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Pop considered cutting Green?
A story told by former Nets coach Avery Johnson suggests that Gregg Popovich once was close to cutting Finals hero Danny Green.
Deron Williams: Knicks/Nets will be “rivalry for years to come”
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Deron Williams and other players kind of played off the idea of the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets rivalry during last season, and many experts and fans would agree. I heard many instances where a fan, or a writer would state that in order to have a rivalry there needs to be a history of tough games...
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Nets owner expects Kidd to win title
The Brooklyn Nets have big expectations for first-year head coach Jason Kidd, who was just hired. Well, at least the team owner does.
Kidd’s Competitive Fire Will Transform from Player to Coach in Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Nets hired Jason Kidd as their head coach on Wednesday, just ten days after he retired from the game as a player. He will be replacing interim coach P.J. Carlesimo, who was not retained after a first-round playoff exit. Despite his lack of coaching experience, the Nets organization believes he is the right fit.
“Jason Kidd has a long and legendary history with the...
Source: C.J. Watson To Opt Out Of Contract With Nets
C.J. Watson will opt out of the final year of his contract with the Brooklyn Nets, thereby becoming an unrestricted free agent on July 1, a league source confirmed.
Watson signed a two-year contract with a player option for the second year before the 2012-13 season.
In terms of free agent contracts, the Nets are limited to the veteran’s minimum because they are over the salary cap.
Nets coach Kidd has pending DWI case
Jason Kidd, who was hired to coach the Brooklyn Nets just days after retiring as a player, has a court date next week in New York stemming from a drunken driving arrest last year.
Kidd has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor DWI and other charges. A spokesman for prosecutors in Suffolk County on eastern Long Island confirms that Kidd is due in Southampton Town Court on June 20.
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Nets hire Jason Kidd as head coach
The Brooklyn Nets have reportedly chosen Jason Kidd as their next head coach.
Despite having no prior coaching experience, Kidd was able to convince Nets owner Mikail Prokhorov and his advisers that he is ready to lead a team from the first seat of an NBA bench.
C.J. Watson to opt out of contract with Nets, become free agent
Watson had a great season with Brooklyn, but with just $1.1 million waiting for him in 2013-14 if he exercised his player option, the move to opt-out was a no-brainer
It was expected to happen, but it appears that Brooklyn Nets' back-up point guard C.J. Watson will opt out of the second-year of his deal with the team and move into the offseason as a free agent, as...
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Report: Kidd angling for Brooklyn job
Jason Kidd has always seemed like the kind of player who would make a good coach and reportedly he is interested in the open Brooklyn Nets job.
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