Rumor: Avery Johnson Has Been Fired

[Crookshanks]

If this is true, then I feel bad for Avery. That's pretty low, even for Mark Cuban. But there's NO WAY Avery will be a coach in San Antonio while Timmy is still here. They do not get along and Timmy doesn't like Avery's "in your face" style of coaching.

[G-Nob]

Mark Cuban just smiled with a "no comment" after the game. Nothing further.

[BiZNicK]

I won't believe this until i see it from a credible source....

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

Alex Kennedy (maybe from Florida) is the only person who heard this report (likely online)?

If I'm wrong, I'll apologize, but come on kid, this isn't the way to get your name out there.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Howard declined to comment after the Hornets ended the Mavs’ season Tuesday. He sat at his locker, at times with his head in his hands.

JHo acts like a fourteen year old girl.

[gospursgojas]

Avery to the Bulls. Count it.

Avery = Skiles pretty much no???

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

Avery = Skiles pretty much no???

I'm hoping for a reality TV show starring Avery and Tyrus Thomas.

With special guest star Joakim Noah.

[timvp]

I just realized that if AJ gets fired, Pop should bring him in tomorrow. He just got five games against the Hornets. He's got the first hand knowledge. He can help.

Then again, even if AJ doesn't get fired, he'll likely still help out. He has helped the Spurs in the playoffs since he left ... even when still under contract with other teams.

Come on Cuban fire AJ. The Spurs will need all the help they can get versus New Orleans

[ShoogarBear]

If JHo caused all those disruptions during a Spurs' playoff run, Pop would have had him and all members of his family disappear.

Fixed.

[ludda]

It's not official, it was based on what Stein said a few days earlier in the article.

But yes, Avery will probably get fired. Cuban shold realize their roster sucks too. And now that Josh Howard has called public attention upon himself as a pothead, horrible playoff performer, mental midget, and the guy who parties during the series he will probably be gone too.

[hsxvvd]

If he's still getting Cuban money, I don't see how we can keep him out of the Spurs' broadcast booth.

Maybe we could start a pe ion.

Do you really want to listen to that squeeky little all game.

[T Park]

Come on home Avery.

[G-Nob]

San Antonio = where fired coaches go to roost! (aka kelvin sampson)

[gospursgojas]

I just realized that if AJ gets fired, Pop should bring him in tomorrow. He just got five games against the Hornets. He's got the first hand knowledge. He can help.

Then again, even if AJ doesn't get fired, he'll likely still help out. He has helped the Spurs in the playoffs since he left ... even when still under contract with other teams.

Come on Cuban fire AJ. The Spurs will need all the help they can get versus New Orleans

Is that allowed?

[timvp]

Is that allowed?

Avery has helped the Spurs in the playoffs before while under contract. If he gets fired, I assume that'd make it even more "legal".

[spursrule32]

I just realized that if AJ gets fired, Pop should bring him in tomorrow. He just got five games against the Hornets. He's got the first hand knowledge. He can help.

Then again, even if AJ doesn't get fired, he'll likely still help out. He has helped the Spurs in the playoffs since he left ... even when still under contract with other teams.

Come on Cuban fire AJ. The Spurs will need all the help they can get versus New Orleans

That's exactly what I was thinking and come on y'all give the little general a bit of credit - he took probably the only opportunity available to him at the time. He is in no way the goat for the mavs failure. That needs to go directly to Dirk - numbers or not he's yet to lead them to success. A lot goes on behind the scenes and for some reason I just feel that Dirk was not the guy leading his troops into battle like Timmy or anyone else in that role.

[Budkin]

Damn this is brutal.

Edit: Doh just realized this didn't actually happen.

[DudleyDawson]

AJ, come back baby!! The little general can be saved

[whottt]

It'll be interesting to see if AJ gets offered an assistant coaching position with the Spurs...real interesting.


But since Kerr is preaching defense(while D'antoni is preaching offense) and AJ has inside knowledge on how to beat the Spurs defensively...I would not be surprised to see AJ get offered a position with the Suns, possibly the headcoaching position if Kerr should fire D'antoni. I'm not sure about AJ's relationship with Nash, but I do know they were ex teamates.

And you know...Nash sounded kind of indifferent about the fate of D'antoni in the press conference.


It would be funny if AJ and D'antoni wound up switching jobs...


It would be even funnier if AJ and D'antoni both wound up being offered assistant coaching gigs with the Spurs.


To tell you the truth...given Pop's infatuation with small ball and the fact that his expertise is on the defensive side of the ball...I'd actually think D'antoni has more to contribute to the Spurs than AJ.

[timvp]

ROFL. What would D'Antoni do? "Let's Go. Come on."

[polandprzem]

ROFL. What would D'Antoni do? "Let's Go. Come on."

That's his defensive schems

[Samr]

ROFL. What would D'Antoni do? "Let's Go. Come on."

Rocket boosters on the walkers. The Spurs would have some of the slickest ball bearings this side of Sunset Hills.

[Avitus1]

Avery has been retired twice this season....

[Jdspur20]

Just hours after the New Orleans Hornets eliminated the Dallas Mavericks from the playoffs, Mavs' owner Mark Cuban has fired head coach Avery Johnson, ESPN Radio-Dallas reports.

Johnson, the 2006 NBA Coach of the Year, was let go after the team struggled to compete with the younger and less experienced Hornets in the first round of the postseason. In the final game of the series, the Hornets led the entire way and at one point were ahead by as much as seventeen points before taking the series four games to one.

After Dallas struggled to secure a playoff seed in the tough Western Conference during the regular season, rumors started circulating that Johnson could be on the hot seat.

Despite taking the Mavericks to the Finals two years ago—where they would lose to the Miami Heat—Johnson has struggled in the playoffs in recent years.

Last season, the Mavericks were upset in the first round by the eighth seeded Golden State Warriors despite having the league's best regular season record and the league's Most Valuable Player in Dirk Nowitzki.

This season, Johnson couldn't find an answer for point guard Chris Paul who averaged a remarkable 24.8 points, 11.3 assists, and 2 steals throughout the series.

Even though New Orleans was the higher seed, many people thought this would be a very close series because for many of the Hornets' starters (David West, Tyson Chandler, and Paul) this would be their first time starting in a playoff series. Meanwhile, Dallas had playoff veterans Jason Kidd, Dirk Nowitzki, and Josh Howard who had a combined 224 playoff starts between them. Despite their experience, the Mavericks couldn't find a way to keep up with the Hornets and obviously, Cuban thinks it all begins with the coach.

Watching his team get knocked out of the playoffs early for two straight years must have been the last straw for Cuban, who is one of the game's most active general managers.

While other teams continue fighting for a championship, Cuban will be at home looking for potential coaching candidates. It's going to be a long offseason for the Dallas Mavericks.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...-Avery-Johnson

gosh, cuban is such a s bag. he sure dudnt waste anytime.

[Samr]

Avery has been retired twice this season....

And he still doesn't get the point.