Milwaukee Bucks championship coach Mike Budenholzer, Sacramento Kings affiliate head coach Jordi Fernandez and Phoenix Suns affiliate head coach Kevin Younger are among the many finalists for the Brooklyn Nets teaching job, league sources informed The Athletic.
Nets proprietor Joe Tsai is holding in-person finalist conferences with all three, and a last resolution is looming within the close to future, these sources mentioned.
Nets common supervisor Sean Marks and Tsai launched into a training search after parting methods with Jacque Vaughn on Feb. 19 and have interviewed an intensive checklist of candidates.
Sources briefed on the matter mentioned interim coach Kevin Ollie has been thought-about as a part of the Nets’ course of, together with a number of different coaches, together with Miami Warmth assistant Chris Quinn and New Orleans Pelicans affiliate head coach James Borrego, however the group has honed in on new candidates as finalists for the full-time job.
Ollie was named the interim Nets coach on Feb. 20 and has compiled an 11-16 document heading into Sunday’s regular-season finale at Philadelphia. He was additionally interviewed as a part of the method and met with Tsai, in accordance with league sources.
Armed with a gifted two-way participant in Mikal Bridges, future draft picks and wage cap area and adaptability in Brooklyn, the Nets have been an interesting proposition to potential candidates.
Budenholzer has compiled a 484-317 (.604) document throughout 10 seasons teaching in Atlanta (2013-18) and Milwaukee (2018-23), main the Bucks to the 2021 NBA title. He’s a two-time NBA Coach of the Yr award winner; for the Hawks in 2015 and the Bucks in 2019.
Fernandez and Younger are thought-about two of the brightest assistant coaches within the NBA and have each been severe candidates in earlier head teaching searches.
Since changing into the Nets’ GM in 2016, Marks has employed Kenny Atkinson, Steve Nash and Vaughn to the full-time teaching job.
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