Having poached Kevin Durant from Golden State a year ago, the Nets have now hired away Steve Nash – a former Warriors player development consultant – to be their new head coach.
However, Warriors president of basketball operations Bob Myers respects Nets GM Sean Marks professionally and personally and sees no reason to treat Brooklyn “like some kind of pillager,” writes ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Myers also understands why the Nets would target someone like Nash to coach Durant and Kyrie Irving.
“Steve Nash has the ability to walk out onto the court and earn the immediate respect of Kevin Durant or Steph Curry or Klay Thompson — and there aren’t too many people in the world who can do that,” Myers told Wojnarowski. “More than that, though, he can communicate with them effectively and efficiently.
“… There’s not a lot of teaching left for the most accomplished players in the world. Steph is not going to listen to many people about his jump shot. Steve might be one of the only people in the world outside of Dell (Curry) that he’d give an audience on that conversation.”
Here’s more from around the Atlantic:
- After the Nets hired Nash and Villanova’s Jay Wright withdrew from consideration for the Sixers‘ head coaching job, Philadelphia appears likely to aggressively pursue Tyronn Lue for their head coaching position, according to Chris Mannix of SI.com (via Twitter). Mannix reiterates that there’s strong mutual interest between Lue and the 76ers, as we’ve heard before.
- The Raptors had a better regular season record this year than they did in 2018/19, but without Kawhi Leonard to bail them out on offense, they’ll need scorers to step up in order to make another deep playoff run, writes Michael Grange of Sportsnet.ca.
- Celtics forward Jayson Tatum tells Shams Charania of The Athletic that he remains close with former teammate Kyrie Irving. “Ky is like my big brother,” Tatum said. “We still talk to this day, and we’ve talked a few times this playoffs. He always encourages me to be special. Having that relationship with him and having somebody like him in my ear at a young age, it means a lot.”
Nets have been very nice to Warriors
Congratulation to get Durant and Nash
Next year top 3 teams are
Jerry West
Steve Nash
Warriors
Mike DAntoni would be good if they plan on building around either Ben or Joel as a focal point
Tatum has a chance to be the best Duke player ever in the NBA especially with Grant Hill injury history
He did. Until Zion Williams came along.
Zion stays healthy hes going to be a force.
You also have Brandon Ingram emerging and Kyrie Irving, if he can stay healthy.
Not a Kyrie fan. But he is a top player. He’s been chasing Bron since Cleveland. It’s like a kid yelling about his big brother. What about me, what about me. KD got some of that too. There’s a reason why he is the King. Some just don’t feel right about that. This Nets thing is all about that. Both chasing their Idol. Sixers should grow some. Go and get a big time PG. Westbrook, Lowry, Drajic, Holiday, Even Conley or Clarkson. Just do it
OK Sixers fans. You want to move Horford. I got one for you. Ellington, Portis, DSJ. DSJ can at least become a backup PG. Maybe he finds his gm, 22 yrs old. Ellington n Portis have 1 yr contracts. Portis is a better fit with Embiid. He could be a good bench big. Ellington is a shooter. All three are better fits and can help the turn around. Makes you a deeper team. Or you can just find a player next yr FA. The big FA class. You can have 24 million come off books.
Knicks get a solid big vet. Who can mentor Mitch. Plus he comes home to NY. He can even play with Mitch. One teams bad mix. Is another teams chemistry fix.
Sixers better keep Horford. Embiid is always hurt. 6ers going backwards. Works good for my Pacers.
Buenas Thomas Swanson! Long time not seeing you! How do you do?