For the past 100 years, we’ve heard rumors of Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari going back to the NBA.
Before the Cleveland Cavaliers hired David Blatt, there was speculation of Calipari teaming up with LeBron James.
Now, the Brooklyn Nets are the latest franchise attempting to lure Calipari back.
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. Yormark has remained a proponent of making a lucrative offer to bring Calipari back to the Nets in a dual president and coaching role, league sources told Yahoo Sports.
On the surface, the Brooklyn job doesn’t seem to appealing, but when you consider they’re willing to give Calipari so much power ala Chip Kelly in Philadelphia, it may be too much of a lucrative deal for Cal to pass up.
With that being said, Calipari has arguably the best head coaching job in all of sports right now.