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Jay Williams believes Mark Jackson, not Steve Nash, could be answer for Nets

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For now, Kevin Durant will be returning to the Brooklyn Nets for the 2022-23 season after backing down from his trade request back on June 30. The Nets were not able to find the right package for themselves and they have worked it out with Durant so that he will return.

Durant’s return does bring up the question of what happens with coach Steve Nash. It wasn’t too long ago that Durant made an ultimatum to team governor Joe Tsai that it was either trade him or fire Nash and GM Sean Marks.

Neither of that happened so now they have to make it work. What does this mean for Nash’s future with the Nets?

ESPN’s Jay Williams believes Brooklyn should be looking into former Golden State Warriors coach, Mark Jackson:

Steve Nash is on the hot, hot, hot seat. Don’t sit down as a matter of fact it was only a week and a half ago two weeks ago that Kevin Durant gave Joe Tsai an ultimatum by saying ‘Hey, look I’ll come back if Steve Nash and Sean Marks are not here’, but now Steve Nash being there. What position does that put him in? And the accountability that you need Steve Nash to hold? I still do not think that Steve Nash is the answer. I do not think that. I think Mark Jackson could be the answer.

Jackson did a lot of good things with the Warriors helping Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson develop into the players they have become so he will be a prime candidate should the Nets move on from Nash. Therefore, the Nets will need a very successful season just to keep Nash’s job moving forward with the franchise.

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