The Brooklyn Nets are continuing their hunt for a new head coach and general manager. They aren’t really searching the entire pool of coaches and GM’s. From the look of all the stories documenting their hunt it’s been simply John Calipari, Danny Ferry and Bryan Colangelo. Not exactly broadening horizons is it?
Well it seems that they’ll have to expand as the New York Post is reporting that Calipari is fading and Ferry is completely out as a candidate.
Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov and his Russian brain trust are being deliberate. Sources have said no GM hiring is imminent, with contenders being vetted and eliminated, but none close to being hired….
Sources say Calipari is fading despite in-house support from Nets CEO Brett Yormark, and ex-Hawks GM Danny Ferry is no longer a viable candidate despite support from the reassigned Billy King. Bryan Colangelo is still in the picture, as are Nuggets assistant GM Arturas Karnisovas and Rockets executive vice president of basketball operations Gersson Rosas.
It’s clear that Prokhorov and his so called “Russian Brain Trust” are taking their time with all this and rightly so. The short term is dead and buried, might as well take the next few months out to fully exhaust every possible candidate and pick the right one.
