Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks made it clear that Kevin Durant did not factor into Jacque Vaughn being named head coach.
Amid speculation that suspended Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka was a prime candidate for the job, Marks shocked the basketball world by selecting Vaughn, who has been an assistant on the staff since 2016.
"At this particular time, to be honest, we were going to have to find somebody better than JV in order for it not to be JV,” Marks said. “Like all other searches we’ve ever done, whether it’s the front office or coaching staff, it’s never appropriate to talk about who may or may not be a candidate.”One person who did not factor in Vaughn being selected was star forward Kevin Durant.
“That decision was not up to Kevin,” Marks said. “Kevin’s job here is to go out and play basketball and that’s what he wants to do. That’s what he enjoys to do. Let’s let him go and do that."
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