 The Nets are planning to hire Ime Udoka as their new head coach. Sources tell me they've been vetting Ime Udoka for the last 24 to 48 hours. This goes back to the weekend, really, Sunday into Monday. They've started discussions with Ime Udoka. I'm told even before the firing of Nash, as far as the concept of hiring Ime Udoka. So that is a process that is underway. There's obviously different steps that they have to take. Ime Udoka is under a one year suspension with the Celtics, because there's an improper workplace relationship that they need to vet out. They need to have conversations with the Celtics to get Ime Udoka aboard. But I'm told the Celtics have already granted permission to the Nets to speak to Udoka and they will let him go freely. They will let him go without any compensation. Essentially, they're going to let their coach that was one of the top coaches in the league last year go for free. So he's going to have his hands pulled regardless. He has a relationship with Kevin Durant through Team USA, through the one year he spent there as an assistant and Ben Simmons, he coached in Philadelphia as well. So there are relationships there.