Now that I've sat on this for an hour...
1) The statement says Marks wanted someone who his players would respect (Kyrie and KD)
2) He would never hire a new coach without their consent given the money he's just paid them
3) Nash and KD have a good relationship already
4) If they gave the job to Jacques and made Nash the assistant, than there would always be a backdoor ear to whisper to and undercut Jacques team control
5) It's apparent now it was never gonna be Jacques, becasue KD and Kyrie didn't want him.
It's still a bad look, but it feels more like a bad look to placate his stars than an attempt to just hire a white dude over Jacques.