#Nets Press Conference Tweets – Billy King
Billy King held a press conference today at 4pm and spoke to the media.
Billy King press conference: “the way we’ve been playing lately, and talking with ownership…the decision was made.”
— David Aldridge (@daldridgetnt) December 27, 2012
Billy Kings says team didn’t have “the fire”… said he saw a pattern.
— Steve Kyler (@stevekylerNBA) December 27, 2012
King says he spoke with ownership for about an hour this morning & the decision was made after that discussion. Final call was Prokhorov’s.
— David Aldridge (@daldridgetnt) December 27, 2012
“I got a sense… that for some reason he wasn’t reaching them anymore…” – Billy King
— Steve Kyler (@stevekylerNBA) December 27, 2012
King told Carlesimo to “coach it like you’re going to be the coach the next 10 years.”
— David Aldridge (@daldridgetnt) December 27, 2012
“Team play led to this… overall its a team… it takes five guys on the court at one time to play” — Billy King on players not living up
— Steve Kyler (@stevekylerNBA) December 27, 2012
King: “this year, I don’t think we’ve had it where all four or five of our top guys have been at their peak.”
— David Aldridge (@daldridgetnt) December 27, 2012
“I’m not one to shy away from a trade… its figuring out what pieces to change” — Billy King on making a trade to fix the team.
— Steve Kyler (@stevekylerNBA) December 27, 2012
King: “Avery worked his butt off…somehow it just wasn’t translating with the players on the floor, for whatever reason. I don’t know why.”
— David Aldridge (@daldridgetnt) December 27, 2012
“If you bring someone from the outside, it would take time to understand the personnel.” – King on why PJ Carlesimo was named interim coach.
— Steve Kyler (@stevekylerNBA) December 27, 2012