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re: Jimmy Smith (Times Pic) bringing the heat on Demps
Posted on 4/14/14 at 5:49 pm to LSUhornet17
Posted on 4/14/14 at 5:49 pm to LSUhornet17
I don't get the Johnson hate, other than he has an annoying voice. What exactly has he done wrong?
GS was the worst possible matchup for that Mavs squad. They were red hot and full of young, offensive talent and a HOF coach who happened to know a little bit about Dallas. Davis was playing out of his mind, too.No mention of the fact that Dallas lost 15 games that season and 22 the year before, when AJ was COY.
And you cannot really judge the guy on his tenure in NJ. Those teams were deplorable. They were built under the assumption that Deron Williams was the best PG in the league, when in fact it coincided with Williams' regression. Brook Lopez was always hurt. The team was devoid of any real talent outside of that. Not to mention the circus that the Russian brought to town. shite, that franchise is still underachieving in that crappy conference. Im not sure AJ deserves the blame there.
What was the knock on Johnson? Why would he be such a bad option?
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Avery Johnson last coached a competitive team when his #1 seeded Mavs lost to the #8 seed led by the immortal Baron Davis, and was a complete failure in Jersey.
GS was the worst possible matchup for that Mavs squad. They were red hot and full of young, offensive talent and a HOF coach who happened to know a little bit about Dallas. Davis was playing out of his mind, too.No mention of the fact that Dallas lost 15 games that season and 22 the year before, when AJ was COY.
And you cannot really judge the guy on his tenure in NJ. Those teams were deplorable. They were built under the assumption that Deron Williams was the best PG in the league, when in fact it coincided with Williams' regression. Brook Lopez was always hurt. The team was devoid of any real talent outside of that. Not to mention the circus that the Russian brought to town. shite, that franchise is still underachieving in that crappy conference. Im not sure AJ deserves the blame there.
What was the knock on Johnson? Why would he be such a bad option?
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Posted on 4/14/14 at 6:06 pm to GynoSandberg
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shite, that franchise is still underachieving in that crappy conference.
From 10-21 with a turtles pace slow start this year, to a 34-16 finish (until now). Yeah major underachieving in the last 50 (which crushes the Heat's last 50); 44 wins is incredible given the Nets slow start.
Avery Johnson is just not good. His teams have always gotten worse as his tenure has gone along. He has bad long term infrastructure ability. He's too aggressive and uptight with players. He's a short term/stop gap coach nothing more.
AJ takes over the Mavs for good in 05-06 and they go to NBA Finals, lose to the Heat. Next season 67 wins, lose first round. Next season 51 wins, lose first round. First season with Nets they are 4th in Atlantic division. Next season with Nets they are 5th in Atlantic division. Next season with Nets he's fired after extremely hyped team goes 14-14 to start.
There's just no proof AJ is a long term coach. None. He hasn't sustained success anywhere! Why would you want that?? I get the Karl stuff because he's won a lot of NBA games, but AJ is not an upgrade over Monty. Phil Jackson couldn't have won with the injury affliction Monty has had to go through the past 4 seasons.
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