By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
From officially ending his playing career to joining the coaching staff of the Brooklyn Nets in the 2024 NBA 2K25 Summer League, Kyle Hines extended his collaboration with the Nets into the 2024-25 NBA Regular Season.
Hines, 38, has joined the coaching staff of the Nets, working under Spanish head coach Jordi Fernandez. The job title has not been officially confirmed. However, agent Misko Raznatovic proudly noted the former player as a member of the coaching staff in a post on his personal Instagram account.
Hines officially ended his playing days last September.
Coming out of UNC Greensboro in 2008, the New Jersey native pursued overseas options to launch a professional career. He went on to become a four-time Turkish Airlines EuroLeague champion, besides gathering numerous individual accolades in Europe’s premier club continental competition.
From two years in the second-tier division of Italy, he jumped into EuroLeague action with Brose Bamberg in 2010. In 2011, he signed with Greek powerhouse Olympiacos and went on to capture back-to-back EuroLeague championships in 2012 and 2013. Moving to CSKA in 2013 resulted in two more titles, in 2016 and 2019. Between 2020 and 2024, he spent the last four years of his EuroLeague career with AX Armani Exchange / EA7 Emporio Armani Milan.
Early in the first head-coaching campaign of Fernandez in the NBA, the Nets sit at 5-7 in the Regular Season, half a game inside the Play-In zone, and tied for a direct ticket to the 2025 Playoffs.