,” Irving told Durant and his co-host Eddie Gonzalez. “Steve don’t know me from anything he heard or he’s heard someone else. We’ve worked out one time in 2014, but it’s grown as just a respectful relationship from afar. I saw him at the Hall of Fame two years ago, gave him a big hug and now he’s the head coach.
“And I think it’s also going to change the way we see coaches. I don’t really see us having a head coach. You know what I mean? KD could be a head coach. I could be a head coach.”
Durant then added:
Jacque Vaughn could do it one day. It’s a collaborative effort, I think, on our part.