Adrian Wojnarowski has a pretty detailed story discussing Cal's allegedly previous flirtation with the Kings, interest in the Pelicans and current asking price for the Nets. Would love some insight on this as it sounds too detailed to be completely false.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/john-c...ice-for-return-as-nets--savior-073022113.html
"Calipari turned down a 10-year, $80 million-plus offer with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2014, because he wouldn't leave Kentucky with only an incremental raise on what is now an $8 million to $9 million annual package on campus.
Cleveland's offer has become a baseline for Calipari's contractual demands: He wants the 10 years and now the $12 million a year that Phil Jackson makes to run the Knicks.
Calipari's sell will be this: As his old Kentucky stars – DeMarcus Cousins (2018), John Wall (2019) – become free agents, he'll have the Nets positioned to sign them. ...
Around Calipari, there are some who prefer him to take the Kings job, because there's more of an infrastructure in place. Brooklyn has been left in shambles, with immense limitations on reshaping the roster. Nevertheless, New York is New York, and Calipari has never stopped thinking about redeeming himself in the pros. His enshrinement into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in September makes it even easier to justify the years of NBA losing that will likely prelude a turnaround, because he no longer needs to keep shining that résumé for Springfield.
Before the Kings approached him late last spring, Calipari had been hoping the New Orleans Pelicans would consider him, league sources told Yahoo. The idea of reuniting with Anthony Davis was the allure, but New Orleans had no interest in giving him complete control, nor paying his massive salary.
Eventually, Calipari engaged in conversations with the Kings on and off for several weeks, but owner Vivek Ranadive didn't have the minority ownership support to authorize that kind of an investment, sources told Yahoo Sports.
One minority owner with the Kings, who was part of multiple calls with Calipari, told confidants, "He kept saying it wasn't about the money, but he kept talking about the money.""
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/john-c...ice-for-return-as-nets--savior-073022113.html
