Nets GM Search: Latest News, Rumors, Speculation Surrounding Position

January 10th, 2016 by Danny Webster Leave a reply »

The Brooklyn Nets reassigned general manager Billy King on Sunday, but he will reportedly help the team find his replacement. In addition to reassigning King, the team fired head coach Lionel Hollins on Sunday.

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Calipari, Prokhorov Address Report Linking Coach to Nets Monday, Jan. 11 Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski reported the Nets' primary target may be Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari:

One of the major influences in the search process promises to be Nets CEO Brett Yormark, who has remained an immense ally of Kentucky coach John Calipari since Calipari's late 1990s tenure as Nets president and coach. Yormark has remained a proponent of making a lucrative offer to bring Calipari back to the Nets in a dual president and coaching role, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

On Monday, Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov stated, “Coach Cal is a great coach, but we won’t be discussing, today, any names…we’ll put a lot of names on the list." Chris Mannix of SI.com noted Prokhorov stated "he prefers to have a [general manager] and ...

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