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PJ Carlesimo
Rick Barry1971
Carlesimo is let go says billy king
— Stefan Bondy (@NYDNInterNets) May 5, 2013
Billy King said he informed PJ this morning that he won't be back. #Nets
— Rod Boone (@rodboone) May 5, 2013
Nets fire interim head coach PJ Carlesimo. @wojyahoonba reports ex - NBA coach Jeff Van Gundy as candidate.
— Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo) May 5, 2013
King on Phil Jackson: "I'm sure I'll call him." #Nets
— Mike Mazzeo (@MazzESPN) May 5, 2013
Early Reaction:
That's stupid. He did a great job. RT @sportblognyc: PJ Carlesimo out as Nets coach according to GM Billy King.
— Isaiah Matteosian (@IsaiahNeverDies) May 5, 2013
BEST DAY OF MY LIFE. PJ CARLESIMO IS GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #KeithBogansNextPlease
— JR (@KeeganCarl) May 5, 2013
I think PJ Carlesimo did a fantastic job after taking over for Avery. Players responded to him and like playing for him. They shud keep him
— Michael Romano (@MikeeRomanoo) May 5, 2013
"Tom Thibodeau was playing chess and Carlesimo checkers." @mikevacc rightly whacks PJ:nypost.com/p/sports/nets/…
— Steve Politi (@StevePoliti) May 5, 2013
will PJ Carlesimo explain why Marshon Brooks is rotting in the bench?
— ｃｕｒｖｅｓ ▾ ｒｅｂａｎｃｏｓ(@captkervin) May 5, 2013
That's a first “@slamonline: Deron Williams Wants PJ Carlesimo to Remain Nets Coach bit.ly/117PVoK #SLAMnewswire”
— Ike Obi (@Champion_Obi) May 5, 2013
Honestly now I'm happy they lost yesterday, PJ being fired is better news than getting swept by Heat in 2nd round lol #nets
— Henry Sanchez (@HenrySanchez) May 5, 2013
Carlesimo fired? Why does the organization always blame it on the coach? The teams lack of fire and heart is what made them lose SMH #NETS
— .Cashmere Black. (@MsRighteousX) May 5, 2013
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Devin Kharpertian
Are you one of the countless folks who are curious about the idea of the Brooklyn Nets but didn't quite get around to following the team much this year? No problem! Here's your guide to the 10 things newbie fans need to know to enjoy the playoffs (which the Nets are in, by the way).
1) Don't know what to make of this team? Don't worry, no one else does either. Along with my own objective eye, I've talked to coaches, analysts, and writers all over, and one common theme plays throughout: no one knows just what to make of this Brooklyn team. When they're good, they're really good. When they're bad, they're really bad. They beat up on bad teams… except when they get embarrassed. They get smoked by great teams… except when they sweep the season series from Indiana and blow out the Oklahoma City Thunder in Oklahoma City. Their offense is stagnant… until it starts moving. Their defense is bad… until it makes key stops against the Los Angeles Clippers, the 4th-best offense in the league.
2) One franchise record and one related NBA record was set this season: Deron Williams finished the season with 168 three-pointers, the most in franchise history. He also set an NBA record for most three-pointers in a half, with nine:
3) Kris Humphries began the season as a starter, now barely plays. The Nets signed Humphries, more famous these days for his infamous 72-day marriage to Kim Kardashian than his basketball career, to a two-year deal worth $24 million in this past offseason, only to see him lose his starting spot after just 17 games to Reggie Evans. Humphries, who has season averages of 5.8 points and 5.6 rebounds per game on a paltry 44.8% shooting percentage, has fluctuated in and out of the rotation all season, most notably sitting for three weeks without an injury as P.J. Carlesimo tried anyone else as a backup power forward.
As for his love life? After skipping a divorce hearing in Los Angeles on April 12th (the Nets played the Indiana Pacers that day in Indiana), Humphries agreed to a settlement with Kardashian just before the playoffs.
Rick Barry1971
P.J. Carlesimo's partial-season winning percentage (.648) is the highest of any coach in any single season in #Nets NBA franchise history.
— The Brooklyn Game (@TheBKGame) April 18, 2013
Mark Ginocchio
Since Devin handed me the keys to the TBG car today, you all had to expect a Ginocchio trademark “rant” after tonight’s game. In other words if you came here for more intellectual statistical analysis, you’re going to be disappointed.
For one, it’s difficult to be too intellectual over another Brooklyn Nets loss that resembles so many others than preceded it. Another third quarter collapse that saw a struggling Mavericks team that’s more or less playing out the rest of its season right now open up a 20 point lead against the Nets. A stagnant offense that produced 19 turnovers, including an unsightly 7 from Deron Williams. And another set of random rotations from head coach PJ Carlesimo (though it’s hard to kill the coach when the entire team takes the third quarter off).
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Rick Barry1971
Mike Mazzeo of ESPN reports that Billy King has not contacted any potential coaching prospects. In an interview with ESPN NY radio on Sunday morning, King said:
"We've put our support behind (P.J.) and then we'll look at things and evaluate it later," King said. "I know people have been throwing lists together and things like that, but we have not contacted anybody. ... We've made the move and now we're going to let P.J. coach."
While King didn't want to put a timetable on anything, he did suggest that Carlesimo could conceivably finish out the season, calling it "a great opportunity" for Johnson's former assistant, who has several years of NBA head coaching experience under his belt with three other franchises.
Sources had told ESPN.com that the Nets have made Jackson, an 11-time NBA coaching champion, their top target to replace Johnson on a permanent basis. But when King was asked about when he was going to contact Jackson, he replied, "I don't know how many times I can say it or Mikhail can say it. P.J.'s our coach. We're gonna let him coach and then re-evaluate things. I know Mikhail said it about 10 times when he was asked, and I've been saying it, and I think people just keep dismissing what we say."
Rick Barry1971
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WARM-UP
Deron Williams will start today, after getting Avery Johnson fired yesterday, I mean after missing the last game with a bruised wrist. #Nets
— Streets of the NBA (@NBAStreets) December 29, 2012
If the bobcats win against the #nets;#brooklyn will be disowned by new york...it will no longer be a borough
— Sohib(@madeinBBA) December 29, 2012
#Nets Carlesimo: Maybe we're going to simplify a little bit, maybe we're going to tweak some things. There won't be wholesale changes
— Sportsfeedia.com (@sportsfeedia) December 29, 2012
. @x_reticent @weagz DWill was just DRAINING threes in warmups. The coaching change must have miraculously healed his wrist #Nets.
— Mike Dell'Aquila (@mcdellaquila) December 29, 2012
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Players
I done seen hell .. so it's nothing anybody can so to hurt me .. I'm takin all shots like it's nothing ...
12 hours ago "When you ballin everybody want a part .. But even your shadow gunna leave you when it's dark"
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Will Bojan Bogdanovic get full mini-MLE from #Nets? Probably but that $3.2M can be split up.
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