After witnessing a historically bad loss that topped off a soul-sucking two months of play, Brooklyn Nets fans likely looked forward to the All-Star break as an opportunity to bury their heads in the sand for a few days and forget about their tangled knot of a basketball team.
Naturally, Shams Charania and Adrian Wojnarowski arrived only a few days into it, beach shovels in hand, ready to dig them out and make them face the reality in front of them once more.
Monday morning, Brooklyn announced the dismissal of head coach Jacque Vaughn. Although a 50-point loss and 8-23 record since December 15th might resemble sufficient evidence for a firing, the move still came with some shock force.