Eric Draven
Banned User
What the hell is Mark Cuban doing? I just now saw it on ESPN watching Mike and Mike!!!!!
WTF Mavs Fire Coach!
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newfiecomicguy1
Transactions, Hockey & Comic Book Moderator, April
Maybe they will switch coach of the years with Toronto haha. Rumor has it that Sam Mitchell may also be fired.
I think Cuban made a HUGE mistake here. Fire the GM for making a bone head trade...he paniced with all the other moves. All the Mavs needed was some help on the boards, thats it. When your 7 footer is also your main 3 point shooter its obvious that you need a big rebounder. Dallas WAS a strong team, since the trade deadline they have weakened their lineup and now let go one of the best coaches in the NBA. The players must be pissed, Avery was very popular with them. Avery won't be unemployed for long, too bad MJ already hired Brown.
I think Cuban made a HUGE mistake here. Fire the GM for making a bone head trade...he paniced with all the other moves. All the Mavs needed was some help on the boards, thats it. When your 7 footer is also your main 3 point shooter its obvious that you need a big rebounder. Dallas WAS a strong team, since the trade deadline they have weakened their lineup and now let go one of the best coaches in the NBA. The players must be pissed, Avery was very popular with them. Avery won't be unemployed for long, too bad MJ already hired Brown.
NoFlyZone
Registered Trader
First they make an idiotic trade, then fire an amazing coach... This franchise is in need of some help.
newfiecomicguy1
Transactions, Hockey & Comic Book Moderator, April
Lets no forget that they let a 2 time MVP go a few seasons ago and then invest and risk their future on JKidd...stupid. If they would have kept Nash and Nowitzki and got them a good big inside player they would have been tough to deal with.
Eric Draven
Banned User
Firing Avery is probably the worse thing that they could of done since the Nash release, this is either going to be the Uprising or Downfall of the mavericks, we won't know til next season though!!!
Iceman
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If Avery's such a great coach, why did they lose to the 8 seed last year? It's not a surprise that they fired the coach after two straight first round exits when they're expected to contend for a title.
Eric Draven
Banned User
They lost to the Warriors because if you hadn't got the memo yet Don Nelson used to be the Mavericks coach, and they played the mavericks, he built the foundation for them, so of course the Warriors took it to them, cause don knows how they(Mavericks) run things on the court!
Eric Draven
Banned User
Here's some stats for the great coach! Reasons why he is a great coach, what a track record!
After spending the 2003-2004 season playing with the Golden State Warriors, Johnson signed as a player-coach with the Dallas Mavericks under Don Nelson. Johnson had played under Nelson from 2001-2003, and it was understood from the beginning that Johnson was being groomed to eventually succeed Nelson as head coach. On October 28, 2004, Johnson retired from playing to concentrate full-time on coaching, and his transition from assistant to head coach came five months later on March 19, 2005.
Under Johnson, the Mavericks closed out the 2004-2005 season with a 16-2 run and a first-round playoff victory over the Houston Rockets, before bowing out to the Phoenix Suns in the second round of the playoffs. Johnson was named the April 2005 NBA Coach of the Month, only one month after becoming a head coach for the first time.
The 2005-2006 season was even more successful for Johnson and was marked by a series of milestones. In November 2005 Johnson again won the NBA Coach of the Month award (his second and second consecutive, following his award from April the previous season), making him the first NBA coach to win the award in his first two months as a head coach. On January 28, 2006, when the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Utah Jazz, Johnson's record as coach reached 50-12, making Johnson the fastest coach to reach 50 wins. In February 2006, he was chosen to coach the 2006 NBA All-Star team for the Western Conference. On March 15, 2006, Johnson set the record for most wins over the course of a coach's first 82 games (the duration of a full season), with 66 wins over the span. Although Johnson ultimately led the Mavericks to the second-best record in the Western Conference, the team entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the west, due to the structure of the 2006 NBA Playoffs seeding.
In April 2006, Johnson was rewarded for this success with the 2006 NBA Coach of the Year Award.
In June 2006, after defeating the Memphis Grizzlies, the defending champion San Antonio Spurs, and the Phoenix Suns in the first three rounds of the playoffs, Johnson led the Dallas Mavericks to their first ever NBA Finals appearance. However, the Mavs were defeated in the series by the Miami Heat, losing 4 straight after winning the first two games.
On December 31, 2006, Johnson became the fastest head coach to win 100 games by defeating the Denver Nuggets.
In the 2006-07 season, Johnson's Mavericks had the best record in the NBA with 67 wins and entered the playoffs as first seed. But his Mavericks eventually lost to the 8th seed Golden State Warriors, led by former Mavericks head coach Don Nelson, in one of the biggest upsets in recent NBA history.
With his win on November 18, 2007 against the Grizzlies, Johnson became the fastest coach to reach 150 wins.
Avery Johnson was also one of two people, the other being Byron Scott, that were to be chosen as a head coach in the NBA All-Star Game, but since the Mavericks lost on January 31st, 2008 to the Boston Celtics, the position was given to Byron Scott.
Following the 2007-2008 season, the Mavericks, under Johnson, were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for the second year in a row. A day later, Johnson was dismissed as head coach of the Mavericks.[2][3][4]
After spending the 2003-2004 season playing with the Golden State Warriors, Johnson signed as a player-coach with the Dallas Mavericks under Don Nelson. Johnson had played under Nelson from 2001-2003, and it was understood from the beginning that Johnson was being groomed to eventually succeed Nelson as head coach. On October 28, 2004, Johnson retired from playing to concentrate full-time on coaching, and his transition from assistant to head coach came five months later on March 19, 2005.
Under Johnson, the Mavericks closed out the 2004-2005 season with a 16-2 run and a first-round playoff victory over the Houston Rockets, before bowing out to the Phoenix Suns in the second round of the playoffs. Johnson was named the April 2005 NBA Coach of the Month, only one month after becoming a head coach for the first time.
The 2005-2006 season was even more successful for Johnson and was marked by a series of milestones. In November 2005 Johnson again won the NBA Coach of the Month award (his second and second consecutive, following his award from April the previous season), making him the first NBA coach to win the award in his first two months as a head coach. On January 28, 2006, when the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Utah Jazz, Johnson's record as coach reached 50-12, making Johnson the fastest coach to reach 50 wins. In February 2006, he was chosen to coach the 2006 NBA All-Star team for the Western Conference. On March 15, 2006, Johnson set the record for most wins over the course of a coach's first 82 games (the duration of a full season), with 66 wins over the span. Although Johnson ultimately led the Mavericks to the second-best record in the Western Conference, the team entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the west, due to the structure of the 2006 NBA Playoffs seeding.
In April 2006, Johnson was rewarded for this success with the 2006 NBA Coach of the Year Award.
In June 2006, after defeating the Memphis Grizzlies, the defending champion San Antonio Spurs, and the Phoenix Suns in the first three rounds of the playoffs, Johnson led the Dallas Mavericks to their first ever NBA Finals appearance. However, the Mavs were defeated in the series by the Miami Heat, losing 4 straight after winning the first two games.
On December 31, 2006, Johnson became the fastest head coach to win 100 games by defeating the Denver Nuggets.
In the 2006-07 season, Johnson's Mavericks had the best record in the NBA with 67 wins and entered the playoffs as first seed. But his Mavericks eventually lost to the 8th seed Golden State Warriors, led by former Mavericks head coach Don Nelson, in one of the biggest upsets in recent NBA history.
With his win on November 18, 2007 against the Grizzlies, Johnson became the fastest coach to reach 150 wins.
Avery Johnson was also one of two people, the other being Byron Scott, that were to be chosen as a head coach in the NBA All-Star Game, but since the Mavericks lost on January 31st, 2008 to the Boston Celtics, the position was given to Byron Scott.
Following the 2007-2008 season, the Mavericks, under Johnson, were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for the second year in a row. A day later, Johnson was dismissed as head coach of the Mavericks.[2][3][4]
newfiecomicguy1
Transactions, Hockey & Comic Book Moderator, April
The Warriors beat them all year so it was no real big surprise. However the MAvs destroyed everyone all year so people thought they would beat the Warriors. They didn't match up well with them and lost...nothing on Avery.
