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Next season ain’t going away for the Nets’ former interim coach. Neither is tomorrow. There’s a new future in sight. The ESPN faculty reached out to Carlesimo and will soon bring him in as an NBA studio analyst for the rest of the playoffs. Carlesimo is filling the spot Flip Saunders had before he recently left ESPN to become the T-Wolves’ president of basketball operations. Carlesimo will work on site at the NBA Finals, too. There’s a chance his role will be expanded next season. “The conversations have been let’s do the playoffs,” Carlesimo said. “Then we’ll sit down and talk about the future.” New York Daily News

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Carlesimo has extensive broadcast experience, having worked for NBC Sports, Spurs broadcasts, Fox Sports West and ESPN Radio. Now, he’s just another coach on the beach. Another guy with the same dilemma all these cats have: Do they use broadcasting as a weigh station until the next coaching gig comes along? Or do they go all in and commit to TV? “I’ve got to look at both options. But the likelihood is that I’ll be broadcasting next year,” Carlesimo. “I’m looking at broadcasting as what I’m going to do moving forward.” There was some backtracking, some well-you-never know in his voice. It’s hard leaving a life’s work. “I have enjoyed television and radio way more than I thought when I first started,” Carlesimo said. “But if I told you it is the same as coaching I would be lying.” New York Daily News

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PJ Carlesimo: Philosophically, I think Billy and the organization wanted someone that they felt was more in line with their thoughts and the way they felt about the roster and the whole situation going forward. They felt I wasn’t the guy, so they gotta get the guy in here they want. It was a great opportunity, it was a nice job. This franchise is in great shape right now in terms of the move to Brooklyn and Barclays Center and everything is on the uptick right now. SNY Nets

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Stefan Bondy: I wasn't in the interview room last night but heard PJ Carlesimo thanked the beat writers. Avery Johnson did the same thing day he was fired Twitter @NYDNInterNets

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The Brooklyn Nets will not offer a new contract to interim head coach P.J. Carlesimo, Nets General Manager Billy King announced today. A search for a new head coach will commence immediately. "The Brooklyn Nets organization would like to thank P.J. for his efforts with the team in his roles as both head coach and assistant, and for his contributions to the team's success both on and off the court. We wish P.J. and his family only the best in the years to come." NBA.com

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Marc Stein: Nets just announced that P.J. Carlesimo will not be retained and that their coaching search is underway immediately Twitter @ESPNSteinLine

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Adrian Wojnarowski: Nets search for a new coach has started. P.J. Carlesimo won't be brought back. Jeff Van Gundy is a top target, sources say. Twitter @WojYahooNBA

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Tim Bontemps: No timetable to replace PJ. "If it takes a month, it takes a month." Twitter @TimBontemps

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Brooklyn Nets interim coach P.J. Carlesimo's future is uncertain after his team's first-round playoff exit. His players, however, would like to see him return. "I think he did a great job," Nets point guard Deron Williams said after the team's 99-93 loss to the Chicago Bulls in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals at Barclays Center. "With everything that went on this season, we had a lot of turmoil and he kind of inherited us. And I think he did a great job of leading us and getting us that fourth seed. I'd love to see him back, but as you know, that's not up to me." ESPN.com

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"I'm pretty happy with the way he's coached and the way things worked out," center Brook Lopez said. "I think a lot of players bought into what he was preaching." "P.J.'s been great. He's gotten us to this point," shooting guard Joe Johnson said. "We had a pretty good year, especially when he took over." ESPN.com

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In the morning before their season-defining game, Nets players voiced their support for interim coach PJ Carlesimo – whose fate as interim coach has yet to be addressed by upper management. “He’s been great,” said Joe Johnson. “Our whole coaching staff, but PJ has been terrific. He always takes our input in games, practice, whatever. He’s a coach that really listens to us and gives us great feedback. I would love to see him back. He’s done a great job since he took over.” New York Daily News

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Andray Blatche, while noting that he doesn’t know whether he’d return as a free agent after the season, echoed Johnson’s sentiment. “As far as the job he’s done, he’s done a great job,” Blatche said. “The whole coaching staff in preparing us and getting us ready for these games. Our scouting report has been pretty good, that’s what has helped us in getting back from 3-1.” New York Daily News

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Mike Mazzeo: P.J. on Joe: "I don't think he's getting better, but he's gonna play." #Nets Twitter @MazzESPN

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Mike Mazzeo: P.J. says he has "no clue" if he needs to win this series to keep his job; says he's not thinking about it. #Nets Twitter @MazzESPN

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Interim coach P.J. Carlesimo showed his players the interview prior to their 110-91 win back in Brooklyn in Game 5 last night. But if it was supposed to fire the Nets up, that’s not exactly how Deron Williams said the team took it. “We didn’t need that,” Williams said after scoring 23 points and dishing out 10 assists. “That’s not why [we won]. P.J. wanted us to watch it, and we were sitting in there after it was over like, ‘That’s it?’ What are we supposed to do now? [Yell] we’re mad?’ “That stuff doesn’t mean anything. We wanted to win the game for us and for our fans and for a chance to extend our season. We didn’t want to go fishing. We didn’t want to be on TNT with the hats on, and Chuck talking about it.” New York Post

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Brooklyn Nets interim coach P.J. Carlesimo thinks Joe Johnson’s critics have no idea what they’re talking about. Responding to a question during a Sunday conference call about how critics think Johnson is too reliant on isolation plays, settles for too many jumpers and isn’t worthy of his max contract, Carlesimo replied, “It’s hard to be polite and answer the question. ‘Critic’ is such an ambiguous term. I would call them uniformed or basketball unintelligent. Everybody’s entitled to their opinion. It would be hard for me to think that there was an intelligent basketball person making a statement like that about Joe Johnson.” ESPN.com

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“It would be scary to think what this year would’ve been like without Joe Johnson,” Carlesimo said. ESPN.com

Brooklyn Nets, Joe Johnson, PJ Carlesimo 

Brooklyn Nets coach P.J. Carlesimo said before Game 4 of the first-round matchup with the Chicago Bulls that he hasn't read Friday's comments from a disappointed Gerald Wallace, but that the issue has still been addressed. "I didn't see [Wallace's comments] to be honest with you, but I've talked to Gerald and hopefully we've done a better job of letting Gerald know the things that are important for him to do to help us be successful," Carlesimo said. ESPN.com

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But Carlesimo says he isn’t worried about it, and instead is focused on the task currently in front of him — getting his players prepared to head into the United Center in Chicago tomorrow night for Game 3 of the Nets’ first-round series with the Bulls, tied at one game apiece. “No, it’s easy,” Carlesimo said on a conference call yesterday of being able to block out the talk about his future. “I don’t read about it, hopefully don’t have to talk about it and, even when you do, it’s doesn’t affect what we do. “I hope I’m working as hard as I can work. I know our staff is. So, it’s just a way of looking at it, and I’ve been doing it for a long time and it’s usually the same people saying one thing one day and saying something different the next day. You can’t control that.” New York Post

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