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7 Brooklyn Nets Coaching Candidates

By Benny Nadeau

Posted on January 10, 2016

John Calipari It's no secret that the Nets have desired to bring the NCAA's recruitment king back to the franchise, but John Calipari has rejected them at every turn thus far -- and why wouldn't he? At the University of Kentucky, Calipari has everything he could ever need: money, players, and success. With his near-pick of the five-star athlete litter every year, there's no fear that Calipari will ever need to undergo a bridge year. However, Calipari and Nets CEO Brett Yormark are close friends and a Godfather offer could sway his insistent dismissals. In a Q&A with Tim Bontemps, a former Nets writer with The New York Post, he suggested that the Nets might throw everything under the sun at Calipari. If Calipari had full control of the roster, drafting, and trades as the Head Coach and General Manager, ala Doc Rivers in Los Angeles, could he resist much longer? Calipari, who was the Nets coach from 1996 to 1999, lasted just into his third season and finished with a 72-112 record.

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