Nets drop 10th straight at home

On Monday, Mikhail Prokhorov, Nets chairman Dmitry Razumov and board member Sergey Kushchenko will fly in to watch the Nets play the Spurs, the model.

“We can not be everything at the same time”, Prokhorov said of his team moving forward, after detailing the many identities his Nets have tried to inhabit in his time at the helm. With a young, bold owner willing to spare no expense in the pursuit of success in the country’s biggest media market, how could they fail!?

A former Nets draft pick who played one season in New Jersey, Brown described the opportunity as “bittersweet” because it came as a result of Hollins’s dismissal, and the demotion of former general manager Billy King. For Calipari to consider the Nets – and, yes, the Sacramento Kings, too – league sources tell Yahoo Sports that the teams have been informed of his asking price: 10 years, $120 million.

Forward LaMarcus Aldridge collected 25 points and 11 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs matched the best start in team history with a 106-79 rout of the Brooklyn Nets.

Those poor, poor Nets.

San Antonio won 100-99 over NY on Friday to get to 22-0 at home and extend its winning streak to seven, its second such run of the season separated from the first one by an 88-84 loss in Houston on Christmas Day.

“I’ll take full responsibility for the state of this team”, Prokhorov said. It remains unclear who will take over King’s job in the interim.

The veteran-heavy Nets roster seemed to be a logical landing spot for Hollins, and he guided last year’s team to a 38-44 regular season record and playoff berth, where the Nets pushed the Atlanta Hawks to six games before a first round exit. “It was just very easy”.

“Coach Cal is a great coach, but we wont be discussing today any name because it is the first day of our new approach”, Prokhorov said. “I want to free them up to have fun on the basketball court”.

“This is a fresh start for all of us, including me”, Brown said on Monday morning.

Starting the search now, he said, will allow them to work deliberately in finding the person or people who share his vision.

“I hope next season, championship contender”, he said.

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. 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. “And as soon as we’re ready, as soon as deal is fixed, you will be the first to know”. We worked for Rick Carlisle in Detroit, very tough-minded defensive coach.