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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Posted by Eric Williams @ 12:13:27 pm

Apparently winning 74 percent of your games is not good enough to keep your job in the NBA.

As first reported by ESPN’s Marc Stein, the Dallas Mavericks let Avery Johnson go today.

Johnson’s Mavericks fell to New Orleans in a disappointing five games after picking up veteran guard Jason Kidd in a midseason deal with the hope of making a deep playoff run.

Johnson is not the only coach feeling hot under the collar, as Phoenix’s Mike D’Antoni and Denver’s George Karl also are on the hot seat after first-round departures.

Both coaches have been successful coaches and won a lot of games in the league, but this is what happens when you don’t meet owners’ lofty expectations. Sometimes it’s easier to get rid of the coach than to make roster moves with hefty salaries involved.

Categories: NBA • 2 comments

COMMENTS:

Comment by moo @ 14:11 - Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

If it mattered I'd love to see AJ replace P.U. as Sonics coach. But wait, I want the OKC Sonics to suck when they're in OKC. I'M CONFUSED!!!!!!!!

Comment by tribfan1 @ 03:57 - Thursday, May 1st, 2008

The Sonics aren't going anywhere but if Clay were a smart man he sign AJ. PJ though is the perfect stooge for a sandbagging organization.

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Eric Williams took over the Sonics Insider blog in July 2007. Williams joined The News Tribune in 2006 as the Coordinator for Prep Sports. Previously he spent four years as both a news reporter and sports reporter at the Kitsap Sun in Bremerton, Wash. A Tacoma native, Eric graduated from Mount Tahoma High and the University of Puget Sound.

Frank Hughes covered the Sonics for The News Tribune from 1997-2007 before moving over to cover the Seattle Seahawks for the news company. He is now writing the Seahawks Insider blog.

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