Pelicans granted permission to interview Jacque Vaughn, Charles Lee

New Orleans has permission to interview Brooklyn assistant Jacque Vaughn and Milwaukee assistant Charles Lee for the franchise’s head coaching job, sources tell ESPN.

Source: Adrian Wojnarowski/ESPN

ANALYSIS: Vaughn has been an assistant in Brooklyn since 2016-17, and coached ten games as a short-term substitute head coach last season. He also has 216 games of head coaching experience with the Orlando Magic. Lee, a former overseas player and college player at Bucknell, coached with Mike Budenholzer in Atlanta, and then joined the Bucks under Budenholzer again as an assistant coach.