Steve Nash turned an MVP and Corridor of Famer taking part in for Mike D’Antoni in Phoenix (they usually have been collectively on the Lakers as effectively).

Now D’Antoni’s subsequent job may very well be because the right-hand man of Nash in Brooklyn.

There are a number of reviews now out of New York that Mike D’Antoni may be a part of the employees of first-time head coach Steve Nash in Brooklyn. Frank Isola of SiriusXM and the YES Community is one among them.

Mike D’Antoni and Phil Useful are each potential candidates to hitch Steve Nash’s teaching employees in Brooklyn, in response to a supply.

— Frank Isola (@TheFrankIsola) October 14, 2020

Nash and D’Antoni stay shut, which helps make the transition smoother, reviews Marc Berman of the New York Submit.

D’Antoni, 69, will surely be a coup as he’s an X’s and O’s offensive grasp… One supply mentioned D’Antoni and Nash are nonetheless “tight.”

Nash may have a formidable employees in Brooklyn. Jacque Vaughn — the previous Orlando head coach who turned the Nets’ interim coach after Kenny Atkinson was fired — is the lead assistant. D’Antoni would have a giant position, and also you’d be hard-pressed to discover a extra revered assistant coach across the league than Useful.

Brooklyn enters subsequent season with loads of expertise — Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Caris LeVert, Spencer Dinwiddie, Jarrett Allen, and extra — however questions on match and magnificence of play. What is that this going to seem like? How a lot of the “we’ll work tougher than you” tradition Atkinson constructed will stay? Do the Nets have sufficient, or like Irving mentioned do they want another piece in an East with Giannis Antetokounmpo and Milwaukee, on-the-rise Boston with Jayson Brown and Jaylen Tatum, Philadelphia with Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons in, and this yr’s East champions Jimmy Butler and Miami?

It’s a lot to ask, however including D’Antoni to the combination makes the Nets higher.

Mike D’Antoni reportedly may be a part of Steve Nash in Brooklyn initially appeared on NBCSports.com