I'm Back Top 10 List (including what future unemployed coach we should try to hire)

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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Cuzoogle found this 5/1/2008 on 3shadesofblue.blogspot.com

File this one away under the "General NBA" category, but since Zack broached the subject last night, I think it is fair game for me to delve into. As teams fall one-by-one and leave the postseason landscape, the coaches get handed pink slips too. ...

NBA On TNT Playoff Notes: “I hate to see Avery Johnson (get fired) but coaches are going to get fired.”

Mizzo posted 5/1/2008 from thestartingfive.net

Smith on what Avery Johnson did for the Mavericks: “We know what Avery Johnson did (for the Mavericks), he changed the culture. They were known as (being) very soft with no identity. And he did bring an identity.” Barkley: “Now they’re bad-asses sitting at home.”

Dallas Mavericks fire Avery Johnson

Mavs Moneyball: Front Page Posts found this 5/1/2008 on www.dallasnews.com

Mark Cuban takes closer look at Cubs -

SPORTSbyBROOKS found this 5/1/2008 on www.chicagotribune.com

On other visits to Wrigley Field, he sat in the bleachers. But on Wednesday night, Mark Cuban sat in Tribune Co. 's front-row seats next to the Cubs' dugout. Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks (who fired coach Avery Johnson on Wednesday), has ...