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.
Tracy Collins is Brooklyn photographer who's chronicled the critics' fight to stop Atlantic Yards and Barclays Center. In recent days, he has posted a graphical timeline of the 3,000-plus days between announcement and opening night.
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
The Nets have quietly posted, a new, more Brooklyn-themed version of John Forte's "Brooklyn: Something to Lean on." The video features more Brooklyn and more game action, as well as more of Forte, a Brooklyn native.
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.
There won’t many consensus first round picks at the draft group workout next week at PNY Center, but there are some good value players who will be picked in the second round. And the Nets now have a history of buying second rounders on Draft Night.
Brian Shaw isn't talking to the media and he won't be able to speak with the Nets until the playoffs are over, but two of the best young Pacers credit him for their development, Tim Bontemps reports from Miami.
