Lionel Hollins Rumors: Latest Buzz, Speculation Surrounding Nets Head Coach

Lionel Hollins is just 44 games into his tenure as the head coach of the Brooklyn Nets, but it would appear his seat is already heating up. 

According to league sources cited by ESPN.com's Marc Stein and Ohm Youngmisuk, the Nets organization has "launched an in-season evaluation of various facets of the team," including Hollins.    

The 61-year-old head coach is in the first year of a new four-year contract, but his team has gone 3-10 in January, losing its last two games by a combined 74 points and falling out of the top eight in the weak Eastern Conference.

His work off the court is also reportedly drawing criticism from within the team, per Stein and Youngmisuk:

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Sources say locker room tensions between the outspoken coach and some of his players are rising as the Nets continue to falter, with sources telling ESPNNewYork.com's Mike Mazzeo that Hollins' public criticism of various players this season, such as (Brook) Lopez and fellow big man Mason Plumlee, has rankled ownership.

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Although according to Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News, the team isn't looking to get rid of Hollins anytime soon:

Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated echoed a similar sentiment as Bondy:

Even if Hollins keeps his job for the time being, it seems apparent that major changes are coming to the struggling Nets. Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski reported a potential trade that would send Joe Johnson and his bloated contract to Charlotte, while Brook Lopez and others have been at the center of trade rumors throughout the season.    

Either way, it doesn't look like the Nets are going to tolerate many more embarrassing 30-point losses.