Brooklyn dismisses head coach Jacque Vaughn

The Brooklyn Nets dismissed boss Jacque Vaughn in the morning, the franchise shared.

Jacque Vaughn issued a statement to ESPN following his dismissal as Nets coach: “To Joe Tsai, Clara Wu-Tsai, Ollie Weisberg, Sam Zussman, Sean Marks and front office, Nets coaches, staff, players, BSE family and the entire Brooklyn borough: It was a pleasure being your Head… https://t.co/w7sTOcSmIk

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The ex-NBA guard was in his 2^nd campaign as manager of Brooklyn, who are 21-33 and sit in 11^th place in the Eastern Conference. The organization finished a disappointing 1^st half of the campaign with a 50-point defeat against the Celtics in their final match before the All-Star break.

“It was not easy to make this choice, but 1 we believe it is in the organization’s best interest for the future,” revealed Brooklyn GM Sean Marks. ” Vaughn has represented this team with exemplary character and class for the past 8 seasons.

The consistent positivity and passion Jacque poured into our franchise every day will remain with the basketballers and staff he interacted with during his time here. We thank him for everything he contributed to our organization and the borough of Brooklyn and wish him and his family nothing but the best going forward.”

During his 2-plus campaigns, he was 71-68 in the regular campaign and 0-8 in the postseason.