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Van Gundy: Frank Did 'Remarkable Job'

The New Jersey Nets fired coach Lawrence Frank on Sunday morning, with the team in the midst of one of the worst starts to a season in NBA history. Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy, his team at the top of the Eastern Conference through Monday's action, told the New York Daily News that Frank's firing was undeserved....

Kiki Vandeweghe, Del Harris Prepare to Tag-Team Nets Job

Among the options publicly considered with regards to the Nets job, both current general manager Kiki Vandeweghe and renowned/retired coach Del Harris figured prominently. As it turns out, New Jersey got them both on Tuesday. Vandeweghe agreed to take over Lawrence Frank's well-worn gig if the team agrees to hire a...

Surveying the Nets' Coaching Options

Lawrence Frank has been dismissed, and the Nets have no coach ... and, as of the publication of this post, not even an interim coach. Assistant coach Tom Barrise took the hot seat for Sunday's trampling in Los Angeles, but the team has yet to name the longtime Net the full-time coach for the balance of the season. That...

Frankly Speaking, Frank Takes the Fall

Lawrence Frank ended his head coaching career with the New Jersey Nets in pretty much the opposite way he began it. The streak had been turned completely on its head – a 0-16 wretched beginning to this season obliterated the 13-0 winning jolt that ushered in his first month as head coach nearly six years ago. But...

Lawrence Frank Fired by Nets

The report that Lawrence Frank would be fired shortly -- touched on earlier by Tom Ziller -- stated that Frank's tenure might extend to the end of the team's West Coast road trip, and at the very least, through tonight's game against the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers. Turns out, the Nets' administration was...