Le Basketbawl

If you are a regular here at “The House That New York Vinnie Built” Le Basketbawl then you are well aware that I have been looking forward with great glee to the New Jersey Nets setting a record at the end of the season. As of Sunday the Nets  are on pace to easily become ”The Worst NBA Team Of All Time” as it looks like they will come far below the 1972-1973 Philadelphia Sixers record of 9-73. Right now New Jersey is at 4-46 and will easily come in far below the infamous mark set 37 years ago.

The Nets have not done too many things well over the past couple of seasons which has led to their present situation. One man who has rightfully shouldered a lot of the blame is New Jersey Team President Rod Thorn; who has made some Frickin terrible moves. However New York Vinnie agrees with one decision that he made according to reports from the “Star Ledger.”

According the reports from the paper; the reason that Del Harris left the Nets last Tuesday as an assistant coach under interim coach and General Manager Kiki Vandeweghe was that the veteran coach’s agent was told quite bluntly that his client would not become New Jersey’s head coach next season. The paper reports that the agent Warren LeGarie suggested to Thorn that the Nets President send Vandeweghe back to the front office and allow Harris to take control of the bench to prepare for next season.

Reports indicate that Thorn told the agent “Hold it right there. All due respect, he will not be the next head coach here. So if he has any delusions about that, you should let him know it’s not going to happen.”

Frickin Del Harris is 73 years old and took one team the 1981 Houston Rockets to the NBA Finals where they lost to the Celtics. We are not looking at Riley, Jackson or Auerbach here! He has not been a head coach in the NBA in forever. New York Vinnie for once thinks that Rod Thorn did exactly the right thing. Del Harris is not the future for any team especially one that is starting from scratch like the Frickin Nets!