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BDE 5.10.Indd Volume 59, No. 22 FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013 www.brooklyneagle.com Two Sections 50¢ BROOKLYN Back to Brooklyn — Again TODAY RIGHT: BARBRA STREISAND’S OCTOBER 2012 “BACK TO BROOKLYN” CONCERT AT Barclays Center will air on TV as part of PBS’ fall primetime lineup. The concert will MAY 10 reprise on Nov. 29 at 9 p.m. According to PBS, the concert “marked the superstar’s first Good morning. Today Brooklyn concert since her childhood years.” AP Photo is the 130th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for May 10, 1901, carried an article with the headline, “Sheared Lambs Are Few in Brook- lyn Offices.” The head- line was referring not to sheep-shrearing, but to investors’ losses in the face of a “panic,” or downturn in the market. Apparently, Brooklyn in- vestors had heeded the words of their brokers and not plunged in to the market over their heads. Well-known people who were born today include singer Bono of U2, singer-songwriter Dave Mason, actor Gary Owens and author Bar- A GROUP OF CITI BIKE RACKS ARE SEEN IN BEDFORD-STUYVESANT. AFTER SEVERAL bara Taylor Bradford. postponements, Citi Bike has finally set a date for starting its bike-sharing pro- gram. See story, page 3. Eagle photo by Rob Abruzzese Mermaid Parade Huntley Sentenced in Brooklyn Court Swims Upstream From Associated Press Coney Island USA's Kick- A former state senator starter campaign to raise who admitted embezzling money to keep the Mermaid Parade afloat, so to speak, nearly $88,000 from a state- seems to be working. As of funded nonprofit she con- Thursday, backers had pledged trolled has been sentenced to $36,690 toward the campaign's one year and one day in $100,000 goal — and that was prison by Brooklyn Federal with 25 days to go. Judge Jack Weinstein at According to Coney Island Brooklyn Federal Court. USA, the parade's parent com- Shirley Huntley apolo- pany, if the money isn't raised, gized for her crime as she the zany parade may have to be canceled this year. The organi- was sentenced on Thursday. zation's museum and perform- She pleaded guilty to mail ance on Surf Avenue was just fraud conspiracy and faced about destroyed by Hurricane up to two years behind bars. re-election bid last year. from Brooklyn — State Sen. Sandy, putting the group under She said she would try to use Government officials re- Eric Adams, the leading can- INDIANA PACERS ASSISTANT BRIAN SHAW IS ONE OF SEVERAL water. her remaining years to re- vealed last week that Hunt- didate for Borough Presi- potential candidates for the Brooklyn Nets’ vacant head coach- The Mermaid Parade, which deem herself to her family ley had been working with dent, and state Sen. Vel- ing position. He played on three title-winning teams in Los attracts up to 75,000 people, is and community. them to expose corruption, manette Montogmery. See Angeles before serving on Phil Jackson’s staff for two more one of the most popular events The Queens Democrat secretly recording nine peo- related article by Charisma in Coney Island. championships. See story, page 2. AP Photo took office in 2007 and lost a ple in her home. Two were L. Miller, page 20. LEFT: THE COLUMBIAN LAWYERS Association of Brooklyn held its latest monthly meeting on Tuesday. Seen here, left-right, are George Fortunato, Anna- marie Fortunato, Camille Filip- pazzo and Stefano Filippazzo. See story, page 18. Eagle photo by Mario Belluomo COBBLE HILL’S BOOKCOURT, a family-run bookstore that has thrived for over 30 years, has launched an Indiegogo campaign in the hopes of buying Biblio- of BookCourt courtesy Photo barn, an upstate property that they hope to transform into their northern outpost. Zack Zook (pictured here), who manages events and development at BookCourt, is co-coordinating the campaign. See story, page 8. May 10, 2013 • Brooklyn Daily Eagle • 1 PORTS S Who’s Next for Nets? Prokhorov, King Begin Coaching Search After Disappointing Playoff By John Torenli, would be open to such a change af- kick the tires on Rivers, but they’re Sports Editor ter admittedly getting bogged down highly unlikely to drive him home Brooklyn Daily Eagle at times in Avery Johnson’s and and put him in their state-of-the-art WANTED: A highly motivat- then Carlesimo’s grind-it-out sys- Downtown underground garage. ed and motivational thick-skinned, tem. Mark Jackson’s rapid success The Brothers Van Gundy: Jeff and media-savvy head basketball coach in Golden State and Tom Thibo- Stan Van Gundy, both of whom have for an NBA franchise located in deau’s meteoric rise from the assis- led teams to the NBA Finals in pre- the heart of Downtown Brooklyn. tant ranks in Chicago certainly bol- vious head coaching stints, are both Must have previous experience, be ster Shaw’s candidacy. on the market. Jeff, who is well-estab- it as a head coach on the collegiate or professional level, or as a high- ly thought-of assistant. Must work well with others, especially high- paid players who sometimes “get down on themselves” in the heat of battle, and a billionaire owner with extremely high and sometimes-un- realistic expectations. Must under- stand that a poor month or two could result in immediate firing. Indiana Pacers assistant Brian Shaw is one of several potential candidates for the Should be able to work well in front Nets’ vacant head coaching position. of large crowds, sometimes as many as 17,732 full-throated fans on a build what they both thought was “There’s a lot of candidates out nightly basis. Should expect almost a team capable of competing for an there at this time, and that’s why constant criticism and sniping from Eastern Conference title, King and we reacted quickly.” King explained print and electronic media types, Prokhorov fired not one, but two when asked why he waited only not to mention thousands upon head coaches by the time the Nets’ hours after Saturday’s Game 7 home thousands of know-it-all bloggers historic first season in Brooklyn loss to Chicago to give Carlesimo and tweeters. Those with an inabil- was complete. his walking papers. ity to close out playoff games when Under the coaching combina- Those candidates, some of leading by as many as 14 points with tion of Avery Johnson and P.J. Carles- whom are still working the bench three minutes or less to play need imo, the Nets compiled 49 wins (tied during the ongoing NBA playoffs, not apply. Starting salary: Approxi- for the second most in franchise his- figure to get more than the casual mately $3 to $6 million per year (ne- tory), won more road games than once, twice over from King, who re- gotiable). Resume should be sent to: any of their predecessors (24) and ceived a contract extension during Barclays Center, ATTN: Billy King earned a coveted fourth seed in the the playoffs and just before the Nets or Mikhail Prokhorov, 620 Atlantic playoffs, giving them home-court ad- were sent home for the summer. Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11217. vantage in the opening round. Prokhorov, who delivered a con- Nets general manager Billy King But a gut-wrenching Game 7 ference-finals-or-bust mandate on and billionaire owner Mikhail Prok- loss to the shorthanded but bat- Opening Night at the Barclays way horov won’t be posting the above tle-tested Chicago Bulls at Barclays back in November, is clearly intent ad during their ongoing search for Center last Saturday night precipi- not only on unseating the Knicks as the next head coach of Brooklyn’s tated the jettisoning of Carlesimo. New York’s top NBA team, but also first major pro sports franchise That paved the way for what fig- delivering the Nets their first-ever since 1957. But they will expect him ures to be the most important deci- championship since moving over The winner of 11 NBA Championships, Phil Jackson is reportedly not interested to live up to some, if not all, of the sion of the Nets’ first full off-season from the ABA in the mid-1970s. in being Brooklyn’s next head coach. AP Photos listed criteria. since moving into their Downtown A fresh offensive system, name- After spending last summer digs on the corners of Atlantic and ly one $98 million point guard Grumpy Old Men: Hall of Fam- lished as ABC/ESPN’s top television spending more than $330 million to Flatbush avenues. Deron Williams, can thrive in on a ers Larry Brown and Jerry Sloan fig- analyst, has been noncommittal in nightly basis, and an emphasis on ure to throw their hats in the ring his interest in the job thus far, clear- overcoming long stretches of inef- at some point. Brown, a 72-year-old ly wishing to stay out of the race ear- fectivness -- something that plagued Brooklyn native, is known just as ly. A proven winner with the Knicks, the Nets in 2012-13 -- are just two of much for his coaching brilliance as whom he led to their last Finals ap- the criteria the new head man must his vagabond existence. Still the only pearance as the No. 8 seed follow- come equipped with. man ever to win a national champi- ing the lockout-shortened 1999 cam- “Long-term, we just need to get onship (Kansas, 1988) and NBA ti- paign, Jeff also coached the Houston a good fit for us,” King admitted. tle (Detroit, 2004) as a head coach, Rockets from 2003-07, missing the “It’s not about marquee, we want Brown has held 14 different head playoffs just once during that stint.
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