Avery's Right Call

FanHouse found this 2/29/2008 on www.mavsmoneyball.com [flag]

You know, I sat there and almost fell out of my chair when Kidd wasn't on the floor at the end of last night's Mavs-Spurs game. I even wrote in the game thread that I thought the decision was "bizarre." But I will say this in hindsight: Avery's strategy clearly worked. As Mike Fisher outlines in some detail at dallasbasketball.com, the Mavericks got three good shots in that final half minute. ... [link]

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Avery Johnson Newest Victim of Fire Your Coach Dot Com Craze
Published 2/29/2008 by Will Brinson at FanHouse
Filed under: Mavericks, Western, NBA Media Watch, DallasIf I had known this whole interwebbery business was going to blow up back in the day, I probably would have started blogging sooner. And if I had realized how immensely popular the whole fire (insert coach's name here) dot com thing was going to become, well, I would have run around buying various website and peddling them off to the highest bidding disgruntled fan. Apparently I wasn't the only one with that idea. You see, FireAveryJohnson.com is already rented, parked, owned or something of that nature. But it's not being used. But you ...

Texas Tech Saturday Morning Notes - Good Enthusiasm Edition
Published 3/1/2008 by Seth C <info@doubletnation.com> at Double-T Nation: Front Page Posts
... Jake at Mavs Moneyball defends Avery Johnson's decision to put Kidd on the bench. Even if Terry makes the shot, I'm still trying to figure out why Kidd isn't on the floor. But that's just me. ...

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