World News – CA – Mike D’Antoni to assist Steve Nash at the Nets!

There will be a strong influence from the mid-2000s suns on the Nets bench next season as ESPN announces the arrival of Mike D’Antoni to assist Steve Nash former Rockets coach will also find Amar’e Stoudemire, and we remember that this trio had given the Suns their best years for two decades with a spectacular and effective game

To complete his bench, Steve Nash will also be supported by Ime Udoka, one of the most famous assistants of his generation. Trained at the San Antonio school, he was Brett Brown’s first assistant at the Sixers, and he has had several interviews this fall to become a « head coach »

In the end, he was not selected, and as Doc Rivers landed in Philadelphia, he chose to join Brooklyn to assist Steve Nash, but also Jacque Vaughn and therefore Mike D’Antoni A quartet of great quality

It will be recalled that Steve Nash and Mike D’Antoni had already met for the first time at the Lakers in 2012

As for Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, they didn’t play for Mike D’Antoni in the NBA, but it will be remembered that Kevin Durant was at the London Olympics with Mike D’Antoni as Mike Krzyzewski’s assistant, and the young Kyrie Irving was part of the « sparring partner » during the pre-Olympic camp

Mike D’Antoni and Ime Udoka are finalizing deals to become assistant coaches under Steve Nash with the Brooklyn Nets, according to sources at ESPN Ensemble, D’Antoni and Nash were the architects of the offense in seven seconds or less with the Phoenix Suns in the mid-2000s

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