Memphis does not get Avery Johnson
January 23, 2009 by James Edwards
Filed under Memphis Grizzlies, NBA Basketball
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
How bad are the Grizzlies when Avery Johnson turns down a 5 year contract?
You remember Avery as the Dallas coach.
Johnson, 43, certainly fits Heisley’s profile, having posted a 194-70 record in four seasons with the Mavericks for a winning percentage of .735. Before his dismissal in May after two straight first-round playoff exits, Johnson took Dallas to the NBA Finals for the first time in the club’s history in 2006.
Johnson also earned NBA Coach of the Year honors that season and followed up the trip to the Finals with a 67-15 season in 2006-07, before his tenure with the Mavs began to unravel with a first-round loss to the eighth-seeded Golden State Warriors and former Dallas coach Don Nelson.
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Not only did the Grizzlies offer up 5 years, but they have 3 awesome looking rookies in O.J. Mayo, Marc Gasol (Pau’s brother), and Darrell Arthur.
Rumors have former assistant coach Hollins taking the job. Hollins resume is a little less than sterling, so maybe the Griz will keep looking.
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