Brooklyn Nets Rumors & News

ESPN Boston "Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge denied the Brooklyn Nets permission to speak to Doc Rivers about their vacant coaching position, team and league sources confirmed to ESPNBoston.com. Rivers has three years and $21 million remaining on his contract. The Nets did not..." May 24

SportingNews.com "P.J. Carlesimo says the Brooklyn Nets' goal of winning a championship within the next two years is "maybe not totally realistic," though he believes they are a contender in the Eastern Conference. Carlesimo went 35-19 as interim coach after Avery Johnson was fired in December, but the Nets told..." May 23

SI.com "Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski will be returning as the head coach of USA Basketball for the 2016 Olympics, according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation. A formal announcement is expected in the next 48 hours. Krzyzewski led Team USA to gold medals in both the 2008 Beijing Olympics..." May 23

Draft Express "While competing for the attention of NBA scouts at the 2013 Nets Combine, the 22 NBA draft prospects in attendance were also measured and tested on day one. We will add the results of the other 22 prospects in attendance when we receive them tomorrow. Notable: D.J. Stephens broke both the no..." May 22

Chicago Tribune "Former Chicago Bulls coach Scott Skiles is a candidate for the Brooklyn Nets coaching vacancy. The Racine Journal Times reported that the former Milwaukee Bucks coach is on the short list of those being considered for the Nets' job. The Nets are reportedly looking for a tough-minded coach..." May 20

New York Post "Part of what has turned Lance Stephenson into a useful piece for the Pacers this season after two years spent mostly watching from the bench has been a much improved 3-point shot. And, according to Stephenson, a lot of the credit for that goes to Pacers associate head coach Brian Shaw. “He’s..." May 18

New York Post "The Nets can officially strike Doc Rivers from their list of potential head-coaching candidates. Celtics general manager Danny Ainge told the Boston Globe yesterday that Rivers will return to the Celtics for his 10th season patrolling the sidelines in Boston. “Yeah [he’ll be back], Doc and I..." May 17

New York Post "Add “Brooklyn mentality” to the list of attributes sought in the next Nets head coach. In an interview with the team’s website, general manager Billy King said he’s searching for a coaching candidate who can instill a toughness in the Nets that would resonate with the fans in the..." May 14

New York Daily News "Free advice to the Nets: Don’t make a coaching hire until you determine whether Lionel Hollins is available to come to Brooklyn. That could take Mikhail Prokhorov and Billy King right through the NBA Finals, because Hollins’ Grizzlies just might come out of the West for the first time in..." May 12

New York Post "Phil Jackson will not be the next coach of the Nets. A league source told The Post that Jackson is not looking to coach. The Nets had contacted Jackson in order to gauge his interest in possibly returning to the sidelines and taking over their team. Jackson, an 11-time champion as a coach..." May 08

New York Post "In the wake of announcing the Nets’ decision not to retain P.J. Carlesimo, general manager Billy King said he planned to contact Phil Jackson. It didn’t take him long. King contacted Jackson yesterday, according to NBA.com, officially tipping off the team’s search for its next head..." May 07

New York Daily News "The Nets took it a step further than the Knicks and actually contacted Phil Jackson on Monday, a source confirmed to the Daily News, hoping to gauge the Zen Master’s interest in returning to the sidelines. A day earlier, Nets GM Billy King called Jackson “one of the best coaches,” and then..." May 07

North Jersey "Jason Collins, the former Net who last week announced he is gay, is seeking a book deal, The Associated Press learned. Officials at three publishing houses said Monday that they had been contacted about a planned memoir by Collins, the first active player in any of four major U.S. professional..." May 07

New York Post "A day after he was told he would not return as head coach of the Nets, P.J. Carlesimo delivered a realistic appraisal of the situation. In a series of radio interviews yesterday, Carlesimo said essentially the same thing a few different ways: that he was happy with the job he did, disappointed..." May 07

New York Post "That didn’t take long. The day after the Nets’ inaugural season in Brooklyn ended with a thud in a 99-93 loss in Game 7 of their first-round series with the Bulls, general manager Billy King announced P.J. Carlesimo wouldn’t be retained as the team’s head coach. “It was a difficult..." May 06

New York Post "The easiest part for the Nets was also the hardest part. P.J. Carlesimo did a good job in difficult circumstances this season, he is a good man, a good coach, someone whose name, by rights, should be included in the modest list of men who’ve won NCAA titles if not for one terrible referee’s..." May 06

New York Post "After the Nets’ ignominious Game 7 loss, they have to address their power forward situation for next season. The answer might be under their noses in backup center Andray Blatche, a free-agent-to-be. The Nets will not have salary-cap space and do not own Blatche’s Bird Rights. But the enigmatic..." May 06

CBSSports.com "Nets GM Billy King said at a press conference Sunday to announce the firing of P.J. Carlesimo as head coach that Phil Jackson will be considered and contacted for the position. The New York Daily News has learned that Jackson, and his former assistant Brian Shaw (now an assistant with the Pacers),..." May 06

ESPN.com "P.J. Carlesimo doesn't think winning Game 7 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals would've saved his job as coach of the Brooklyn Nets. "I think short of winning a championship, it wouldn't have made any difference. I mean, Billy (King) was pretty candid," Carlesimo said during an interview..." May 06

North Jersey "The Nets gave Andray Blatche a second chance, for which he is grateful. But will that be enough to keep the forward and unrestricted free agent in Brooklyn next season? "That’s the plan," Blatche said. Blatche was released by the Washington Wizards last season under the league’s amnesty..." May 06

New York Post "With the Nets season now over following their 99-93 loss to the Bulls in Game 7 of their first-round series, the focus shifts to the future of interim coach P.J. Carlesimo. When Carlesimo was given control of the team following the dismissal of Avery Johnson in late December, the Nets were..." May 05

New York Post "NBA’s best clutch shooters. This is why the Nets are scheduled to pay Johnson some $70 million for the final three years of his contract. Based on his clutch genes, Johnson and Game 7s seemed as perfect a pair as Junior’s cheesecake and Flatbush Avenue, so you figured the Nets were in good..." May 05

New York Post "The final seconds were a surrender, the Nets accepting their fate passively, letting the Bulls dribble out the clock, letting them get a head start on celebrating this 99-93 victory. The remnants of 17,732 at Barclays Center weren’t sure what to do. Mostly, they stared — at the floor, at the..." May 05

CBSSports.com "After the Nets were eliminated in Game 7 on their home court in the first round by the Bulls on Saturday night, they announced Sunday morning they have elected not to retain interim head coach P.J. Carlesimo. Carlesimo took over after Avery Johnson was fired in December, guiding the Nets to the..." May 05

USA Today "There was no Derrick Rose, no Luol Deng, no Kirk Hinrich. But the Chicago Bulls had a Game 7 to play, and Joakim Noah was going to carry them through it, even on one foot. The All-Star center totaled 24 points, 14 rebounds and six blocks as the Bulls beat the host Brooklyn Nets 99-93 on..." May 05

New York Post "Charles Barkley became the latest person to criticize the Nets during their first-round series against the Bulls. Barkley, speaking during TNT’s coverage Thursday night, said he thinks the Nets “don’t play with a lot of passion ... they just play on talent.” He also said the only reason the..." May 04

CSN Chicago "Thursday night's Game 6 featured two sidelined point guards, another who vomited during timeouts, an All-Star who left the arena before the game even started and plenty of thrilling moments. Ultimately it resulted in a Bulls loss, the second straight in which they had an opportunity to extend..." May 03

CSN Chicago "On one side of the Bulls locker room was Taj Gibson, with a towel wrapped around his head, looking like death itself. Across from him was Nate Robinson, looking none too healthy himself after a national audience witnessed him vomiting on the sideline during a timeout. And next to Robinson..." May 03

New York Post "Gerald Wallace admits he has no idea what to expect tomorrow night when the Nets play host to the Bulls in a winner-take-all Game 7 at Barclays Center. “I’ve never played in a Game 7,” Wallace said last night. “I don’t have a clue. I don’t know what to expect.” He will find out now that the..." May 03

New York Post "The Nets got big production from their bigs off the bench Thursday night. In their 95-92 victory over the Bulls in Game 6 of their best-of-seven first-round series, the Nets received a combined 16 points and 11 rebounds from Andray Blatche and Kris Humphries, giving them crucial minutes when..." May 03

New York Post "Now Knicks fans have another reason to hate Kevin Garnett. Forget the January flare-up with Carmelo Anthony. Overlook the 52 rebounds he grabbed for the Celtics in the last three games of the Eastern Conference first-round series. Garnett has done something that already has impacted the series..." May 03

North Jersey "Luol Deng and Kirk Hinrich did not play in Thursday night’s Game 6. Hinrich missed his second straight game with a bruised left calf. Deng came down with an illness — Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau called it flu-like symptoms — before the game. An hour before tipoff, Deng was listed as a starter. But..." May 03

New York Post "The Nets aren’t ready to go home for the summer just yet. After trailing 3-1 in their best-of-seven series against the Bulls, the Nets left United Center with a 95-92 victory over Chicago in front of a sellout crowd of 21,810, sending the series back to Barclays Center for Game 7 tomorrow..." May 03

New York Post "After each game of this series, I’m going to look at how the losing team can adjust their tactics and try to flip the script in the next game. So, after the Nets snapped a three-game losing streak and won Game 5 to pull to within 3-2 in the series and send it back to Chicago for Game 6 on..." May 02

New York Post "As the Nets take the floor tonight at United Center for Game 6 of their first-round series against the Bulls — one they hope to push to a seventh game back in Brooklyn on Saturday night — they’ll do so with one of their key players severely limited. If the Nets were in the middle of the regular..." May 02

New York Post "If it was the regular season, Joe Johnson wouldn’t be playing through the plantar fasciitis in his left foot. “Probably not,” Johnson said after Wednesday’s practice. “Probably not. When it first came about in February, we tried to rest it as much as possible, but obviously it wasn’t enough time...." May 01

North Jersey "Reserve forward Andray Blatche played critical minutes Monday, proving to be a major reason for the Game 5 win. Blatche scored 13 points in 20 minutes, but 10 of his points and 11 of his minutes came in the fourth quarter. "My main thing," Blatche said, "was I just wanted to get the ball to the..." April 30

North Jersey "Brook Lopez walked up onto the podium in the Nets’ main interview room and blew into the microphone sitting on the table in front of him, seemingly unaware of how the whole big-stage, bright-light thing worked. "Is this right?" Lopez asked a team media rep as he sat down. "Yes." "Well I..." April 30

CSN Chicago "The slow start and even second-half struggles may have not been alarming to usual observers, given their tendencies to be resilient and make comebacks—especially in this series and against this opponent—but to Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau, the writing on the wall was clear from the..." April 30

CSN Chicago "With an opportunity to eliminate the Nets, advance to the second round of the postseason and get some much-needed rest, everything seemed as if it was in place for the Bulls to win Monday night’s close-out game at the Barclays Center, even as they trailed for the vast majority of the..." April 30

New York Post "One down, two to go. The Nets took the first step toward trying to escape from a 3-1 deficit in their first-round series against the Bulls with a 110-91 victory in Game 5 in front of a sellout crowd of 17,732 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The series now shifts back to Chicago for Game 6 on..." April 30

New York Post "Sixteen seconds into the fourth quarter, the hush that settled on Barclays Center was palpable. Jimmy Butler had just knocked down a 3-point shot, and the Chicago Bulls were within a point, and you could almost see the bad tidings forming in the thought bubbles above every one of the 17,732 heads..." April 30

New York Post "Gerald Wallace isn’t shy about saying it and he doesn’t mind if the Bulls hear it. “We’re the better team,” he said last night, following the Nets’ 110-91 live-another-day first-round playoff victory over the Bulls at the Barclays Center. Wallace said it more than once. Game 6 is set for..." April 30

Orlando Sentinel "Former NBA player Kenny Anderson was arrested and accused of DUI in Pembroke Pines on Saturday, according to Broward jail booking records. Anderson, 42, was pulled over for failing to signal a lane change. He failed a roadside sobriety test and his blood alcohol level registered a .194, more..." April 30

L.A. Daily News "This involved more pressure than taking a game-winning shot. It also bore far greater implications than any outcome on the basketball court. Yet, NBA veteran and former Harvard-Westlake standout Jason Collins shattered one significant barrier in professional sports in a move few could draw up..." April 30

New York Post "There would be no late-game heroics for Nate the Great on this night. Just two days after he seemingly willed his team back from a huge deficit late in regulation, Nate Robinson once again was the main offensive force for Chicago, only this time he would fall short in the Bulls’ 110-91 loss to..." April 30

New York Post "It was a year ago yesterday when Derrick Rose suffered a torn ACL in Game 1 of the Bulls’ first-round series against the Sixers. That Chicago has recovered enough to stand one win away from advancing to the second round of this year’s playoffs is a credit to general manager Gar Forman, coach Tom..." April 29

New York Post "The Nets were minutes away from coming home with the series tied. Now they may be hours away from going home for the summer. After Saturday’s stunning collapse and eventual 142-134 triple-overtime loss to the Bulls in Game 4, the Nets are down 3-1 in their best-of-seven first-round series..." April 29