Sometimes you can almost see Rick Pitino's nose grow.

Here's the latest from Pitinocchio: He says he's absolutely not interested in the Nets job, despite reports to the contrary.

As someone who heard the same thing from Pitino two days before he bailed on Kentucky to go coach the Celtics ("Why would I want to leave Kentucky?" he told me to my face, during a book-signing here in Fort Wayne) , I am, shall we say, skeptical.

Kind of like I'm skeptical about Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the tooth fairy.