Lonnie Walker is a shot creator and maker which you’d think was what the Nets need at this point. Nope. Lonnie Walker, whose numbers have dropped since Kevin Ollie replaced Jacque Vaughn, says it’s something he can deal with.
The biggest news to come out of the NBA All-Star Break was the Brooklyn Nets‘ decision to make a head coaching change. Brooklyn fired Jacque Vaughn amid the team’s massive struggles this season.
The Brooklyn Nets dominated headlines Monday with their abrupt firing of Jacque Vaughn. While Vaughn’s status was in question amid an 8-23 stretch that dropped the Nets to 11th in the Eastern Conference, the timing of the change came as a surprise, so much so that Cam Thomas said he thought it was a prank.
Kevin Ollie led his first practice as Brooklyn Nets interim head coach on Tuesday. His promotion follows an 8-23 stretch that has dropped the Nets to 11th place in the Eastern Conference, resulting in general manager Sean Marks abruptly firing Jacque Vaughn.
Brooklyn Nets shooting guard Cam Thomas said Wednesday that he was in disbelief when he first saw the news that Jacque Vaughn had been fired.
It wouldn't be the first time Simmons has cost a head coach his job.
The Brooklyn Nets are pivoting after Jacque Vaughn's dismissal. While Vaughn was a positive presence in the locker room, the players did not appreciate his system and his lack of in-game adjustments.
Upon Jacque Vaughn's dismissal, there are now growing questions about Sean Marks' job security within the Brooklyn Nets. But in the wake of this, it appears that he is still safe in the eyes of the team's ownership slate.
The Brooklyn Nets have dismissed head coach Jacque Vaughn and subsequently promoted assistant Kevin Ollie to the interim-head-coach role, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports.
Brooklyn Nets GM Sean Marks said there was no specific reason coach Jacque Vaughn was fired, but noted the team's lack of energy and effort the past two months.
The Brooklyn Nets may be going for the only NBA champion head coach of the last decade who is currently unemployed.
The Brooklyn Nets cut ties with their head coach, Jacque Vaughn, on Monday morning. As a result, the Nets plan to promote their assistant, Kevin Ollie, to become the interim head coach.
The Brooklyn Nets named Kevin Ollie as interim head coach on Tuesday, one day after firing Jacque Vaughn. Ollie, 51, joined Vaughn's staff as an assistant coach prior to the start of this season.
The Brooklyn Nets became the latest team to move on from their head coach on Monday. Weeks after the Milwaukee Bucks shocked the league by canning their first-year head coach, Adrian Griffin, the Nets decided to call it quits with Jacque Vaughn, who has been with the organization since 2016.
Nets have 28 games left and Kevin Ollie will get a chance to show what he can, but team planning a full-blown summer search Reports Tuesday morning have
As we head into a new week, NHL once again takes center stage, and there are some spots of interest for a fun play tonight.
According to NBA insider Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports, Brooklyn Nets players often side-eyed Jacque Vaughn on their way back to the bench. Nets players had grown frustrated at Vaughn’s unstructured offense.
On Monday, the Brooklyn Nets announced the dismissal of head coach Jacque Vaughn after a challenging period that saw the team lose 23 of their last 31 games.
The Nets plan to name Kevin Ollie as their interim head coach in the wake of Jacque Vaughn‘s dismissal.
The Brooklyn Nets are going nowhere fast, but they'll be doing it without head coach Jacque Vaughn.
The Brooklyn Nets fired Jacque Vaughn from his head-coaching position on Monday almost one year to the day after he received a contract extension.
The Brooklyn Nets have fired head coach Jacque Vaughn a day after the NBA All-Star Game. Nets general manager Sean Marks said it was an “incredibly difficult decision” to fire Vaughn.
The Brooklyn Nets have fired head coach Jacque Vaughn, per the team. No interim head coach has been named yet. In his final game as the Nets’ head coach, the team lost by a whopping 50 points to the Boston Celtics heading into All-Star Weekend.
NBA All-Star Weekend was completed on Sunday night with the Eastern Conference defeating the Western Conference in record-setting fashion, 211-186. It didn’t take long for the league to get back to business, as the Brooklyn Nets made a major move on Monday morning.
The team hovered around .500 through December, but it has been all downhill since. They went into the All-Star break with a record of 21-33 and are in 11th place in the Eastern Conference.
The Brooklyn Nets fired head coach Jacque Vaughn on Monday after less than two seasons. The Nets are currently 21-33, the 11th seed in the Eastern Conference amid the All-Star break.
The move comes in the wake of a 50-point loss to the Celtics last Wednesday that left the Nets with a disappointing 21-33 record.
Back in the day, it’s safe to say that Jacque Vaughn had a journeyman playing career. In 12 seasons, Vaughn suited up for five different teams throughout his career.
Jacque Vaughn may have signed a multi-year extension less than a year ago on February 21, 2023, but early returns for his tenure as head coach have been less than promising. Yes, Vaughn was head man when the Nets won 12 straight games last season , including an 18 -2 stretch with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving leading the way.
The Brooklyn Nets have been abysmal from three-point land over the past ten games. During that ten-game stretch, Coach Jacque Vaughn's team has buried the second-fewest threes by a team with only 10.9 three-pointers per contest.
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