NEW YORK — Semantics matter, particularly in the titles of NBA positions. After the Brooklyn Nets and former head coach Steve Nash parted ways, the franchise named longtime assistant Jacque Vaughn as acting head coach, as opposed to the interim title Vaughn received when he filled Kenny Atkinson's first chair during the disjointed 2019-20 season.
Brooklyn Nets interim head coach Jacque Vaughn signals to his team during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Charlotte Hornets, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, in Charlotte, N.C. NEW YORK — Semantics matter, particularly in the titles of NBA positions.
“I guess I was the write-in candidate, in the minds of the elections right now, but I’m OK with that,” Vaughn teased reporters. “I said to my wife, I might not have been her first choice, and we’ve been together 20 years.” Vaughn is beloved across the NBA, widely hailed as a brilliant communicator and as genuine as they come within a profession in which plenty of dogs have eaten other dogs. The fact Brooklyn completed a spirited 2-1 road trip under Vaughn’s guidance certainly helped matters in his favor. Marks went so far as deeming Vaughn the catalyst for his team’s success away from home.This will be Vaughn’s second tenure as a head coach following two-plus seasons at the helm of Orlando from 2012-15.
Vaughn was particularly effective in maximizing Caris LeVert, one of the young Nets gems mined during this Brooklyn regime’s original feel-good rebuild. LeVert’s individual rise was predicated as much on his health as it was skill development, and Vaughn managed to talk LeVert off the ledge whenever the combo guard sought extra work on the floor, with Brooklyn’s medical staff cautioning for rest amid his ongoing foot injuries.
Rival scouts are expecting to see more zones from Brooklyn this season. This summer, Vaughn and other Nets coaches were contemplating various zone schemes to help boost Brooklyn’s defensive efforts when two smaller players — like Irving, or Patty Mills and Seth Curry — share the floor, sources said. Vaughn will have carte blanche to be creative with his schemes.
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