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Nothin' but Net: Sorting out the coaching vacancies

There are only six NBA head coaching vacancies currently. Stay tuned, there will probably be more to come.Let's take a look at where we're at with this whole mess, starting first, with what type of coaches are out on the market.At the top of the list, the Holy Grail/white whale is Phil Jackson. Reports say he told the Brooklyn Nets "no thanks" and other reports state Jackson wants to run an NBA team, not coach one.He's been most-often linked to the Toronto Raptors on that last front, but all we know about the Zen Master with 11 rings is that he's going to assist Detroit Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars with his team's search for a coach.Jackson doesn't seem interested in returning to coaching. Gut feeling is that he probably would've taken the Los Angeles Lakers job if Jim Buss didn't have his heart set on a much-worse coach in Mike D'Antoni. Buss was probably just trying to tweak his sister Jeanie, who is engaged to Jackson. Maybe it was lots of animosity over a s...

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