Chances are George Karl won't be consulted for input on picking his successor as Milwaukee Bucks head coach.
But Karl left no doubt where his feelings on the matter rested.
"I'd probably hire me," said Karl, explaining that the current Bucks remind him of the Seattle SuperSonics team he rebuilt from the bottom up.
When reminded that he was not a viable option, Karl said he favored two of his former assistants, Terry Stotts, who is the interim head coach of the Atlanta Hawks, and Bucks assistant Don Newman.
While Stotts remains a frontrunner for the job, Newman eliminated himself from consideration on Wednesday.
"I hope Terry or Donnie gets it," Karl said. "Those would be my personal choices of the people they are interviewing.
"They both have an advantage to coaching this team because they know it and have a comfort zone with it."
Newman still may remain with the Bucks as an assistant under the new coach, but he is rumored to be interested in an assistant position with the New Jersey Nets.
Via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
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Lucious Harris is a signature and physical away from rejoining the Nets.
The backup guard has agreed to a two-year, $5 million contract to help the Nets defend their two consecutive Eastern Conference titles. The deal includes a team option to buy Harris out for $1 million after this upcoming season. Harris is in California, but he could be signed and on board later in the week.
Next on the Nets' agenda is getting Kenyon Martin locked up long term. The fourth-year power forward, who is on the verge of becoming an All-Star, is eligible for a contract extension as of Aug. 1. He and his agent, Brian Dyke, have said they are seeking a maximum deal of six years worth between $85 million and $90 million.
Nets' president and general manager Rod Thorn said he would talk to Dyke on Friday. But Thorn is happy to have Harris' situation out of the way.
"He has been an integral part of what we've done," Thorn said Tuesday evening. "Lucious is good in the locker room. He's a solid player. He's a versatile player who's played very well for us."
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Having just signed Lucious Harris to a two-year, $5 million deal, Nets president Rod Thorn turns his attention to Kenyon Martin - but not Byron Scott.
Martin and his agent, Brian Dyke, are seeking a six-year maximum contract extension worth $85-$90 million. Thorn - who has shelled out more than $130million in contracts to Jason Kidd, Alonzo Mourning, Harris and first-round pick Zoran Planinic - can begin negotiations with Dyke on Friday.
When asked whether the Nets will pay their 2000 No. 1 overall pick max money, Thorn said, "I'm sure we will have some talks and we will see what happens. I don't want to give away any position. I have no comment on what I am willing to do or not do."
While he plans to talk to Martin's camp, Thorn has nothing scheduled with Scott, who is seeking a contract extension as he heads into his final season under contract. Kidd said he wants to see the Nets head coach extended.
"Don't plan to," Thorn said when asked if he will meet with Scott about an extension.
With 13 roster spots locked up, not including restricted free agent Brian Scalabrine whom the Nets have already tendered an offer to and expect to sign, Thorn said he does not foresee signing another shooter to complete the roster. He also doesn't anticipate a trade, despite having four centers under contract.
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Nets Jul 2003 Archive
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New York Post | Jul 29, 2003
One more piece to the Nets' overall 2003-04 puzzle moved into place yesterday when the team reached an agreement on a two-year deal to re-sign shooting guard Lucious Harris, the player's agent said.
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New York Post | Jul 28, 2003
The chance of Lucious Harris returning to the Nets may have been given a few boosts over the weekend when two possible free-agent shooters, Anthony Peeler and Eric Piatkowski, aligned with other teams.
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Boston Herald | Jul 27, 2003
You really don't have to ask Byron Scott if he's happy.
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New York Times | Jul 27, 2003
They manipulate the careers of coaches from their basements, cubicles and breakfast nooks while wearing suits, curlers and khakis.
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel | Jul 25, 2003
Jason Kidd acknowledged the risk in inviting Alonzo Mourning to play with him this season, but the New Jersey point guard said Thursday he thought acquiring the former Heat center nonetheless was in the best interest of the Nets.
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New York Times | Jul 25, 2003
It is a feeling that Keith Van Horn has been searching for.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Jul 25, 2003
The possibility of signing Reggie Miller remains a long shot for the Nets, who can only offer him a $1.
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New York Post | Jul 25, 2003
With Reggie Miller's name swirling in a hopeful but hardly realistic vein, Nets coach Byron Scott felt something could be done by the end of the day yesterday with Lucious Harris.
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New York Times | Jul 25, 2003
While Rod Thorn, the president of the Nets, was extolling the talents of the superstar point guard sitting to his right, Jason Kidd was whispering and laughing with Coach Byron Scott, the two sharing a private conversation on a very public stage.
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New York Post | Jul 23, 2003
The money to spend is limited, so the search for a shooter can't be too expansive for the Nets.
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N.Y. Post | Jul 19, 2003
Byron Scott said if he felt there was a real rift, he would fly to Lake Tahoe today to iron things out with Jason Kidd.
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New York Times | Jul 19, 2003
The Nets have learned, as expected, that they will not be able to bring Nenad Krstic, a 19-year-old center from Serbia, to the N.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Jul 18, 2003
The start of a four-day Lake Tahoe golfing vacation allowed the Nets' Jason Kidd to do something yesterday that he sorely needed to do -- relax.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Jul 18, 2003
Donny Marshall was having a conversation with his good buddy, a point guard named Jason Kidd, about the Reebok Summer League.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Jul 18, 2003
Distilled to the simplest terms, here's how Kenyon Martin is looking at the Nets' off-season so far.
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Bergen Record | Jul 18, 2003
The Nets made a big production of Wednesday's news conference to announce the signing of Alonzo Mourning, but after it was over, coach Byron Scott announced that his starting center at this moment is .
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Ft. Worth Star-Telegram | Jul 17, 2003
Alonzo Mourning held true to his word when he signed a four-year, $22.
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New York Post | Jul 17, 2003
As Kenyon Martin took his courtside seat here at U-Mass Boston for last night's Nets' summer-league game, the Beantown fans booed heartily.
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New York Post | Jul 17, 2003
Byron Scott will begin next season as the Nets' coach, but beyond that is uncertain.
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New York Times | Jul 17, 2003
As soon as Alonzo Mourning landed in New Jersey today, he called Jason Kidd from his cellphone.
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Los Angeles Times | Jul 16, 2003
The tough went shopping, as expected, but that was the only thing that turned out the way it was supposed to in 15 days of negotiations and creative messing with each other.
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New York Daily News | Jul 16, 2003
Kenyon Martin wants the Nets to make the same commitment to him that the team has already made to Jason Kidd.
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New York Post | Jul 16, 2003
Caron Butler was impressed.
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New York Times | Jul 16, 2003
Coach Byron Scott was in his office at the Nets' practice center late yesterday afternoon, not dwelling on his job status but concentrating only on his job.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Jul 15, 2003
Less than a week after the Nets noisily denied stories that Jason Kidd demanded coach Byron Scott's firing, Scott's contract status beyond this season remains an unresolved issue, and it appears possible the Nets might allow Scott to enter the final season of his current deal without an extension.
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New York Times | Jul 15, 2003
The Nets' owners made a bold financial commitment to sign center Alonzo Mourning, taking a risk on a player who has a rare kidney disease because they knew it would persuade Jason Kidd to stay in New Jersey.
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Miami Herald | Jul 14, 2003
Like free agent center Alonzo Mourning, who announced Friday he is leaving the Heat after eight seasons to play for the New Jersey Nets, guard Gary Payton dreams of playing for an NBA title.
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Miami Herald | Jul 14, 2003
Alonzo Mourning's decision to leave the Heat after eight seasons of triumph and tumult had been made since Thursday, but only when he stood at the center of his one-time home court Sunday and surveyed thousands of fans did reality come into focus.
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New York Post | Jul 14, 2003
The talk will come.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Jul 13, 2003
With all the good news circulating around the Nets, there had to be a little of the bad: Negotiations between the team and free-agent guard Lucious Harris have hit something of a roadblock, with the team and the player apparently having different ideas about what he ought to be paid.
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Times-Picayune | Jul 13, 2003
Ultimately, P.
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Miami Herald | Jul 13, 2003
Defending his decision to leave the Heat for the New Jersey Nets, Alonzo Mourning insisted Saturday night he's not ''greedy'' and indicated he feels no sense of loyalty to the Heat.
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New York Daily News | Jul 13, 2003
The Nets have gone to two straight NBA Finals and now they've added Alonzo Mourning, who when healthy was the best center in the East.
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New York Times | Jul 13, 2003
The Nets exhaled Friday when Jason Kidd committed to re-signing with them while bringing his Olympic buddy Alonzo Mourning with him.
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New York Daily News | Jul 12, 2003
Alonzo Mourning isn't singing "I Love New York" after so many playoff battles with the hated Knicks, including an unforgettable brawl in which Jeff Van Gundy ended up clinging to his leg.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jul 12, 2003
As Spurs coach Gregg Popovich sat in his Manhattan hotel room late Thursday, realizing his chances of signing Jason Kidd likely were dwindling by the minute, he didn't wait to start wondering about the future.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jul 12, 2003
After two years of planning, one catered gourmet dinner, seven limousine rides and a $94 million offer, the Spurs' courtship of Jason Kidd ended late Friday morning with a single phone call.
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel | Jul 12, 2003
Alonzo Mourning, one of the fiercest, most dominant forces on the South Florida sports landscape, is leaving town.
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New York Daily News | Jul 12, 2003
While he was in Canada participating in a coaching clinic and charity golf event the last couple of days, Byron Scott began hearing about how, according to two reports, his job was in jeopardy and how Jason Kidd had issued an ultimatum to the Nets to fire the head coach.
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New York Daily News | Jul 12, 2003
In the end, Jason Kidd didn't have to leave to find the All-Star big man of his choice.
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ESPN | Jul 11, 2003
Free-agent center Alonzo Mourning plans to sign with the New Jersey Nets, apparently paving the way for Jason Kidd to re-sign in New Jersey, a league source who spoke with Mourning's agent Thursday night told Insider's Chad Ford.
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New York Times | Jul 11, 2003
Jason Kidd's future took an unexpected hairpin turn yesterday as he was closer to deciding whether to play for the Nets or the Spurs.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jul 11, 2003
As Jason Kidd continued to debate Thursday whether to join the Spurs while trying to dismiss speculation he can't exist with his current coach, Tony Parker remained in the Bahamas, still sweating his own future.
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New York Times | Jul 11, 2003
A little more than a month ago, Willis Reed gathered with his former teammates from the Knicks' championship team of 30 years ago, catching up on old times, promising to keep in touch and seeming very much a part of the fabric of the franchise.
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New York Post | Jul 11, 2003
Don Chaney isn't exactly shedding a tear for his geographical rivals.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Jul 11, 2003
If the Nets do end up being lucky enough to pay Jason Kidd roughly $14 million next season, their fans will not be penalized for it.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Jul 11, 2003
As far as Dikembe Mutombo is concerned, the Nets' frontcourt is large enough for two veteran Georgetown centers.
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New York Post | Jul 11, 2003
Additional confirmations, furious denials, heaps of speculation and endless questions emerged in the fallout of yesterday's Post report that Jason Kidd told Nets' management he does not want to play for coach Byron Scott.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jul 10, 2003
As Jason Kidd spent another day trying to decide which team he wants to pay him $90-plus million, New Jersey sought to sweeten its offer by exploring the possibility of signing Alonzo Mourning.
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Ft. Worth Star-Telegram | Jul 10, 2003
Alonzo Mourning's career with the Miami Heat appears to be over, a step that could bring him closer to signing with the Mavericks next week.
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New York Post | Jul 10, 2003
In a bombshell demand to Nets ownership, Jason Kidd has asked the team to fire coach Byron Scott if they hope to keep him from jumping to the Spurs as a free agent, The Post has learned.
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New York Times | Jul 9, 2003
Jason Kidd and his wife, Joumana, returned to New Jersey from a lavish 26-hour recruiting visit to San Antonio late Monday, laden with a $94 million maximum offer and visions of winning a championship.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jul 8, 2003
The Spurs ended their 26-hour courtship of Jason Kidd with the belief that it couldn't have gone much better.
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New York Post | Jul 8, 2003
The Mavs called at midnight July 1.
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New York Times | Jul 7, 2003
While Jason Kidd visited San Antonio yesterday in his first free-agent recruiting trip, Tony Parker, the Spurs' point guard, was vacationing in the Bahamas, wondering if he would be left out in the cold next season.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Jul 7, 2003
The official Jason Kidd recruitment dinner, scheduled for 6:30 local time, began at a fashionably late 6:45, then stretched far past twilight and into darkness, after a sticky Texas day had faded into a soft summer night.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jul 7, 2003
Jason Kidd flew into town late Sunday afternoon, promising only to stay one night, as the Spurs continued their attempts to woo him into making a more permanent return trip.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jul 6, 2003
It was almost two years ago to the day, during a lull in negotiations with David Robinson, when Spurs coach Gregg Popovich called the representatives of Chris Webber.
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New York Daily News | Jul 6, 2003
There figures to be Mexican food involved, perhaps a stroll down the River Walk, a tour through the Spurs sparkling practice facility, some personal time with Tim Duncan and certainly an up-close look at the Spurs' two NBA championship trophies.
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New York Post | Jul 6, 2003
And so now the Nets will wait.
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New York Times | Jul 6, 2003
Tim Duncan, most valuable tour guide, will welcome Jason Kidd and his wife, Joumana, to San Antonio this afternoon.
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New York Daily News | Jul 4, 2003
Tony Parker has the two things Jason Kidd covets - an NBA championship and Tim Duncan.
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Dallas Morning News | Jul 4, 2003
For now, Jason Kidd's scenic tour of Texas is limited to the Riverwalk.
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New York Daily News | Jul 4, 2003
Denver GM Kiki Vandeweghe met with Jason Kidd's agent Jeff Schwartz yesterday in Los Angeles, according to a source.
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New York Post | Jul 4, 2003
The Nets, of course, will monitor Jason Kidd's Texas Tour next week very closely.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Jul 3, 2003
Real estate agent Andre Cornwell was in the middle of showing a starter house outside Phoenix this past Sunday to a pair of waffling newlyweds -- the garden-variety, can't-make-a-decision, realtor's-nightmare kind of newlyweds -- when his cell phone rang.
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New York Daily News | Jul 3, 2003
While every Nets fan says a prayer and anxiously awaits Jason Kidd's decision, Rod Thorn waits, trying to do what he can.
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New York Daily News | Jul 3, 2003
Kevin Garnett will be coming to the New York area in less than a week, and he'll be busy posing for photographers.
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New York Times | Jul 2, 2003
The calls for Jason Kidd came in at the first minute of free agency.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Jul 2, 2003
The Nets will soon be approaching Lester Conner about their assistant coaching vacancy, according to a person who discussed the matter with coach Byron Scott yesterday.
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New York Times | Jul 1, 2003
The phones are ringing.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jul 1, 2003
Having already secured the services of the NBA's top free agent, the Spurs will now spend the next two to four weeks trying to find him some help.
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