“Coach Cal is a great coach but we won’t be discussing today on any name because it’s the first day of our, like, new approach”, Prokhorov said. He played for the Nets, Pacers, Bulls, Rockets, Bucks, Lakers, Jazz, Clippers and SuperSonics, and averaged 6.0 points and 2.1 rebounds.
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Brown’s team (King’s roster) had an energetic start, but just did not have the wherewithal to keep up with the likes of Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge (25 points, 11 rebounds).
If they hadn’t already done so, the Brooklyn Nets officially snatched the title of the NBA’s Most Depressing Team over the weekend with a somewhat stunning front office shakeup that resulted in the firings of general manager Billy King and head coach Lionel Hollins. Are the Spurs giving up too many points? Popovich, in his 20th season as Spurs coach, wouldn’t criticize their instability on the bench – “I don’t run anybody else’s business, I just participate in running our own”, he said – but did call Hollins a “wonderful coach”. I haven’t been here the last five days, but I talked to those guys the other day after they beat us at home, and then we went back up there. The Spurs may have only 10 wins on the road this year, but that happens to match the Nets win total.
“We’re playing in the best market in the world”, Prokhorov said Monday.
Kathy Willens/AP Tony Brown makes his debut as Nets head coach and suffers a blowout loss to the Spurs. Brooklyn kept it close in the first half, but the Spurs did their whole inevitability thing and eventually pulled away, opening up a double-digit lead and coasting to a 106-79 win. Coaches are hired to be fired, you know.
“I think everybody that I worked for had great passion for the game and that’s where you have to start”. The game continued to flow in the Spurs way all the way up until the final buzzer.
Nets CEO Brett Yormark is reportedly interested in hiring Calipari, who coached the team for almost three seasons beginning in 1996.
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Spurs’ Danny Green, right, gets his hand on the ball as Nets’ Thaddeus Young drives to the basket in the first half Monday night at Barclays Center. “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.
