Brooklyn Nets Fire Coach Lionel Hollins, GM Billy King Steps Down

The last time Sloan got a starting gig came on January 4, 2015 when he was with the Indiana Pacers.

“By making this decision now, it enables our organization to use the rest of the season to diligently evaluate candidates with proven track records”, Prokhorov said. I think he understands that that’s the style of play that most teams have been trying to get to, and we’ll find out if some of the guys we have can fit into that mold.

“I don’t like to analyze mistakes and lessons in public”, Prokhorov said. The Russian billionaire had determined more than a month ago that King and Hollins weren’t among them.

He’ll try to do that with new leadership that he hopes will help clarify what kind of team the Nets want to be and what kind of personnel they will need.

He was swayed by the Nets’ strengths – the NY market, a state-of-the-art arena and new training facility soon to follow, salary cap space – in thinking a quick turnaround is possible. “We have everything the best”, Prokhorov said, adding that he is “really optimistic” and “all in”. “I am all in”.

Prior to GM King’s reassignment, it has now surfaced that the Charlotte Hornets called the Nets to express interest in acquiring Bojan Bogdanovic, Mitch Lawrence of Sporting News reports. As things stand, Nets assistant GM Frank Zanin is running the day to day operations, as he has for most of the season, and is the face person on the Nets’ initial trade talks.

Kathy Willens/AP Tony Brown makes his debut as Nets head coach and suffers a blowout loss to the Spurs. He said his perception was that it works better if those positions aren’t consolidated. The John Calipari’s don’t deserve the job and the Tom Thibodeau’s won’t be interested, so Brooklyn needs a different strategy.

“We battled tonight”, coach Randy Wittman said. We put a lot of names on the list.

Brown played the University of Arkansas under legendary coach Eddie Sutton, and was drafted by the New Jersey Nets in 1982. he spent seven seasons as an National Basketball Association player, from 1984-90 and 1991-92. Sure, their defense is still mostly suspect and the three-point shooting hasn’t entered the 21st century, but was this a Nets team, gulp, worth cheering for? “I can see us coming together through this”. Prokhorov didn’t answer this question clearly, saying only that he plans on discussing this very topic with the individuals he eventually hires. The one they have been trying clearly isn’t working.

“He can send me any of his ideas as a friend, but for the time being, it’s not his job for the time being, Mikhail Prokhorov said”.