Nets Have Opened Discussions With Ime Udoka for Coaching Vacancy, per Reports

The Nets and Steve Nash mutually agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2022–23 season on Tuesday afternoon, leaving a high-profile coaching vacancy in Brooklyn. Though the franchise announced that longtime assistant Jacque Vaughn will serve as the acting head coach against the Bulls on Tuesday night, the Nets are exploring other options, including suspended Celtics coach Ime Udoka, as first reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

According to Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix, Brooklyn has quietly done “due diligence” on the circumstances that led to Udoka’s yearlong team suspension in Boston. The belief is that Udoka is unlikely to return to the Celtics once his suspension is over…