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THIS JUST IN: Nets won't retain P.J. Carlesimo, after Brooklyn's Game 7 loss to Bulls. Team was 35-19 w/ Carlesimo as head coach.
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Nets search for a new coach has started. P.J. Carlesimo won't be brought back. Jeff Van Gundy is a top target, sources say.
Unexpected first round exits will do that to you. I put more of the blame on the players though tbh. Brooklyn should've won that series in 5 games, 6 tops. The players didn't make the plays. Can't blame Carlesimo for missing a ton of wide open shots like the Nets did.
Last edited by BatManu20; 05-05-2013 at 12:23 PM.
PJ is nothing special, but there's nothing he could have done to improve Billy King's GM skills..he couldn't have implemented a compe ive gene into Deron Williams's brain, and he couldn't force Joe Johnson's shots to go in..
It makes sense, though..they don't have any flexibility to improve the roster, the coach was the only possible casualty..
Last edited by HarlemHeat37; 05-05-2013 at 04:19 PM.
Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine3m
Phil Jackson always the guy Prokhorov wanted. So Nets likely to chase Phil & J. Van Gundy first since coaching splash easier than roster fix
Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine1m
But with Billy King freshly extended as Nets GM, don't think you can rule out his pal Larry Brown from consideration if Nets set on big name
DWill kills another coach
Wtf?
Like HH said he was doomed as soon as he took over. They're the new Hawks, and the best they can ever hope for is the ECSF.
phil jackson will tell pokorov show me the money...
A lot of people have been arguing that:
- He only ran Iso
- He left Wallace and Evans in the lineup together
- He didn't develop a bench
Well, Joe Johnson is an isolation player, that's his game, tbh..like DD said, this is similar to his Hawks teams..Brook Lopez is a 1 on 1 player that can't pass..the rest of the team outside of fatass Williams can't create consistently..
They ran pick&roll last night, the Bulls hedged and Williams passed up every shot, not sure what else PJ should have ran..Deron Williams is a quitter and loser, tbh..
As for Wallace and Evans, Brooklyn's bench is limited..Blatche is the only good bench player they have, tbh, and he hurts their defense..where are the alternatives?..CJ Watson, Keith Bogans, Jerry Stackhouse?
Last edited by HarlemHeat37; 05-05-2013 at 04:21 PM.
They need to fire Joe Johnson's and Derron Williams' underachieving, overpaid asses.
What is their salary for next season? They are both worthless.
2013-2014
Deron Williams $18.5M
Joe Johnson $21.5M
JJ has 3 more years left on his contract. He turns 32 before the start of next season and he's set to make close to $25M as a 34 year old. Unbelievable
Joe Johnson will be getting paid 21 million next year and it will escalate to 25 million in 2015..
Williams will be getting paid 18 million next year and it will escalate to 21 million in 2015
Gerald "Monkeyball with no monkeyness left" Wallace is getting 10 a year for the next 3
Insult to the Hawks man. Atlanta took the 08 Celtics to 7. Could you ever see this team taking Miami to even 6?
Fatass only good at getting coaches axed.
d will
Carlesimo is a flat-out re ed coach, he thought Durant was a shooting guard back when he coached the Sonics/Thunder
That being said, that roster isn't going anywhere, and they're capped out with no room for improvement.... any coach they bring in won't get very far and probably won't be any good thanks to DWill's coach-killing ways.... how the did Billy King keep his job?
Carlesimo was instrumental in building the Thunder as his coaching is what got them the #4 pick in 2008 and largely what got them the #3 pick in 2009Carlesimo is a flat-out re ed coach, he thought Durant was a shooting guard back when he coached the Sonics/Thunder
That being said, that roster isn't going anywhere, and they're capped out with no room for improvement.... any coach they bring in won't get very far and probably won't be any good thanks to DWill's coach-killing ways.... how the did Billy King keep his job?
the best and greatest thing about Wallace is not the 4 year, $40 million contract; it's the pick they gave to Portland turned out to be the Lollard pick
Phil
They should trade Williams and Lopez, not because they're the worst players, but because they may be able to get a salary relief for it. That team is just built terribly. They're like a caricature of the Lakers.
6 years for $123,658,089
lol Joe Johnson
Carlesimo did a good a job as he could through the season, but they were down 3-1 to the MASH unit Bulls. Someone has to take the fall.
Nets are going down hill. The coach was fired for his PO performance.
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