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» Thursday, May 23 2013

Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge was contacted by the Brooklyn Nets, who wanted to speak to Doc Rivers about their vacant coaching position, team and league sources confirmed to ESPNBoston.com. Ainge, according to those sources, denied the Nets permission to talk with his coach, who has three years and $21 million remaining on his contract. ESPN.com

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Both the Nets and the Clippers would jump at the chance to get Doc Rivers out of Boston, but in addition to publicly stating his desire to keep Rivers, Celtics president Danny Ainge has privately told teams that he will not grant clubs permission to speak to Rivers about their coaching vacancies. Ainge and Rivers are close enough that if Rivers wanted out of Boston, Ainge would probably relent, but there is no indication that Rivers wants a change of scenery. ESPN.com

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Lionel Hollins, who is coaching the Memphis Grizzlies in the Western Conference finals, also is on the Nets' list. Hollins' contract expires after this season, and while the Grizzlies have a great chance to retain him, they are not likely to win a bidding war with Brooklyn's deep-pocketed owner, Mikhail Prokhorov. ESPN.com

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Shaw might have other, better opportunities, as he is also a candidate for the head-coaching positions with the Brooklyn Nets and possibly the Los Angeles Clippers. When Jackson thought the Sacramento Kings would move to Seattle, where he would run the club's front office, sources said his plan included hiring Shaw as head coach. ESPN.com

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Missouri's Phil Pressey still doesn't get it. He's one of the best passing guards in the draft, but much like his junior season at Missouri, he got away from that and instead kept jacking up bad jumpers. He made a few highlight-reel passes, but he mistakenly believes he's a scorer and it's killing his draft stock. Had he come in and just ran his team in New Jersey, he might have played himself into the first round. Instead, he might have played himself out of it. ESPN.com

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Jackson considers Carmelo Anthony “an amazing ballplayer who still has another level to step up.” But given a choice, he seemed to prefer Brooklyn’s roster to New York’s because of the age of the Knicks and the presence of the Nets’ Deron Williams and Brook Lopez. “The Knicks still have to find some accommodating group of guys that know how to play ball together, move the ball, play the game the right way,” he said. “With Brooklyn, if you’ve got a point guard and a solid center, or a good point guard and a great center, you’ve got two of the pieces that you want to have toward a champion.” New York Times

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» Wednesday, May 22 2013

“Well, the Brooklyn situation, I think, is a good situation,” Jackson said in an appearance on The Dan Patrick Show. And while Jackson has talked about an interest in potentially joining a team in a front office capacity, he said such a role never came up in his discussions with the Nets. “They wanted to know if I was interested [in coaching],” Jackson said, adding that he “didn’t even think about” the possibility of only coaching home games or some other timeshare arrangement to cut down on travel. New York Post

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» Tuesday, May 21 2013

One reason that the Nets' coaching search isn't moving too quickly: Lionel Hollins and Brian Shaw, two of Brooklyn's foremost targets, are still at work in the playoffs. Sources say that the Grizzlies remain determined to sign Hollins to a new deal after the playoffs. Contract discussions were mutually tabled by both sides until the postseason plays out, but that does expose Memphis to a high-dollar offer from Brooklyn in July that gets Hollins' attention. ESPN.com

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Interesting footnote about the Nets' coaching search: Italian legend Ettore Messina, reported by Yahoo! Sports to be a candidate tempting Atlanta Hawks GM Danny Ferry, is not on Brooklyn's list. If the Hawks were to make him the first European head coach in NBA history, Messina would have to find a way out of Russian super club CSKA Moscow, which for years received considerable financial support from Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov. ESPN.com

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» Monday, May 20 2013

It is the biggest story of the day (apparently): The Nets have been quietly pumping fragrances into the ventilation system at Barclays Center (apparently). The Nets aren't talking. DNA Info, a New York blog, is reporting that ScentAir, a company that manufactures custom fragrances, has been contracted by the Nets ownership to provide a distinctive aroma for Nets basketball. (Don't you dare go there!) For those who have smelled that smell, it's "weird, musky, cologne-y" ... or "Calvin Klein" ... or " a fresh-smelling fragrance with citrus notes." NetsDaily

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