Casting a new light on that TASS reporter's story

Andrei KartashovIt was 10 days ago that TASS, the big Russian news agency, quoted a Nets source that Lionel Hollins will be dismissed as coach of the Nets as soon as management can find a replacement.

TASS reporter Andrei Kartashov, a well known and respected Russian journalist, credited a single "team source familiar with the situation" for the story.

"The coach's credibility is at an end, " Kartashov quotes the "team source" as saying. "The club is already looking for a replacement."

Both ownership and management strongly denied the report, calling it "inaccurate" and "wrong."

But wait, there are some intriguing, unreported aspects to Kartashov's report. It was datelined New York, not Moscow,…