Mr.Bottomtooth
05-09-2008, 09:52 PM
Sources: Carlisle, Mavs reach agreement on 4-year deal
By Marc Stein
ESPN.com
Updated: May 9, 2008, 10:51 PM ET
The Dallas Mavericks and Rick Carlisle reached a verbal agreement Friday night on a four-year coaching contract, ESPN.com has learned.
Although a news conference to introduce Carlisle as Avery Johnson's successor is now considered unlikely before Wednesday, according to sources close to the process, Carlisle and the Mavericks ended two days of slow-moving talks late Friday by coming to terms on a deal that is believed to worth at least $4 million annually.
Carlisle arrived in Dallas on Thursday with his family with the expectation of a Friday news conference. He was joined in Big D by the two former NBA head coaches -- Dwane Casey and Terry Stotts -- who will be assistants on Carlisle's first staff with the Mavericks.
It appeared the sides would go into the weekend with no deal when an accord was reached shortly before 11 p.m. ET.
Carlisle has a career record of 281-211 after two seasons in Detroit, then four in Indiana. He was coach of the year his first season with the Pistons, went to conference finals in consecutive years -- with different teams -- and made the playoffs every year until his last. He worked as an analyst for ESPN the last year.
In Dallas, he would take over a team that's won at least 50 games and made the playoffs the last eight years. The Mavs were in the finals in 2006 and won 67 games in '07, but lost in the first round of the playoffs then and again this year.
The roster he inherits includes Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd, plus returning starters Josh Howard, Erick Dampier and Jason Terry.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3389463
By Marc Stein
ESPN.com
Updated: May 9, 2008, 10:51 PM ET
The Dallas Mavericks and Rick Carlisle reached a verbal agreement Friday night on a four-year coaching contract, ESPN.com has learned.
Although a news conference to introduce Carlisle as Avery Johnson's successor is now considered unlikely before Wednesday, according to sources close to the process, Carlisle and the Mavericks ended two days of slow-moving talks late Friday by coming to terms on a deal that is believed to worth at least $4 million annually.
Carlisle arrived in Dallas on Thursday with his family with the expectation of a Friday news conference. He was joined in Big D by the two former NBA head coaches -- Dwane Casey and Terry Stotts -- who will be assistants on Carlisle's first staff with the Mavericks.
It appeared the sides would go into the weekend with no deal when an accord was reached shortly before 11 p.m. ET.
Carlisle has a career record of 281-211 after two seasons in Detroit, then four in Indiana. He was coach of the year his first season with the Pistons, went to conference finals in consecutive years -- with different teams -- and made the playoffs every year until his last. He worked as an analyst for ESPN the last year.
In Dallas, he would take over a team that's won at least 50 games and made the playoffs the last eight years. The Mavs were in the finals in 2006 and won 67 games in '07, but lost in the first round of the playoffs then and again this year.
The roster he inherits includes Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd, plus returning starters Josh Howard, Erick Dampier and Jason Terry.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3389463