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Nets GM behind worst trade in NBA history wants back in
Billy King knows he’ll always have to answer for The Trade, but the ex-Nets general manager would love to answer for it if another NBA franchise will give him the...
Phil Jackson will go down with the worst execs in NYC sports
Was Phil Jackson the worst executive in New York Sports history? Here are some of the other candidates: M. Donald Grant Mets chairman of the board, 1962-78 Grant is credited...
Nets get the worst possible result to a deal they already lost
When the Nets made their infamous trade with the Celtics in 2013, team owner Mikhail Prokhorov said “the basketball gods smiled on” his team. It turns out they actually were...
Chris McCullough pulls off unique doubleheader for Nets
Nets forward Chris McCullough became just the fourth player to appear in both an NBA game and a D-League game in the same day. After scoring 21 points in the...
Struggling Nets collapse late, fall to Jason Kidd’s Bucks
After a record road trip, the Nets’ first home game in three weeks didn’t go as planned. But it went about as expected. They faced ex-coach Jason Kidd for the...
Best description for these pitiful Nets? New Jersey 2.0
It wasn't supposed to be like this. Not in Brooklyn. Not four years into what was supposed to be a new beginning, a new culture, a new era of promise...
Nets midseason report card: Pitiful grades, including two Fs
The Nets played their 41st game Saturday in Atlanta, officially turning the corner for the halfway point of the season. And frankly, it’s hard to imagine a season going much...
Nets owner dances around $120M John Calipari question
When Mikhail Prokhorov bought the Nets in 2010, he talked about winning a title. Six years, six coaches, no rings and one big mess later, he fired his coach, demoted...
Nets fire coach Lionel Hollins, demote GM in stunning shakeup
The Nets started their housecleaning early, firing head coach Lionel Hollins and demoting general manager Billy King in a sudden wave of franchise-altering moves Sunday morning. Brooklyn assistant coach Tony...
Nets' Lionel Hollins refuses to read the writing on the wall
In the NBA, a vote of confidence for a coach often is as reassuring as being the unfortunate ensign who beams down to some strange world with Capt. Kirk and...
Possible Lionel Hollins kiss of death hangs over Nets win
First Brooklyn general manager Billy King gave his beleaguered coach a vote of confidence. Then the Nets went out and showed they hadn’t quit on Lionel Hollins, earning a 110-105...
Celtics can rub salt into Nets' wound from Pierce-Garnett deal
BOSTON — Brooklyn traded away the 2016 first-round pick it so desperately needs to rebuild, the second of three the Nets shipped away to Boston. The Celtics will be looking...
One strategy that would make a bad situation worse for the Nets
HOUSTON — There’s nothing pretty about the situation the Nets find themselves in. Heading into Wednesday night’s game against the Rockets with an 0-7 record and with Boston having control...
Nets trying their best to remain calm through hopeless stretch
The Nets aren’t in the most enviable of positions. Sitting at 0-7 without a first-round pick in next June’s draft and a brutal stretch ahead that includes road games in...
Why it could be a lost season for the Nets after 16 games
SAN ANTONIO — The Nets opened their season with a difficult test, getting the Bulls in Brooklyn on Wednesday night — one they failed, as Chicago came away with a...
Why this Nets' season is about more than making the playoffs
Nets general manager Billy King met the media Tuesday ahead of Wednesday’s regular-season opener against the Bulls in Brooklyn and tried to sell his team’s positives. He didn’t have a...
ACC rivalries simmer among Nets, especially on Duke visit
DURHAM, N.C. — When Thaddeus Young agreed to re-sign with the Nets, he had a feeling where he would be spending the first week of the upcoming season. And, as...
Brook Lopez's mandate: Put down comic book and lead Nets
DURHAM, N.C. – When Brook Lopez re-signed with the Nets, general manager Billy King had a message for him. It wasn’t to continue being one of the best scoring centers...
'Walking on fire': 8 months later, Nets' big man gamble without timetable
As Chris McCullough soared through the air to catch a long pass from Syracuse teammate Michael Gbinije for an easy basket last January, he felt his right knee pop. When...
Will Deron Williams be addition by subtraction for Nets?
Billy King probably didn’t mean to do it, but with one answer, the Nets general manager essentially summed up the intended consequences of the divorce that will hang over his team’s...