Jason Kidd Announces Retirement From NBA After 19-Year Career
Legendary Nets and Knicks point guard Jason Kidd has retired from the NBA after a storied 19-year career.
Report: Nets Discuss Head Coaching Vacancy With Jeff Van Gundy
According to a report, the Nets and former NBA coach Jeff Van Gundy have begun preliminary talks over their head coaching position.
Joe Theismann: LeBron James Can Be A Successful NFL Quarterback
“Who wouldn’t want to coach LeBron James?” Theismann told the NFL Network on Tuesday. “He’s the most physical specimen we have in professional sports. He could do, I think, anything he wanted.”
Lichtenstein: All NBA, NHL Locals Done By Memorial Day — Who Woulda Thought?
Out before Memorial Day. It was all so sudden, mostly because of the mammoth expectations we placed on our favorite teams this season.
Report: Celtics Expect Doc Rivers To Return, Deny Nets Chance To Speak With Coveted Head Coach
The Celtics have denied the Nets the opportunity to speak with coveted head coach Doc Rivers.
Lichtenstein: Carlesimo’s Attempt To Alter Conversation Doesn’t Alter Nets’ Universe
Who said anything about a championship? Even the most optimistic fan knows that the Nets are miles away from “glory road.”
P.J. Carlesimo Says Nets’ 2-Year Plan ‘Not Totally Realistic’
Carlesimo thinks Brooklyn has a team capable of winning 50 games, but not one that he would consider a favorite for the title.
Rothstein Files: 2013 NBA Draft Notebook, Including An Early Mock
Is the 2013 NBA Draft as weak as people are making it out to be? Yes, at the top. There are NO franchise players in this draft.
Mayweather Jr. Named Highest-Earning Athlete In America By SI; A-Rod, Johan Crack Top 15
Locally, the Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez (out until after the All-Star break) came in at No. 9 and the Mets’ Johan Santana (out for the season) came in at No. 13. Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter (out until after the All-Star break) is No. 19.
Lichtenstein: Nets’ Coaching Search Reeks Of Unintentional Comedy
The Nets may have made great strides in 2012-13, but a bad choice and some bad luck could easily make them laughingstocks once again.
George Karl Named NBA Coach Of The Year; Knicks’ Woodson Finishes 3rd
Karl is the NBA’s Coach of the Year after leading the Denver Nuggets to a team-record 57 wins this season.
Reports: Coaching Legend Phil Jackson Not Interested In Nets Job
It appears that Phil Jackson coming to Brooklyn is a moot point, as multiple reports indicated on Wednesday that Jackson has in fact informed the Nets that he will not be the club’s next head coach.
Report: Nets Reach Out To Phil Jackson About Coaching Vacancy
“I’m not going to say if we have or not,” Brooklyn general manager Billy King told WFAN on Tuesday. “Basically, I want to talk to Phil, see what he’s going to do, what he wants to do, and talk some basketball.”
Former Nets Head Coach P.J. Carlesimo On Firing: ‘I’m Tremendously Disappointed’
“It’s the way it is,” Carlesimo told Mike Francesa. “I’m disappointed. I’m not a little disappointed, I’m tremendously disappointed, just because I feel strongly about what a great situation this was.”
Lichtenstein: Carlesimo Had To Go, But Why Does King Still Reign?
If job security was contingent on overall performance this season, how in the world did Billy King finagle his way to a contract extension while the Nets were still in the playoffs?


