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Nets general manager Billy King was reluctant to rule out any names in his coaching search following the decision to part ways with interim coach P.J. Carlesimo on Sunday. Three days later, that list is starting to be pared down. Phil Jackson, the former Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls coach, isn't interested in the position. The Nets have eliminated potential candidates Stan and Jeff Van Gundy as well. Wall Street Journal

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Net Daily: Nets didn't discuss executive position with Phil Jackson, says insider. Twitter @NetsDaily

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Ramona Shelburne: Phil turned down Nets, but source tells ESPN he's still open to possibility of coaching if he "has say in the roster." Twitter @ramonashelburne

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Ramona Shelburne: Phil's been pretty clear. He wants influence over a franchise a la Riley in Miami. Prefers front office, but would coach if he's got power. Twitter @ramonashelburne

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Ramona Shelburne: If he doesn't have influence over franchise, source says Phil might just stay retired for now. Twitter @ramonashelburne

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Net Daily: Despite Phil turndown, #Nets remain "optimistic long term" about coach search Twitter @NetsDaily

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Mike Dunleavy: Any intimation that Billy [King] and I have had any kind of contact is totally off base. As far as I know the only person that the Nets have contacted has been Phil Jackson and everybody in the world understands that. So anything other than that is not true. HallPass Media

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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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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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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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Jackson's longtime agent, Todd Musburger, said last summer that the 67-year-old Jackson was looking for a chance to run a team in an executive capacity, and was almost certain not to coach again. Jackson, Musburger said, would like to hire a head coach and play the same role with that coach as his longtime assistant, Tex Winter, played for him in Chicago and Los Angeles. Jackson would also like to be involved with picking the team's personnel, Musburger said. After the Nets fired coach Avery Johnson in December, Musburger said via text that Jackson had "no interest in the Nets' job at this time." NBA.com

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Matt Dery: For those of you asking, yes... Phil Jackson is in town today. #Pistons. Twitter @deryNBA

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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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And although a source confirmed Jackson met with the Nets on Monday and is reportedly Mikhail Prokhorov's top choice, the 11-time champion has stated he’s not interested in coaching and wants a front-office job. King could be opposed to that because it could diminish his role. New York Daily News

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The Brooklyn Nets have contacted Phil Jackson about replacing the outgoing P.J. Carlesimo, according to a source. After Jackson, the source says the list of current Nets' candidates consists of Larry Brown and Brian Shaw. Neither Nate McMillan nor brothers Jeff and Stan Van Gundy is on the list, the source said. That could change if the Nets fail to land one of their top three choices. ESPN.com

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