Jacque Vaughn has withdrawn his name from consideration for available head coaching opportunities and will remain with the Brooklyn Nets as an assistant coach.

Vaughn was considered one of the frontrunners for the New Orleans Pelicans' job.

Vaughn is citing family reasons for the decision to remain with the Nets.

The candidacy of Jacque Vaughn as head coach of the New Orleans Pelicans is "gaining traction", according to ESPN's Brian Windhorst.

Vaughn was previously head coach of the Orlando Magic and has been an assistant coach with the Brooklyn Nets since 2016.

"I'm not saying he's going to get his job because Charles Lee on the Bucks' staff is also going to be a strong candidate. The word coming out of Chicago at the draft combine is that Jacque Vaughn, who is close to Trajan Langdon... Jacque Vaughn is going to get a real serious look and has interviewed I believe with the Pelicans."

The Nets have already lost Ime Udoka from their coaching staff to the Brooklyn Nets. Mike D'Antoni is also a candidate for the Portland Trail Blazers' head coaching job.

The Boston Celtics will hire Ime Udoka as their next head coach.

Boston and Udoka are finalizing an agreement.

Udoka spent this past season as an assistant coach with the Brooklyn Nets. Udoka was an assistant coach with the San Antonino Spurs for several seasons and was an assistant coach with the Philadelphia 76ers during the 19-20 season.

The Celtics received strong recommendations for Udoka from Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart, who played for him during the 2019 FIBA World Cup.

Darvin Ham and Chauncey Billups were also considered top candidates in Boston's search process. 

Ime Udoka is believed to be "at the top of the Boston [Celtics] list" to become their next head coach.

Udoka spent this past season as an assistant coach with the Brooklyn Nets after one season with the Philadelphia 76ers and several seasons with the San Antonio Spurs.

Brad Stevens is running Boston's coaching search after he vacated the position to run the front office. 

The New Orleans Pelicans have requested permission to interview Jacque Vaughn and Charles Lee for their head coaching position.

Vaughn has been an assistant coach with the Brooklyn Nets since 2016. Vaughn was previously a head coach with the Orlando Magic.

Lee has worked as an assistant coach under Mike Budenholzer since 2014. 

James Harden has committed to play for the United States in the Tokyo Olympics. 

Harden played in the 2012 Olympics and 2014 FIBA World Cup.

Kyrie Irving, however, is unlikely to play as he recovers from his ankle injury suffered in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Irving last played for the United States in the 2016 Olympics. 

Steve Nash and Kevin Durant reflected on the Brooklyn Nets season following their 115-111 overtime loss in Game 7 to the Milwaukee Bucks.

"Game could have gone either way," Nash said afterwards. "You always know there's a chance. Anything can happen. I think we just faced one too many obstacles this year."

Durant and James Harden played 53 minutes in the game.

Durant broke a new NBA record by scoring 48 points in a Game 7.

"My big-ass foot stepped on the line," said Durant of his last-second shot that sent the game into overtime. "I just saw a little screen-shot, how close I was to ending their season off that shot, but it wasn't in God's plan, and we move on." 

Nash looked forward to regrouping for next season. Jeff Green, Blake Griffin, and Spencer Dinwiddie are unrestricted free agents, with Bruce Brown a restricted free agent. 

"I think we have guys that are extremely motivated, passionate about what they do, unselfish, willing to sacrifice, have a lot of character. I think they will regroup and be ready to go again. It's been a really difficult year. We got a lot thrown at us. They've survived it in incredible fashion. They'll get themselves ready to go again next year."

Spencer Dinwiddie plans to decline his $12.3 million player option to become an unrestricted free agent, sources told Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

The 28-year-old appeared in just three games this season due to an ACL injury.

Dinwiddie averaged 20.6 points and 6.8 assist during the 2019-20 season. 

Kyrie Irving has been ruled for Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, but he could return should the Brooklyn Nets advance to the next round. Irving suffered a sprained ankle in Game 4 of the series.

Steve Nash indicated Irving still has some "miles to make up."

"It's not a season-threatening situation," added Nash.

On January 25th 2019, Kyrie Irving had Kevin Durant over for dinner at his home outside Boston on the eve of a nationally televised game between he Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors, according to accounts described in Matt Sullivan's new book 'Can't Knock The Hustle.'.

Irving and Durant were a few months away from becoming free agents. For Irving, it would be his first time experiencing free agency. A few months prior, Irving publicly said he intended to re-sign with the Celtics but the death of his grandfather a few weeks later sent him into a period of depression.

Durant had won two straight titles with the Warriors, but he didn't think the team would get any better if Steve Kerr didn't hold Draymond Green accountable for his outbursts and was also occasionally irked by the attention Stephen Curry received from the media and fans.

Durant ate a vegan burger for the first time that night and a superteam began to take shape with Irving. 

Irving and Durant saw the Nets as a franchise with two max salary slots, a flexible general manager and a few existing supporting pieces already in place.

"And from that point," Irving said, "we took the power back and put it in our hands."

Durant and Irving eventually committed to the Nets and also made sure they also signed DeAndre Jordan.

"I don’t think there was a moment when Ky took it over from us," a Nets executive involved in his recruitment told Sullivan. "We all understood — basically everybody who is following the NBA understands — he’s a personality. But we were at a point where we thought the organization is strong enough, and the culture is strong enough, to survive or absorb different personalities. Whether that assumption is true remains to be seen."