Ime Udoka will reportedly be the next head coach of the Nets because Brooklyn’s brass evidently believes two things: that he can succeed where Steve Nash failed, and that nothing else matters more than that.
The Nets’ decision-makers — whether that’s owner Joe Tsai, general manager Sean Marks, superstar Kevin Durant, or all of the above — are willing to suffer whatever slings and arrows come their way for sprinting to hire Udoka, despite the still-not-yet-former Boston coach being less than six weeks into a season-long suspension. In case you’ve forgotten, the Celtics sent Udoka away just before the start of training camp for multiple violations of their code of conduct, stemming from “unwanted comments” and “crude language” toward a subordinate staff member with whom he also had an improper intimate relationship.