Lionel Hollins refuses to read the Nets’ writing on the wall

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Lionel Hollins Photo: Charles WenzelbergIn the NBA, a vote of confidence for a coach often is as reassuring as being the unfortunate ensign who beams down to some strange world with Capt. Kirk and Mr. Spock in the old “Star Trek” episodes. You knew the ensign soon would be deader than a doornail. Not if, but when.

So after a couple reports surfaced that Nets coach Lionel Hollins was in trouble, general manager Billy King told the YES Network Tuesday that was not so. Among other things, King offered, “I’ve talked to ownership and right now, Lionel is our coach.” King declined any additional comment Wednesday.

Hollins, after a practice Wednesday in which all starters not named Bojan…