Ex-Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni joins Steve Nash’s team with Nets

Oct. 30 (UPI) — Old Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni has agreed to affix the Brooklyn Nets as an assistant coach, the team announced Friday.

D’Antoni will reunite with Nets head coach Steve Nash, who obtained two MVP awards while taking half in for D’Antoni with the Phoenix Suns. D’Antoni also coached Nash when they were with the Los Angeles Lakers from 2012-14.

The 69-300 and sixty five days-worn D’Antoni — a two-time NBA Coach of the Year — spent the past four years with the Rockets before opting to stroll away at the conclusion of the 2019-20 campaign. He posted a 217-101 file steady by his tenure in Houston, advancing to the Western Conference finals once.

The Nets also announced the hires of Amar’e Stoudemire and very fashionable assistant Ime Udoka, who spent seven of the final eight seasons on Gregg Popovich‘s team with the San Antonio Spurs.

Nash has assembled a noteworthy teaching team for his first season as a head coach. His team also entails companion head coach Jacque Vaughn, Adam Harrington, Jordan Ott, Tiago Splitter and Ryan Forehan-Kelly.

The Nets are anticipated to be among the favorites to receive the NBA championship in the upcoming season with the return of Kyrie Irving and debut of Kevin Durant.