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Could Villanova Coach be Just Wright for Nets?
Peter Vecsey writes Friday about the NBA coaching prospects of Mark Jackson, but he thinks the former YES analyst shouldn't be thinking about the Nets or the NBA. He's best suited, Vecsey thinks, for a college job, like the one opening at his alma mater, St. John's. Jackson recently hired an...
Nets' Coaching Vacancy The Most Interesting One
NBA.com's Shaun Powell ranks the league's coaching vacancies by the level of interest candidates might have. At the top are the Nets. Why? Mikhail Prokhorov's deep pockets, the high draft pick and the possibility that cap space turns into stars. In his chat,...
Would the Nets Offer Coach K $10+ Million?
Mike Krzyzewski has said he isn't interested in the job, joked about why a Russian would offer a "Polish guy" a job. But in discussing what the NBA could look like this summer, Brian Windhorst of the Cleveland Plain Dealer thinks Coach K might get an offer he...
Coach K: "I Won't Consider Nets Job"
Word is that the Nets will present Mike Krzyzewski with an offer they think he can't refuse, but he's doing everything he can to discourage them. In an interview with ESPN 1050, Coach K was even more definitive than he was this weekend. Asked if he would...
Prokhorov Playing It Close to the Vest
The last time Mikhail Prokhorov was seen publicly, he was meeting with Russia's president in Siberia. That was Thursday. The latest is that he's in Vancouver. As Peter Vecsey writes, no one really knows what he's up to. If and when he meets with Rod Thorn,...
Bosh: "Nets Don't Really Know What They're Doing"
Wondering how this coaching carousel is being perceived by top free agents? Here's what Chris Bosh had to say, buried in the AP summary of All-Star Weekend doings: "You never know, but Coach K, he's been at Duke for a very long time, so...I don't see it," Bosh...
Iannazzone: Wall Key to Moving Nets Forward
The Nets should soon have a new owner, agreements to play in two of the newest arenas in the NBA and more cap space than any other NBA team. All that aside, the one thing that could move them forward more quickly than anything else is winning the NBA Draft...
Coach K: Not Interested in "Nyets"
It would be difficult for any college coach to say he's interested in an NBA job when he's still recruiting high school players and pushing his current charges towards the NCAA's. Still, Mike Krzyzewski said after his 1,000th game at Duke (and his 63rd...
Kerber: Prokhorov Likely to Keep Thorn
Headlines aside, Fred Kerber reports Rod Thorn is likely to stay as Nets president. Quoting NBA sources, Kerber writes Mikhail Prokhorov "knows what he has in Rod" and "it looks very good for him". Meanwhile, Thorn himself tells Kerber he's not firing Kiki...
Is Prokhorov Planning Big Changes...Really Big?
Mikhail Prokhorov is thinking big, really big. The Record, Post, Yahoo! and Sports Illustrated report the Russian billionaire may try to hire the head of USA Basketball, Jerry Colangelo, to replace Rod Thorn, then use Colangelo to land Duke's Mike Krzyzewski...
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