FIRED MAVS COACH ON KNICKS' RADAR
Published 5/2/2008 by By MARC BERMAN at NY Post: Sports
Knicks president Donnie Walsh made preliminary contact with Avery Johnson yesterday to express interest in interviewing the fired Mavericks coach and is also monitoring the Suns' situation with Mike D'Antoni that could be resolved by the weekend...
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