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Vincent Goodwill: Names I've heard: McMillan, Sampson, Sloan, Heat assistant David Fizdale. Not sure about the Van Gundy's #Pistons Twitter @vgoodwill

Detroit Pistons, Miami Heat, Jerry Sloan, Nate McMillan, Kelvin Sampson, David Fizdale 

Joe Kotoch: You can cross Avery Johnson, Phil Jackson, and Jerry Sloan off the list for Cavs. Twitter @Probballdraft

Cleveland Cavaliers, Avery Johnson, Phil Jackson, Coaching, Jerry Sloan 

In an attempt to acquire that final rebound, Davis purposefully shot and missed at his own basket. (By rule, a player cannot be credited with a rebound for a miss on his own goal.) Then things got ugly. Old-school enforcement ensued when Utah's DeShawn Stevenson fouled Davis. Hard. Utah coach Jerry Sloan turned irate, telling reporters afterward, "I was glad that Shawn tried to knock him down. They can put me in jail or whatever they want for saying that, but that's the way it is." The sequence ignited a fierce debate about individual achievement and results in sports. The Cavaliers fined Davis $35,000. Figures around the league denounced him and his selfish style of play. Davis has the advantage of a decade's worth of perspective now. He says he's surprised the stunt has stuck with him, but he also concedes it was all his own doing. Grantland

Cleveland Cavaliers, Utah Jazz, Jerry Sloan, Ricky Davis, DeShawn Stevenson 

Johnson doesn't find it the least bit strange that Sloan frequently attends games as a fan. "I think he'd like to coach again, so he keeps watching the games," Johnson said. "I think he'll get some jobs offered." ... Johnson on whether Boozer would hears boos as he did two years ago: "That's the best part of his game — he can't tell the difference. But he's a great guy, a great competitor." USA Today Sports

Coaching, Jerry Sloan 

Sloan's former top assistant, Phil Johnson, now works as a Jazz broadcaster but said he has no regrets about stepping down with Sloan, especially since he gets to stay in the game without all the travel. Recalling that night, when the Jazz lost to the Bulls, he said: "It was just time. It had stacked up during the course of the year and when he left I decided to go, too." USA Today Sports

Coaching, Jerry Sloan, Phil Johnson 

Jim Burton: Miles said he heard coach Sloan has been to a few games this year, said he hoped Jerry will be at tonight's game. Twitter @jmb247

Coaching, Jerry Sloan 

Chris Broussard: Source says after Phil Jackson, Nets list includes Mike Dunleavy, Nate McMillan, JVG and Jerry Sloan, tho Sloan called a "long shot." Twitter @Chris_Broussard

Brooklyn Nets, Phil Jackson, Coaching, Mike Dunleavy, Jerry Sloan, Nate McMillan, Jeff Van Gundy 

Chris Broussard: I Just spoke with Jerry Sloan. He refused to comment on Nets or D-Will. All he would say is that he's open to coaching in NBA again. Twitter @Chris_Broussard

Brooklyn Nets, Utah Jazz, Coaching, Jerry Sloan 

I don’t think so. While he was partially responsible for Jerry Sloan leaving the Utah Jazz, I’ve been told that Al Jefferson also played a large role in that. I don’t blame him for Avery Johnson either because it sounds like this was Mikhail Prokhorov’s decision and everyone was blindsided. The players didn’t see this coming, from what I’ve heard. HoopsWorld

Utah Jazz, Al Jefferson, Coaching, Jerry Sloan 

Steve Luhm: Ex-Jazz coach Jerry Sloan on Deron Williams' praise of his system: "There's really nothing to comment on. ... I just hope he's doing well." Twitter @sluhm

Brooklyn Nets, Utah Jazz, Deron Williams, Jerry Sloan 

Playing in Avery Johnson’s isolation-heavy system instead of Sloan’s pick-and-roll attack, the three-time All-Star is shooting a career-worst 38.8 percent this season. Asked if the Nets’ offensive system was better, Williams again didn’t hesitate with a negative answer. “No,’’ Williams said. “It’s just more 1-on-1 isos. I grew up ... in high school, my coach wasn’t one of those guys that just let us just throw out the balls and play. We were a system team. We had a staple of plays that we relied on for good execution. “In college [at Illinois], we ran a motion offense, a lot of cutting, a lot passing, a lot of screening and making the extra passes. I’m used to just movement. So I’m still trying to adjust. It’s been an adjustment for me. But it’s coming along.’’ New York Post

Brooklyn Nets, Utah Jazz, Avery Johnson, Coaching, Deron Williams, Jerry Sloan 

And the three-time All-Star point guard believes injuries and getting acclimated to a different system are the reasons why. "I was injured the first year (and needed season-ending right wrist surgery)," Williams said Monday, a day before the Nets host the Jazz at Barclays Center. "I've really had injuries while I've been with (the Nets) the whole time. And didn't have the talent around me that I did (with the Jazz). "And that system (in Utah) was a great system for my style of play. I'm a system player, and I loved Coach (Jerry) Sloan's system. I loved the offense there. We could've been a really good team. We just weren't that good defensively as a group." ESPN.com

Brooklyn Nets, Utah Jazz, Deron Williams, Jerry Sloan 

"I grew up in high school, my coach wasn't one of those guys that would let us just throw out the ball and let us play," Williams said. "We were a system team. We had a staple of plays that we relied on. We were good at execution. In college (at Illinois), we ran the motion offense. A lot of cutting, a lot passing, a lot of screening, a lot of extra passes. I'm used to just movement. So I'm still trying to adjust. It's been an adjustment for me. But it's coming along." ESPN.com

Brooklyn Nets, Utah Jazz, Deron Williams, Jerry Sloan 

Steve Luhm: After Jerry Sloan's first wife, Bobbye, was diagnosed with cancer in 1997, he said Majerus "was always available to help her." Twitter @sluhm

Jerry Sloan, NCAA, Rick Majerus 

When the phone finally stopped ringing Saturday, Hall of Fame coach Jerry Sloan couldn't have been happier to return his quiet existence in his Utah home. The Los Angeles Lakers may not have called about their coaching vacancy for which he was believed to be considered, but so many others who wondered if he would be the replacement for Mike Brown after he was fired on Friday certainly had. And with all signs pointing to a possible Phil Jackson return, Sloan added himself to the list of people who think that's the hire that makes the most sense. "I think that's probably a good choice for them," Sloan told USA TODAY Sports by phone. "It doesn't matter what I think, but he would certainly know what's going on there. If somebody else comes in and sees what's going on, it might shock them to death." USA Today

Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson, Coaching, Jerry Sloan 

"I haven't talked to anybody (from the Lakers)," Sloan said. "That's what's interesting is that I didn't talk to anybody because it looks like I'm just trying to take every job that comes up and I don't like that. So I'll just keep out of it." USA Today

Los Angeles Lakers, Coaching, Jerry Sloan 

Other names believed to be under strong consideration as Brown's successor are former Suns and Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni; former Jazz coach Jerry Sloan; and former Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan. Brian Shaw, who was passed over in the search for Jackson's successor, is now an assistant with the Indiana Pacers and is "very happy there," according to a person familiar with Shaw's thinking. Kupchak described the prospect of luring an assistant under contract with another team as "a remote possibility." CBSSports.com

Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Lakers, Coaching, Mike D'Antoni, Brian Shaw, Jerry Sloan, Nate McMillan 

Chris Broussard: Potential candidates: Nate McMillan, Brian Shaw, Jerry Sloan, Mike D'Antoni and of course, Phil Twitter @Chris_Broussard

Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson, Coaching, Mike D'Antoni, Brian Shaw, Jerry Sloan, Nate McMillan 

Steve Luhm: Phil Johnson, Sloan's long-time assistant, "hasn't talked to anybody" about L.A. situation. Says he's "not looking" to return to coaching. Twitter @sluhm

Los Angeles Lakers, Utah Jazz, Coaching, Mike Brown, Jerry Sloan, Phil Johnson 

Tyrone Corbin just shook his head. "Five games in a lot of things could change," the Jazz coach said. "It's a long season, I don't know what the expectations were. It's unfortunate it had to happen and it happened so soon." Word of Mike Brown's firing as the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers quickly traveled to Denver, where the Jazz were shooting around at Pepsi Center. "It's unfortunate," Corbin said. "It's unfortunate anytime anybody loses a job like that, it's just unfortunate that it happened to him." Salt Lake Tribune

Los Angeles Lakers, Utah Jazz, Coaching, Mike Brown, Jerry Sloan, Phil Johnson