It didn’t seem fair to a lot of NBA observers, but they should not have been surprised when Hall of Fame point guard Steve Nash signed a four-year contract with the Brooklyn Nets last week to become the team’s next head coach. This will be Nash’s first stint in coaching, so he leap-frogged ahead of a lot of longtime assistants still waiting for their first head-coaching opportunity.
As the two-time MVP worked as a consultant for the Golden State Warriors since his retirement in 2015, he developed a unique relationship with another MVP, Nets star Kevin Durant. This had to be a pivotal reason why Nash got the job, over countless other coaches whose track record and credentials seems more reliable.
This move by the Nets proves something a lot of NBA spectators already knew. This era of the NBA is heavily influenced by the wants of individual players. The Nets organization would want to do anything to make Durant’s tenure in Brooklyn a successful one, including getting his close basketball adviser as head coach for the team.
This exposes the evolution of the league. This hiring seems to be the most extreme of cases in terms of, a strong player to coach relationship that could been beneficial and having the loyalty of the team’s franchise players was all Nash needed...
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