While ESPN discussed the tracks ofIme Udoka or Quin Snyder to replace Steve Nash, The Athletic is more affirmative since our colleagues report that management is already discussing with the Celtics coach! Currently suspended by his franchise for his behavior and his relationship with a Celtics employee, Udoka knows the Nets well since he served as an assistant when Steve Nash took over. It was in 2020.
If he agrees with the Nets, Udoka will first have to be released from his contract with the Celtics, but the franchise had warned that it would not oppose his departure, and that the directors were ready to pass on the information on the exact reasons for his suspension. The Celtics have also planned to release without consideration.
According to SNY, Kevin Durant is a big fan of Udoka, whom he rubbed shoulders with at the Nets but also at the Tokyo Olympics. The New York publication also reports Udoka was quick to get into Durant and Irving’s bacon, and