The Nets hosted a town hall with Ian Eagle and Steve Nash on Tuesday, which allowed season-ticket holders to ask Brooklyn’s new head coach some questions.
In the course of the conversation, Nash was asked how he’d define success in his first year of coaching.
Without hesitation, Nash showed he’s not afraid of the expectations that come with coaching this team.
“We’re playing for a championship,” Nash said. “I don’t want to say anything less than a championship is not a success because you never know what happens in life. You never know the way the ball rolls. Fortune is a big part of winning an NBA championship. But, we are playing for a championship and are going to build accordingly, and we’re gonna frame everything do in the lense of ‘is this a championship characteristic or is this worth championship quality?’
“But other than that, are we growing? Are we striving? Are we pressure-testing? Are we continually asking of each other and ourselves that individual and collective growth every day and creating an environment that is fun, but challenging and collaborative? So, if those tenants are being met, there’s a lot of success and reward in that, but we are playing for a championship.”