Does Brian Shaw prefer the Nets?
Peter Vecsey tweeted early Friday that Brian Shaw "prefers BK" adding, "Unsure offer forthcoming." Does that mean Shaw is unsure or the Nets are unsure? We will have to wait...some more.
Peter Vecsey tweeted early Friday that Brian Shaw "prefers BK" adding, "Unsure offer forthcoming." Does that mean Shaw is unsure or the Nets are unsure? We will have to wait...some more.
The Nets are moving their "war room" from the PNY Center to the team's basketball operations campus at Barclays Center for the NBA Draft on June 27. While David Stern and Adam Silver will be calling out names, Nets execs won't be that far away.
"I’d like for him to get the Clippers or Brooklyn job," Shaquille O’Neal told Mike Wells of the Indianapolis Star, referring to Brian Shaw. "Make sure you put it in so they know I said it." The two played four years together, won three titles.
For the past couple of weeks, there's been rumors that the Nets have a "mystery man," a "surprise" in line for their open coaching job. Suddenly on Thursday, there MAY be a name to attach to those two descriptions. George Karl, coach of the year.
In a series of tweets Wednesday, ESPN LA's Ramona Shelburne relayed a statement from Brian Shaw's agent, Jerome Stanley, the bottom line of which is that no interviews have been scheduled with any team, and that he won't be commenting.
In two tweets, back to back, Wednesday, Adrian Wojnarowski reports the Nets have permission to talk with Shaw, the Pacers top assistant and that he is now the "Nets top coaching target."
Popeye Jones, whose contract is up on June 30, was in Toronto recently to talk to Raptors officials about becoming an assistant in the Canadian city. With the hiring of Masai Ujiri, there has been a house cleaning in the Raptors front office.
After the latest rumors re Lionel Hollins and Brian Shaw, now comes word from an anonymous source to Adam Zagoria that the Nets, along with the 76ers and possibly the Clippers, have contacted Brown, who's currently coaching SMU in Dallas.
With their season over, the Pacers are starting to field requests from teams to interview Brian Shaw, Indiana's assistant coach. Mike Wells, the veteran Pacer beat writer, says that both the Nets and Clippers are among those most interested.
Add September 8 to your Nets calendar. That's the date of the next mayoral election in Moscow, and Mikhail Prokhorov is likely to run.