| Johnson agrees to become Nets head coach |
Wed Jun 9 20:24:01 2010 EST |
| Bristol, CT (Sports Network) - Avery Johnson has confirmed that he has come to a verbal agreement to become the next head coach of the New Jersey Nets. Johnson will return to the sidelines after a two-year absence and inherit a team that compiled the worst record in the NBA last season at 12-70, which included a history-making 0-18 start. "We've come to a verbal agreement and hopefully the Nets will have an official announcement tomorrow," Johnson told ESPN's Hannah Storm. "But, yes, I am heade |
| Avery Johnson agrees to coach Nets |
Wed Jun 9 17:58:00 2010 EST |
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -Avery Johnson says he has agreed to become the coach of the New Jersey Nets, the NBA's worst team. Johnson says in a text message to The Associated Press that he thinks the Nets will announce the deal Thursday. Nets president and general manager Rod Thorn did not immediately respond when asked to comment on Johnson's text. In an earlier e-mail to the AP, he said he ``will have something to say'' Thursday. ESPN first reported Johnson's hiring.Copyright © |
| Report: Nets eyeing Johnson for coaching job |
Wed Jun 9 16:04:18 2010 EST |
| New York, NY (Sports Network) - The New York Post is reporting that the New Jersey Nets have entered into discussions with Avery Johnson about the team's head coaching vacancy. Johnson was fired after the Dallas Mavericks' ouster from the first round of the playoffs in 2008 and has been working as an analyst at ESPN since then. He led the Mavs to a 194-70 record during three-plus regular seasons, but his postseason mark was 23-24, including losses in 12 of their last 15 playoff games. The Nets |
| Phil: 'I have trouble making commitments.' |
Wed May 26 03:13:00 2010 EST |
| ng quoted two anonymous sources saying the Chicago Bulls were going through back channels to find out whether Jackson was interested in leaving Los Angeles and returning to the town where he won six NBA championships. A second report had the New Jersey Nets doing the same. Never mind that the people pushing the latest rumors have been waiting a week for the Brinks truck dispatched by Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert to pull up to the curb outside Jackson's home. No matter what you hear |
| Report: Nets' Thorn to take on general manager role |
Fri May 21 00:23:35 2010 EST |
| New York, NY (Sports Network) - New Jersey Nets president Rod Thorn will reportedly take on the duties of the team's general manager. According to the New York Daily News, Thorn will take on both roles when Kiki Vandeweghe's contract expires on June 30. The opening was created when new owner Mikhail Prokhorov said Tuesday that Vandeweghe would not return to the team. Thorn was named president of the Nets on June 2, 2000. Prior to that, he had spent four decades serving in the NBA as a player, a |
| Nets owner says GM Vandeweghe will not return |
Wed May 19 15:05:16 2010 EST |
| East Rutherford, NJ (Sports Network) - New owner of the New Jersey Nets Mikhail Prokhorov has reportedly said that general manager Kiki Vandeweghe will not be with the team for next season. The Newark Star-Ledger stated that Prokhorov said at a brunch with reporters that, "with Kiki, he's a very talented guy, he did his job in a very tough season for the team and his agreement expires in the summer and I wish him well." Vandeweghe has been the general manager of the team since May of 2008 and d |
| Prokhorov, Nets make it official |
Wed May 12 18:23:35 2010 EST |
| East Rutherford, NJ (Sports Network) - Mikhail Prokhorov is officially the principal owner of the New Jersey Nets, as Onexim Sports and Entertainment Holding USA, Inc., Forest City Ratner Companies and Nets Sports and Entertainment announced Tuesday the closing of their historic agreement. The deal calls for Prokhorov, the head of the Onexim Group and reportedly the richest man in Russia, to own an 80-percent stake in the capital of the Nets and a 45-percent share in the Barclays Center arena i |
| Sale of NJ Nets to Russian billionaire complete |
Wed May 12 14:09:00 2010 EST |
NEW YORK (AP) -The sale of the New Jersey Nets to Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov has been formally completed. The financial transaction was closed at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, the team announced in a statement. That came a day after Mikhail Prokhorov's purchase of the team was approved by NBA's owners, who welcomed the first non-North American into their club. Russia's richest man agreed to buy 80 percent of the Nets and 45 percent of an arena project in Brooklyn from developer Bruce R |
| Russian billionaire approved as Nets owner |
Tue May 11 18:04:55 2010 EST |
| New York, NY (Sports Network) - Mikhail Prokhorov, reportedly the richest man in Russia, was approved by the NBA's board of governors on Tuesday to become the principal owner of the New Jersey Nets. Prokhorov, head of the Onexim Group, is the first non-North American owner of an NBA franchise in league history. "We are pleased that the NBA's board of governors approved Mikhail Prokhorov's purchase of majority ownership of the Nets, welcoming into the NBA ownership ranks the league's first major |
| Hornets interview Frank, Williams |
Tue May 11 15:11:00 2010 EST |
| Monty Williams are the latest. Team spokesman Harold Kaufman confirms that Frank and Williams met with team officials on Tuesday in New Orleans, bringing the number of candidates interviewed by the Hornets up to seven. Frank coached the New Jersey Nets more than five seasons but was fired this season after an 0-16 start. Williams played in the NBA nine seasons before going into coaching. The Hornets also have met with former Dallas coach Avery Johnson, current Mavericks assistant Dwane C |
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