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"
Nassau Coliseum on Thursday unveiled four plans for the renovation of the 41-year-old Nassau Coliseum and one of them came from the team that built Barclays Center. The proposal brought Bruce Ratner, Brett Yormark and Jay-Z to Long Island.
The Bulls will take the floor tonight with many of their top players in street clothes or out of sorts. Tom Thibodeau ended speculation about Derrick Rose Thursday saying he's "out;" Kirk Hinrich is "most likely" out; Taj Gibson and Luol Deng GTD.
The final statistics for the Euroleague are in and Bojan Bogdanovic finished third overall and first in the Round of 16 scoring, averaging 15.9 overall and 20.6 in the more elite Round of 16. Bogdanovic's Fenerbahce Ulker didn't get to the playoffs.
Joe Johnson isn't getting worse, but isn't getting better either. Reggie Evans was sick and didn't practice. Andray Blatche hopes his sore right calf will be 90 percent with treatment. it's the playoffs. Everyone's got something wrong.
It's been rough-and-tumble under the baskets and out on the perimeter the first five games of the Nets-Bulls series and with a crucial Game 6 scheduled for the United Center, expect it to get worse ... or better, depending on your perspective.
Did Billy King's three year contract extension end the Nets interest in Phil Jackson, as a coach, as an executive, as a "visionary?" No suggest both Peter Vecsey and Ken Berger.
Billy King released a statement this afternoon on former-Net Jason Collins who earlier today came out as the first active gay professional athlete.
Jason Collins, a big part of the Nets two NBA Finals teams and one of the smarter players to ever don a Nets uniform, has revealed to Sports Illustrated that he is gay.
Sports Business Journal reports that the Nets' 23.1 percent increase in attendance this season led the NBA, far outpacing the Houston Rockets, at 8.5 percent and the Pacers and Raptors, who were up 7.8 percent each.
