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Mike Dunleavy: Anybody from Brooklyn would want to coach the Brooklyn Nets. It's a great situation: They have a great owner, great management, they are very committed to where they want to go, and that is to win a championship. HallPass Media

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Royce Young: Tony Allen: "We're going to have to scout Derek Fisher more and see where he was killing us." Twitter @dailythunder

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Phil Jackson will not be coaching the Nets. As first reported by The Post Tuesday, a league source said that Jackson is not looking to coach. The Nets had contacted Jackson in order to gauge his interest in possibly returning to the sidelines and taking over as coach after deciding not to bring back interim coach P.J. Carlesimo. New York Post

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Phil Jackson has rejected the Brooklyn Nets' overtures to take over as coach, a league source told Yahoo! Sports. Nets general manager Billy King talked with Jackson on Tuesday, and Jackson, the 11-time champion coach, reaffirmed his desire to pursue a broader front-office role over coaching in his return to the NBA. Yahoo! Sports

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Net Daily: The news out of Phil decision is they always wanted a firm no from him before they began calling others. And of course you call him first. Twitter @NetsDaily

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The Nets, who fired Avery Johnson in late December and decided not to re-sign interim P.J. Carlesimo after their first-round playoff loss to Chicago, are expected to turn their attention to the coaching candidates not named Jackson now. According to two people with knowledge of the search, that list includes Indiana Pacers assistant Brian Shaw, longtime NBA coach and current Southern Methodist University coach Larry Brown, and former Milwaukee and Chicago coach Scott Skiles. USA Today Sports

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If Boston coach Doc Rivers were to part ways with the Celtics, as some have speculated because of the uncertain future of small forward Paul Pierce, then the Nets would have serious interest in him as well. USA Today Sports

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Tim Bontemps: Phil Jackson is not interested in returning to coaching and, thus, will not be the next coach of the Nets, a league source told The Post. Twitter @TimBontemps

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While the Jackson situation has to play out before some of the other candidates will be considered, former Milwaukee Bucks and Chicago Bulls coach Scott Skiles is also on the Nets' list, according to that same person. USA Today Sports

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Two people with knowledge of the Nets plans say that while the Jerry Sloan-reuniting-with-Williams storyline would be interesting and a tad surreal, it should not be taken seriously. USA Today Sports

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A day after firing interim head coach P.J. Carlesimo, the Brooklyn Nets did what almost everyone around the NBA expected they would do, contacting Phil Jackson and inquiring about his interest in coaching the team next season, according to a league source. The Nets will obviously wait to see if Jackson is at all willing to coach there before moving on to their list of other coaching candidates. There was no indication how long Jackson would take before responding to the inquiry. NBA.com

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The Nets, according to the league source, believe strongly that the next coach must possess offensive creativity they believed Carlesimo--and his predecessor, Johnson--lacked. The Nets often bogged down into isolation sets for guard Joe Johnson, or threw the ball into center Brook Lopez without incorporating the other players on the court. King believes the triangle offense would be ideal for the team's personnel, according to the source. NBA.com

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The Nets are not interested in hiring either Jeff or Stan Van Gundy for their head job, according to a source. Another league source believed that Jeff Van Gundy had strong interest in the Nets' job because owner Mikhail Prokhorov has shown he's more than willing to pay luxury tax penalties to build a roster. NBA.com

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Sources say you can also add Rockets assistant Kelvin Sampson's name to that group out of the running. Sampson, though, does remain a top contender in Milwaukee and Charlotte. ESPN.com

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Net Daily: #Nets insider calls report of Nets interest in Mike Dunleavy Sr. "total fabrication ... don't believe it" netsdaily.com/2013/5/6/43071… Twitter @NetsDaily

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Net Daily: Insider says of Dunleavy, "he is not a candidate." Twitter @NetsDaily

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Three hours later, after the Nets insider's denial to NetsDaily was published, the story changed, with a new focus on the Nets' pursuit of Phil Jackson ... and a new headline. In the later edition, Isola and Bondy reported: NetsDaily

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Specifically, the insider's email to NetsDaily read, "Don't believe the Daily News story on Dunleavy. Billy never talked to him and has never played golf with him. Story is total fabrication ... he is not a candidate." NetsDaily

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Dunleavy, Jackson, Doc Rivers, Brian Shaw, Larry Brown, Jerry Sloan and maybe dozen other names have been floated in the Nets coaching search. The insider said only Jackson had been contacted and the Nets are still doing background checks only on the other candidates, but reiterated Dunleavy was never considered. NetsDaily

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Long before the Nets contacted Phil Jackson on Monday, GM Billy King GM spoke with Brooklyn product Mike Dunleavy about taking over for P.J. Carlesimo. A source familiar with the situation told the Daily News that Dunleavy has emerged as a real darkhorse in a race with higher-profile names, which isn’t a surprise considering his relationship with King. “He may be the leading candidate in Billy King’s mind,” said the source. New York Daily News

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