Post-Sonics Watch
Feeling lost without your Seattle SuperSonics? Seattle-area NBA fans face their first season without an NBA team in 41 years. Primarily, our coverage here will focus on the City of Seattle’s attempt to bring the NBA back to Seattle. But we also will provide updates on the Portland Trail Blazers, the Oklahoma City Thunder and area players plying their trade for other teams in the NBA.

Eric Williams covered the Sonics' last season in Seattle. A Tacoma native, Eric graduated from Mount Tahoma High and the University of Puget Sound.

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Keeping an eye on the NBA and Seattle's efforts to get back into the game
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.

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