Dallas part ways with Avery Johnson

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countolaf countolaf posted 5/1/2008 from basketballnonsense.blogspot.com [flag]
Dallas has won no less than 50 games under Avery, but playoff success has been so little for them [link]

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Source: Mavs and Johnson part ways after team's playoff ouster - NBA

Right Down Peachtree found this 4/30/2008 on sports.espn.go.com

The Dallas Mavericks parted company with coach Avery Johnson on Wednesday, a day following the team's first-round exit from the NBA playoffs, ESPN.com has learned. Speculation about Johnson's future with the franchise had been mounting for weeks, ever ...
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Jerry Stackhouse won't pay back Chris Paul

Detroit Bad Boys found this 5/1/2008 on sports.yahoo.com

I can't imagine there are many smiling faces in Dallas this morning — unless, of course, the streets are celebrating Avery Johnson's inevitable pink slip — but this is pretty damn funny. It came after Jerry Stackhouse was asked about his ...
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Avery Loses His Team, the Series, Then His Job

Larry Brown Sports found this 5/1/2008 on www.sportingnews.com

So Mike D'Antoni may still be around, for now , but not so for his brother in first-round failure. Today, the Mavs closed the book on the Avery Johnson era, i.e. they fired his ass . The easy answer? The Mavs's playoff failings. But there's some ...
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Avery is gone.

Cuzoogle found this 5/1/2008 on www.mavsmoneyball.com

Per ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3375306 The Dallas Mavericks parted company with coach Avery Johnson on Wednesday, a day following the team's first-round exit from the NBA playoffs, ESPN.com has learned. Speculation ...
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I'm Back Top 10 List (including what future unemployed coach we should try to hire)

SteveC posted 5/1/2008 from 3shadesofblue.blogspot.com

A pretty rambling post that touches on a lot of issues.
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