Newly hired Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash said criticisms that he "skipped the line" and got the opportunity to coach a presumed NBA championship contender were fair, but that his 18-season Hall of Fame career properly positioned him to have success as a first-time head coach.
"Well, I did skip the line, frankly," Nash said in his virtual introductory news conference from the team's practice facility Wednesday afternoon. "But at the same time, I think leading an NBA team for almost two decades is pretty unique. So while I haven't necessarily learned some of the skills that I'll definitely seek to understand and learn as far as the technical aspects of coaching, I was never far from that.