As things stand, Nets assistant GM Frank Zanin is running the day to day operations, as he has for most of the season, and is the face person on the Nets’ initial trade talks. That’s why we need players and a coach who can resist with this pressure, who can survive.
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The timing of both decisions really came out of nowhere, with most of the Nets staff learning of the decision either through media reports or text messages from outside the team. The veteran-heavy Nets roster seemed to be a logical landing spot for Hollins, and he guided last year’s team to a 38-44 regular season record and playoff berth, where the Nets pushed the Atlanta Hawks to six games before a first round exit.
Seriously. There’s no one here. “I’m thankful to Billy and Mikhail and Dmitry [Razumov, Nets board of directors chairman] for the opportunity to have coached the Nets”, said Hollins to ESPN.com. During King’s tenure, the Nets never made it as far as the Eastern Conference finals, much less the NBA Finals.
Meanwhile, Hollins shared he received a phone call from King, letting him know of the news. To sum up these two moves, let’s turn to the legendary Happy Gilmore.
When the Spurs signed LaMarcus Aldridge over the summer, this is what everyone thought they’d be getting.
Prokhorov is determined to be more involved with the Nets now and he said at his press conference on Monday that he expects the Nets to be championship contenders next season. Yes.
“We battled tonight”, coach Randy Wittman said.
NEW YORK (AP) – The Spurs are the NBA’s pillar of consistency and stability, an organization these Nets could only hope to resemble – on the court and in the front office.
On John Calipari: “Coach Cal is a great coach, but we won’t be discussing today any name because it’s the first day of our new approach”.
“Coach Cal is a great coach”, he said. Calipari is reportedly asking for a 10-year, $120 million contract to return to the team, though he denied the reports of his desire to leave Kentucky on Twitter Monday.
“He wanted us to know that he was obviously going about his job, figuring things out and talking to his cabal to see what they wanted to do next”, Lopez said. Going after big names with pedigrees who have had success is not the way to go here.
Worse still is the general direction of the team, which has paid record luxury tax bills, preferring splashy trades and signings to developing young players.
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San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili (20) forces a turnover as Brooklyn Nets guard Wayne Ellington (21) loses the ball in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, in NY.
