The Brooklyn Nets did the unthinkable, hiring Boston Celtics suspended head coach Ime Udoka to be their new leader just a couple of months after the news that he was having an affair with a Boston team staffer broke. So why would the Nets want anything to do with Udoka, who was suspended for the entire season by the Celtics, after this embarrassing ordeal?

As it turns out, they have their convictions for the move. Here’s why the Nets moved to hire Ime Udoka after firing Steve Nash, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

“The Nets have been vetting the circumstances around Udoka’s suspension and believe that he can tighten up the league’s 29th-ranked defensive team and command leadership in a difficult locker room, sources said. Udoka spent a season with Ben Simmons — a player the Nets are desperately trying to get on track — on the Philadelphia 76ers’ coaching staff in 2019-2020.”