The Nets’ and Lakers’ woes show star players don’t make good architects

For years, the superteam model has dominated the NBA. But recent events suggest there are limits to what superstars alone can accomplish

In his first interview as the permanent head coach of the Brooklyn Nets, Jacque Vaughn addressed the elephant in the room. I guess I was the write-in candidate in the minds of elections right now," he said before the Nets' 112-85 victory over the New York Knicks on Wednesday. But I'm OK with that. I said to my wife I might have not been her first choice, but we've been together 20 years so it could all work out, so off we go."

If he was a second choice (with the Nets in this case rather than his wife), then who was the first? Well, according to previous reports, the Nets were all set to make one of the most inexplicable moves in NBA history. After parting ways with Steve Nash last week, insiders pegged his likely replacement as suspended Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka.