Couldn't have been fired because of the record, they're on track to go to the playoffs despite all the injuries. Has to be because Mark's felt Kenny was losing the team. He's a good fit for the Knicks if Thibs doesn't get the job, LI guy whose strong suit is player development, particularly PG development. I'd like to hear more why the guy whose team was in playoff contention managed to lose his job before hiring him though.Atkinson fired right after a blowout win.
You think maybe at least one big ego guy didn’t like how Atkinson had the team playing better without him than it did when that one guy was healthy?
We took Stout from Nets... Kenny has to be given a serious look, given job he did with Nets youth.
Thibs, Jax, JVG, or Kenny?
Marks didn't really give a reason as to why they fired Kenny, though it doesn't seem the players were a reason. Seems more a disagreement between Mark's and Atkinson or maybe some line Atkinson crossed that Mark's wouldn't reveal, whatever the reason it was pretty serious for Mark's to pull the trigger on it while the Nets are in a fight for the playoffs.Couldn't have been fired because of the record, they're on track to go to the playoffs despite all the injuries. Has to be because Mark's felt Kenny was losing the team. He's a good fit for the Knicks if Thibs doesn't get the job, LI guy whose strong suit is player development, particularly PG development. I'd like to hear more why the guy whose team was in playoff contention managed to lose his job before hiring him though.
Marks didn't really give a reason as to why they fired Kenny, though it doesn't seem the players were a reason. Seems more a disagreement between Mark's and Atkinson or maybe some line Atkinson crossed that Mark's wouldn't reveal, whatever the reason it was pretty serious for Mark's to pull the trigger on it while the Nets are in a fight for the playoffs.
I'm speculating but maybe Kenny pulled a Donald Sterling and made some racist remark in front of Mark's which if true would rule him out for any job in the NBA.
It was an out of left field comment about him making some racist remark by me. Marks did say a reason he did it now is to give Kenny a head start on finding a new job, maybe Marks saw the Knicks job as a fit for him and did it now so he could get it before Rose hired someone. No question Kenny will be one of the guys they interview for the job.Whoa, I don’t think Atkinson did anything like that at all. I think Kyrie/Durant and possibly other players made known that they didn’t want to play for Atkinson next season and Marks thought it was better to let him go now than potentially risk what could happen if he finished the season (one risk including unexpected playoff success making it harder to fire Atkinson without criticism).
To me, this is very similar to Blatt getting ousted in Cleveland because of Lebron.
I'm speculating but maybe Kenny pulled a Donald Sterling and made some racist remark in front of Mark's which if true would rule him out for any job in the NBA.
Both those guys are title champions so I’m not buying they’re not coachable. Rumors are going to be rampant about the reason Kenny was fired, I wish either Marks or Atkinson would have given a better explanation for why he left.All coming out today. Leaving Brooklyn may actually have been heavily driven by Atkinson who didn’t like what he saw from Kyrie and Durant and didn’t think they were coachable. Boom.
Kyrie already pushing for Tyronn Lue. Another similarity to the prior Lebron situation in Cleveland.
DeMarre Carroll, who played under Atkinson last season, on social media showing shock that Atkinson is fired.
Both those guys are title champions so I’m not buying they’re not coachable. Rumors are going to be rampant about the reason Kenny was fired, I wish either Marks or Atkinson would have given a better explanation for why he left.
Both those guys are title champions so I?m not buying they?re not coachable. Rumors are going to be rampant about the reason Kenny was fired, I wish either Marks or Atkinson would have given a better explanation for why he left.