Don Casey is a former professional and collegiate basketball coach.

The team elected to retain Don Casey as head coach for the 1999-2000 season.

He gives you hope while the others are working their way through things, Coach Don Casey said.

He replaced Don Casey, who had a 41-85 record in a season and a half of coaching before being dismissed last month.

Coach Don Casey did not pull out any motivational speeches.

Coach Don Casey, frustrated, benched him at times later in the season.

For the past seven weeks, Don Casey had more sources than perhaps any sports reporter in America.

And Don Casey was named president and chief operating officer.

"I think he'll bring a new energy for us," Coach Don Casey said.

Don Casey, meanwhile, was looking like a sure bet to take over the Nets on a permanent basis.