Brooklyn Nets Interim Head Coach Jacque Vaughn Gets Contract Extension

The Brooklyn Nets have reportedly prolonged the contract of interim head coach Jacque Vaughn. Based on Senior EPSN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski, Vaughn’s contract will take him by way of the 2026-2027 season.

Jacque Vaughn had shed the interim label earlier this season with a workforce possibility on subsequent yr — and now will get prolonged for a number of years previous the 2023-2024 season, sources inform ESPN. pic.twitter.com/YE3Txda9xF

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 21, 2023

This season, Vaughn has continued to construct on that success, main the Nets to a 34-24 file as of February 21, 2023. The workforce at present sit in fifth place within the Japanese Convention. Nonetheless, the latest blow up of the roster might see them fall out of a prime 6 seed.

Vaughn additionally expressed his gratitude for the extension. “I’m extraordinarily grateful for the chance to proceed teaching this workforce,” Vaughn mentioned. “We have now an important group of gamers who’re dedicated to successful, and I’m excited to proceed working with them.”

After buying and selling Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving this season, the Nets are set of effectively for the long run and now have their head coach locked up. The Nets younger core lead by Mikal Bridges and a plethora of first spherical picks might bode effectively for different stars wanting out. Brooklyn remains to be an enormous market, so something is feasible, nevertheless.

Extending the contract of head coach Jacque Vaughn is a constructive growth for the workforce. Vaughn has proven that he has the power to steer the workforce to success, and his sturdy relationship with the gamers bodes effectively for the workforce’s future.

The Brooklyn Nets are nonetheless not favored to win the Atlantic Division in line with New York sports-books. With the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers in there, the Nets could possibly be third place sure.

The Nets do have a stable core of respectable position gamers. They don’t, nevertheless, have that licensed All-Star on the roster. A play-in event look is probably going in the event that they fall out of a prime 6 seed.