There's no salary cap for coaches. Although David Stern has told owners to be more frugal in signing coaches, that warning may fall on deaf ears in New Jersey. Mitch Lawrence's report that Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson are on the Nets' short list is likely to be followed by similar rumors as Mikhail Prokhorov gets closer to approval as Nets owner. Lawrence says Prokhorov wants to make "a big splash".

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