Another new wrinkle in the saga that is the Brooklyn Nets hiring of suspended Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka comes today. Adam Zagoria of NJ.com writes in his latest piece:
"A second source said NBA Commissioner Adam Silver ‘may have stepped in’ and also said ‘there has been some concern from women in leadership positions within the Nets.'”
The NBA doesn't like to intervene with how franchises are run, but when there is enough public pressure the commissioner will step in. The league was able to force Clippers owner Donald Stern to sell and convinced Suns owner Robert Sarver to put his team up for sale as well.