Three seasons. Two Eastern Conference championships. With 127 victories, only three wins from setting the all-time Nets' team NBA mark for coaching triumphs.

And so why is there any question about Byron Scott's job security?

"That is a good question. I don't know," said Scott. "I really couldn't answer that. The one day that I did speak on it I said I thought it was crazy and ridiculous that it would even be talked about. But this is the NBA, and one year you are great and the next year you are an idiot."