Who will be Steve Nash’s first assistant at the Nets? A priori, it is Jacque Vaughn who will sit next to him, but the interim coach of the Nets is on the shelves of other franchises, and it is not certain that he will stay in Brooklyn. We also know that Dirk Nowitzki refused to join his friend and former teammate, and according to ESPN, two names are circulating to support Steve Nash, and not the least since it is Phil Handy and Mike D’Antoni.
The first has just won the title with the Lakers, a year after winning it with the Raptors! He is close to Kyrie Irving and they won the title together in 2016 under the colors of Cleveland. After following LeBron James in Los Angeles, maybe he will go to support Kyrie Irving …
As for Mike D’Antoni, he is no longer presented, but since he left Houston, he is still unemployed, and after being stolen from the Sixers by Doc Rivers, his name is much less circulated. Perhaps he is tempted by an original challenge: to be the assistant of his former playmaker, Steve Nash. Their duo worked wonderfully in Phoenix, and a little less in the Lakers, and it would be the promise of a basketball turned towards the attack.
In any case, he was rather happy that his former player followed this path. ” I’m happy for him ”, he had reacted the day after the announcement. “I hope things will work out for them to an extent, but not too much (laughs)! But he’s gonna do a good job. »
As for Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, they did not play for Mike D’Antoni in the NBA, but it will be remembered that Kevin Durant was at the London Olympics with Mike D’Antoni as assistant to Mike Krzyzewski, and young Kyrie Irving was one of the “sparring partners” during the pre-Olympic camp.
