He has not said so directly, but Derrel Johnson of SNY Nets, picking through his recent comments, thinks Patrick Ewing would like a courtesy call from Billy King about the Nets coaching vacancy.

For the second time in less than a week, a major sports site lists the Nets coaching vacancy as the best out there. Last week it was Chris Broussard of ESPN, basing his ranking on an anonymous assistant coache's analysis. This time, it's Ben Golliver

Now that the Nets have been in Brooklyn a full season and have made the playoffs, Billy King thinks it will be easier for him to sign players. In the second part of his interview with Ben Couch, he talks development, Euros and Bogdanovic.

In an interview with the Nets in-house beat writer Ben Couch, Billy King says the season exceeded expectations but he wants the next coach to be as tough-minded a the borough they play in.

No one is saying Lionel Hollins is on the Nets shortlist, at least officially, but he is a free agent and even if the Grizzlies want him back, would the Nets get into a bidding war if they wanted him as their head coach?

Back in 2009-10, after the Nets lost their first 18 games, there were legitimate fears that the Nets could break the 1972-73 Sixer record for ineptitude. The Nets won 12. So we wondered if the Nets are following Sixer path upward. Hopefully, they are

We said we wouldn't do this again. Made playoffs, Off-Season Report goes away. Very binary. But enough of you, that would be two of you, ask that we continue. So we'll give it a shot. No guarantees. Here it is, draft sleeper of the weeks and all.

As of Saturday, says a Nets insider, Billy King "has not contacted anyone but Phil Jackson" for the team's coaching vacancy Research continues ... and even if they wanted move on some candidates, they can't. Some top candidates are under contract.