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.
The Nets salary spree last summer limits a lot of what they will do this summer. So expect smaller, more efficient moves and maybe a big trade. Typical of what the Nets hope to do is the projected signing of Bojan Bogdanovic.
Danny Ainge, speaking Thursday to sports radio in Boston, didn't directly address reports that the Nets (and Clippers) might be interested in Doc Rivers, but said he expects the Celtics coach will be back next season.
If you want to re-live the first round of the playoffs, the producers of "The Association: Brooklyn Nets" have you covered. The final episode of the season-long aired Thursday night (and will air again over the weekend, starting at 2:30 a.m. Friday).
It seem unthinkable that the Grizzlies won't re-sign Lionel Hollins as coach. After all, Memphis is in the Western Conference semi-finals. But Hollins contract is up at season's end and Chris Broussard tweets that if they don't move, the Nets might.
Josh Newman of SNY reports that the Nets two-year wait for Bojan Bogdanovic is nearly over. Newman reports, "A source with direct knowledge of the situation told him Thursday that there's a ’90-95 percent chance" he's here next season
There are increasing indications that neither Stan nor Jeff Van Gundy, once considered front runners for the Nets coaching job, will be called by Billy King. Chris Mannix, in an interview with an Orlando radio station, put the kibosh on any SVG talk.
