Jacque Vaughn might not have been the Nets’ first choice. It remains to be seen if he’ll end up being the best choice — or the long-term one.

In a move that surprised the NBA, Brooklyn removed the interim tag from Vaughn’s head coach title on Wednesday. And in many ways Kyrie Irving may have done as much to get Vaughn the job as he did to cost Steve Nash his.

With the Nets players not responding to Nash — Irving arguably the most culpable culprit — the team parted ways with the coach on Nov. 1 and continued talks it had already started with suspended Boston coach Ime Udoka. But given that Brooklyn was also dealing with the latest Irving drama, two controversies were just one too many.

“Yeah, you just never know in this business,” Nic Claxton told The Post. “We all heard reports that we were supposed to be getting Ime within the next couple of days. But we’re excited that JV is our coach. He’s a really good coach. He’s inspiring and I’m ready to get things going.”