P.J. Carlesimo is making the rounds on New York radio Monday. He admitted to Tim Brando of CBS Sports that the Nets loss to the Bulls was not the determining factor in his release and hinted to Colin Cowherd that player development was an issue.

Abraham Madkour, executive editor of Sports Business Journal, is out with the magazine's annual NBA Season Honors. The Nets were cited as the league's "biggest turnaround." Citing team insiders, SBJ says gate receipts jumped 250 percent.

On Sunday, Andray Blatche said all the right things about returning. "That’s the plan," Blatche said when asked if he was coming back. "I’m not sure yet right now. I can’t tell you 100 percent yet, but that’s the plan for me."

There are rumors and there are suggestions by pundits. As the Nets' search for a new coach gets underway, Mike Vaccaro and Dave D'Alessandro think the Nets should make a run for Doc Rivers, who is under contract through 2016. It wouldn't be easy.

After announcing he wasn't going to renew P.J. Carlesimo's contract, Billy King spoke about the off-season beyond the coaching search offering his thoughts on Joe Johnson's health, retaining Andray Blatche, C.J. Watson and signing Bojan Bogdanovic.

Who's likely to replace P.J. Carlesimo? We present a long list of possibilities, broken down by current employment...

He wouldn't have survived if the Nets had beaten the Bulls, but the loss to Chicago made the decision easier to carry out. The Nets announced Sunday that interim head coach P.J. Carlesimo is out and that "a search for a new head coach will commence"

We asked Reed Wallach, a NetsDaily member, to take a look at how the Nets could use the NBA Draft to fill some gaps that as the season wore on became more obvious Here's his report ... and recommendations.

Don't expect the Nets to spend anywhere near what they spent last off-season, a near NBA record $345 million, including contract commitments, buyouts, luxury taxes, etc. But do expect a lot of activity once the dust clears.