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Lionel Hollins on the Hot Seat in Brooklyn?

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The Brooklyn Nets, increasingly worried about the team’s recent lack of competitiveness, have launched an in-season evaluation of various facets of the team, including new coach Lionel Hollins, according to league sources.

‎The Nets lost consecutive road games last week to the Los Angeles Clippers ‎and Utah Jazz by 39 and 35 points, respect‎ively, sparking concern within the organization about whether Hollins’ message is getting through. It’s just the fifth time in NBA history that a team has lost back-to-back games by 35 points or more.

Nets ownership, sources said, is monitoring the situation closely, with Brooklyn having just fallen out of the East’s top eight thanks to a 2-10 slide that coincides with ‎the franchise being up for sale.

via Marc Stein and Ohm Youngmisuk