The Brooklyn Nets reassigned general manager Billy King on Sunday, but he will reportedly help the team find his replacement.
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King to Be Involved in Search for Nets' Next GM
Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski reported that even though owner Mikhail Prokhorov pushed him out of the job, King will play a role in choosing his successor.
In addition to reassigning King, the team fired head coach Lionel Hollins on Sunday.
Wojnarowski, who called Sunday's move "unorthodox," noted the Nets' primary target may be Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari:
One of the major influences in the search process promises to be Nets CEO Brett Yormark, who has remained an immense ally of Kentucky coach John Calipari since Calipari's late 1990s tenure as Nets president and coach.