Coach K to the............New Jersey Nets?

I wouldn't laugh at the headline, because that could actually happen. The Nyets new Russian billionaire owner Mikhail Prokhorov wants a big name coaching his team and that big name could be Mike Krzyzewski.

According to Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski, Prokhorov would hire USA basketball director of operations Jerry Colangelo who then would lure coach K to the Nyets. Coach K of course coached team USA and knows Colangelo and the USA team basketball players, many of whom will be free agents after the season ends.

That's why Coach K to the Nyets actually makes sense. The Nyets have a billionaire owner and they have tons of cap space. "With the Nets flushed with as much as $27 million in cap space, with several of Colangelo’s and Krzyzewski’s Team USA stars –LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh- available in free agency this summer, this would be a move that could trigger the most startling overnight transformation a professional sports franchise has ever seen."

Dream scenario for the Nyets would involve hiring Colangelo and Coach K, receiving the number 1 draft choice in the lottery, draft John Wall, and then sign James and Bosh. That would give the Nyets a starting lineup of Wall, LeBron, Bosh, Chris Douglas-Roberts, and Brook Lopez. Not bad for a starting lineup. This team could easily win 60 games and be a major contender for a NBA title.

Of course Coach K would be leaving Duke after almost 30 years at that school and leave for the NBA where college coaches haven't been successful. I think it would be a long shot for Coach K to leave Duke. On the other hand though, Coach K has been out-recruited by Roy Williams and North Carolina. While UNC has had a down year this season, that won't last long and it's all up to Coach K and if he wants to be beat up by UNC and the rest of the ACC.

Either way the summer of 2010 in the NBA is shaping up to be epic. I more interested in the NBA offseason, than I am in the actual season.

From Russia, with Love: Nets eye Coach K (Yahoo Sports)

The Links

Francia Raisa to end the week..... Rasheed Wallace is wearing thin with Celtics fans...... Notre Dame is all about NIT bound now...... Duke doesn't mind kicking UNC while their down...... Should the NFL change it's overtime system?...... Vitor Belfort is out of title bout with Anderson Silva at UFC 112..... Jim Calhoun will return to UConn on Saturday...... Another Kennedy bites the dust...... It never fails to rain during the Pebble Beach Pro-Am...... Alec Baldwin's bizarre personal life continues...... Dennis Hopper's divorce battle is getting uglier

A look at myths of the NFL (Mile High Report)

Expanding the NCAA tournament could be a good thing? (CBS Sports)

Stephen Colbert to be a part of the Olympic coverage (LA Times)

Will LeBron even leave Cleveland? (SI)

PETA upset with Larry Bird now (Deadspin)

"Superman my ass."-Shaq (Cleveland.com)

The weather is destroying Jerry's party this weekend (True Hoop)

No way in hell Texas is headed to the Big Ten (Austin Statesman)

Your 2nd disaster written by Stephen A. Smith (Philly.com)

The New Jersey Nyets don't want Rick Pitino, they want Coach K (Yahoo Sports)

Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of this (With Leather)

The Links

Jaimie Hilfiger to start the week..... Virginia finally fires Al Groh...... Eli Manning could be missing some playing time...... Waiting for Notre Dame to fire Charlie Weis..... Tiger Woods issues a statement about his crazy weekend..... Bobby Bowden will also be talking about his future..... Some Steelers thought Roesthlisberger should have played last night despite a concussion...... The worst of the weekend in the NBA...... Here are pictures of Tiger Woods alleged mistress

Once again Jay Cutler is acting like a douche (PFT)

The fruit from the Belichick tree is poisonous (Real Clear Sports)

Now is not the time to play the Tennessee Titans (The Tennessean)

Another Roughrider goes home disappointed (Deadspin)

Cincinnati could be the BCS' next victim (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Mike Tomlin must fix the Steelers locker room (Post-Gazette)

The wacky history of New Jersey Nets coach firings (True Hoop)

A timeout, a TD pass, and the USC-UCLA rivalry has become interesting once again (LA Times)

Mike D'Antoni gets a free pass, while Lawrence Frank gets fired (NY Post)

Tiger Woods brushes off Florida state police, now they are pissed and looking to get a search warrant (The Big Lead)

Rasheed Wallace: LeBron James is a flopper (Waiting for Next Year)

Was Lawrence Frank set up to fail as the Nets coach? (Reds Army)

The Greatest Finish is Professional sports (Fire Andy Reid Now!)

The Links

Bar Refaeli to start the mourning..... Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen was given two black eyes in a bar fight..... Purdue beat Tennessee in a early season great college basketball game..... Of course Yankee fans believe Jeter deserved the MVP..... The St. Louis Rams might want to think about drafting a quarterback in next years draft...... Gosselin divorce could be finalized soon..... ABC receives complaints over Adam Lambert's performance at the AMA's...... ACORN is at it again

Corruption in English soccer (NY Times)

An inspirational story about a golfer before Thanksgiving (Palm Beach Post)

If Jay Cutler didn't like Josh McDaniels, why would he like Bill Cowher? (Windy City Gridiron)

Watch the Giants sign Jermaine Dye because he is willing to move to 1st base. More Brian Sabean idiocy is sure to be on the way (MLB Daily Dish)

Sanchize nickname giving way to new handle...... Suckchez (The Legend of Cecilio Guante)

What the son of Vince McMahon, Shane, could do for the UFC (Bloody Elbow)

Katie Couric is a sexy dancer (Warming Glow)

California man finds out that his biological father is Charles Manson (NY Post)

How to deal with a 0-13 start in the NBA (Yahoo Sports)

Ron Artest was on the Jimmy Kimmel Show, in just his boxers (The Big Lead)

Top 10 least than thankful people in sports (Real Clear Sports)

The Bengals' uniforms no longer look stupid now the team is good (The Onion)

Paula Dean gets hit in the face with a Thanksgiving ham

The Links

With the return of the links, comes the return of Megan Fox....Man jailed for yawning..... According to Cheech & Chong: Pot will save the economy..... Linda Cohn = ESPN's outlaw..... There's a Teen Choice Awards?.... Hillary Clinton kind of loses her cool(video below).... In the no way in hell department: New Jersey is a very corrupt state.... Brooks & Dunn are breaking up :-(

Reggie Miller, racy text messages, and "stop pursing married women" banner (The Big Lead)

Top 10 speeches in sports history (Real Clear Sports)

College football coaches on the hot seat and a look at the new coaches (SI)

News directly from the home team (Forbes)

49ers should call Michael Crabtree's bluff (Oakland Tribune)

The best SEC coaches since Bear Bryant (AL.com)

No one likes New Jersey (Deadspin)

Olivia Newton-John's dead lover sends letter from Mexico saying he is alive (Daily Mail)

Tiger Woods will be fined by the PGA? (YahooSports)

Why do players continue to flock away from the Miami Dolphins? (Shutdown Corner)

Here's the video of Hillary Clinton losing her cool in the Congo.

Stay Focused Right Now!

With LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers playing the New York Knicks tonight, all the talk was about LeBron playing for the Knicks in 2010.

All they could talk about on PTI and Around the Horn was LeBron signing with the Knicks in 2010. That is two years away.

There has been talk for a while now about LeBron signing with either the Knicks or Nets. And after the Knicks traded away some of their bad contracts the talk accelerated. The Knicks are clearing salay space for James. The Knicks are positioning themselves for James. All the talk needs to stop.

LeBron James doesn't even become a free agent until 2010. That is still two years away. A lot can happen in two years. The Cavs could win the NBA title in that time span. The Cavs could even sign James to an extension. You never know what is going to happen.

So LeBron is in love with New York and is friends with Jay-Z. Cleveland is his home and Cleveland is the team who can pay him the most.

So we to stop talking about where LeBron will be playing in 2010 and just enjoy the NBA right now.