Nets Name Former GM, Coach As Pro Scouts

by Net Income on Nov 2, 2010 10:27 AM EDT

The Nets still don't have as big a basketball operations staff as the Knicks, who remain No. 1 in the NBA, but they're not 27th like they were last season under Bruce Ratner. They're back in the top 10 under Mikhail Prokhorov.

The latest additions are Garry St. Jean, the former Warriors GM and Kings head coach, as pro scout and Brendan O'Connor, who's worked as an assistant for the Kings, Knicks and Pistons, as advance scout. O'Connor, who has a championship ring from his time with the Pistons, replaces Roy Rogers, who's joined the Celtics. St. Jean is a new hire.

The Nets now have nine scouts, including director of player personnel Gregg Polinsky. Two of them, St. Jean and Bob Ferry, are former NBA general managers. As Warriors GM, St. Jean drafted Troy Murphy and traded for Avery Johnson and Popeye Jones.

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Looks like the Nets

have a well stocked pantry…unlike last year when the cupboard was bare.

You've gone a million miles... How far'd you get
To that place where you can't remember... And you can't forget

by aunt-B on Nov 2, 2010 10:31 AM EDT reply actions

I thought they were bringing back Kiki hahaha

by Frigidevil on Nov 2, 2010 10:33 AM EDT reply actions

Kiki was not a coach

he is, I believe, the only guy Prokhorov canned.

Thorn quit. Marks got promoted. Loyer, Barrise, Dalatri were all retained. Overton given a new job as player development coach. All the scouts, but the international guy, were retained. (Dont know what happened to international guy but the new guy, Danko Cvjeticanin, was King’s guy in Philly).

Front office appears to be the same story.

by Net Income on Nov 2, 2010 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions