The Brooklyn Nets continue to invite controversy into their building and are now rightly criticized for it.
Kyrie Irving’s anti-Semitic promotion on social media has now been compounded by the Nets “mutually” parting ways with head coach Steve Nash and reportedly seeking suspended head coach Ime Udoka to return to his position. Less than six weeks ago, Udoka was suspended from the Boston Celtics for the 2022-23 campaign due to violations of team policy, allegedly related to an inappropriate relationship with a member of team staff. . It was as if Udoka would no longer coach the Celtics after the team announced their suspension.
NBA analyst Jay Williams questioned Brooklyn’s willingness to do so given the hype the organization finds itself in. This is clearly a hopeless case calling for even more desperate measures. The New Jersey native also took a bit free kick to the organization’s current position in the league hierarchy.
“It’s like you’re Joe Tsai, you’re all into it right now. Here’s what I’m going to say: Is Ime Udoka a potentially culture-changing coach? Yes. Does he give you a higher probability of winning than Steve Nash? Yes,” Williams said on ESPN’s “Get Up” Wednesday morning. “But it feels like, and this is coming from a New Jersey Nets fan, it sounds like the Nets are the black eye in the NBA. It looks like they might be the most hateful in the history of basketball. You tell me, how do you root for this team?
“There’s a lot of questions about what’s happened with Kyrie in the last two months, the last two years. KD giving Joe Tsai the ultimatum about, ‘Hey, it’s me, Steve Nash or (general manager) Sean Marks. People ask, “Is there a coup? You bring Ime Udoka. And here’s the thing about Ime Udoka, like I said great coach, But think about it for a second: The Boston Celtics gave him up with no trade compensation. No trade compensation. They got a first-round pick for Doc Rivers in 2013. They didn’t ask for anything! said optically about where the Nets are right now?”
Williams further acknowledged how, despite Udoka’s success on the court in helping the Celtics reach the NBA Finals in his first season, He is not sure if the 45 year old can even help this The net team. This is an opinion reflected by many othersincluding ESPN’s NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski.
“Well, it’s not supposed to be. The reality, however, is that you’re stuck,” Williams said. “I really think this team is going to dissipate before it’s all said and done. I don’t even know, as good a coach as Ime Udoka is, if he can solve all the questions that arise around this team and its leadership.
