Atlanta Hawks: Avery Johnson says he’s agreed to coach Nets
Johnson headed to Nets, not Hawks.
One coaching candidate down for the Hawks, three still in the mix.
The Associated Press reported that Avery Johnson says he’s agreed to coach the Nets. Johnson told the AP the team is expected to announce the news on Thursday.
Johnson was among four candidates the Hawks have been considering as the replacement for Mike Woodson. With Johnson apparently out of the running, general manager Rick Sund and Atlanta’s ownership group now will choose from among Dwane Casey, Larry Drew and Mark Jackson.
Casey is a Dallas assistant coach and former head coach in Minnesota. Drew was an assistant under Woodson, who was let go after six seasons. Jackson, a television broadcaster, hasn’t been a coach at any level but was a long-time NBA point guard.
A person with knowledge of the process said Hawks management is still considering all three candidates and will make a decision soon. The Hawks, Cavaliers and Clippers are the only teams yet to name a head coach.
MC
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Moist Poo Poo
June 9th, 2010
10:57 pm
We’ll win 13 games next year! THATS FOR SURE! LOL.
Moist Poo Poo
June 9th, 2010
11:01 pm
I hear Speedy Claxton Is coming back next season!
drmaryb
June 9th, 2010
11:07 pm
Moist poo poo
You and your hating friends – you deserve a team that wins 13 games next year!
Hell, you were NOT satisfied with a 53 win team! You hated every win every step of the way – you’re
The reason Joe will walk!
tidog
June 9th, 2010
11:11 pm
the nba is a players league and the coaching aspect is secondary. it wasn’t coaching that made the jordans bulls great or magic’s lakers great or isiahs pistons great or birds celtics great. get the picture. they had great rosters, hel>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> put some more talent on hawks and they may be able to compete for championships.
ILL-logical
June 9th, 2010
11:15 pm
@archiBALL You are correct sir: the guy from San Antonio backed out and there was an unnamed candidate that was never fully in the process. Sund appears to be a placeholder here; the delay in hiring a coach may be a sign that there is a difference of opinion between Sund and the Gearons.This might be Sund’s last year here if present trends continue.
drmaryb
June 9th, 2010
11:24 pm
ILL-LOGICAL
You may be onto something there! Maybe it’s the Evil-One who is blocking the coaching hire.
I would type his name …( ahem..cough)…but the blog monster may eat my words.
Hint: it rhymes with Yelkin.
Melvin
June 9th, 2010
11:27 pm
All of 2010 FA…. Plenty of options for the Hawks to upgrade this summer.
http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=16181
jack
June 9th, 2010
11:28 pm
once again Sund shows he is a joke. Now he can sign his friend Buckweat to be the next coach.
The Truth
June 9th, 2010
11:32 pm
More inside chatter about the Hawks Coach Hiring. It seems like Larry Drew is making a late rush. Some within the Hawks Organization are comparing him to Phx Alvin Gentry
Moist Poo Poo
June 9th, 2010
11:40 pm
drmaryb, I don’t hate my Basketball team, I just hate our management team. (Team! get it?) We are always last to make important decisions. Free agents won’t come because we have too many people in charge better known as the Billy Knight/Rick Sund/ASG team. They cant agree on decisions and when they do it’s too late! I’m willing to bet anything that we won’t have a coach when draft day gets here. And futhermore, when draft day arrives, our so called team that has maybe NEVER coached a basketball game a day in their lives will definitely make the draft pick. (A player you most certainly have never heard of or a player that will ride the pine for 3years with a guarenteed contract! Also, I don’t hate J.Johnson. He will leave us with nothing in return and GO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP, all because our management team will definitely screw up the possible sign and trade options we have to get a quality player in return!!!!!
Dashizz357
June 9th, 2010
11:42 pm
Woody wasn’t as bad as you guys think, you won’t get 50 win, you won’t come in 4th place in the East, you’re gonna lose Joe Johnson & no one wants to come here & play because the team is broke!!!!!! Larry Drew needs to help coach his kid at Carolina! The Hawks new coach will be the lowest paid coach in the league & thats gonna be a fact! Good Luck Woody, you did a great job!
Moist Poo Poo
June 9th, 2010
11:47 pm
Yeah! we went from a 5 man rotation to a 7 man rotation this year because we, (OH! excuse me, OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM DECIDED TO SPEND A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS ON PLAYERS WHO RODE THE PINE DURING THE PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR.)
ddd-house
June 10th, 2010
12:02 am
drmaryb
The hawks interviewed AJ 3 times. you don’t call a guy in that many times just for show and a does not interviewed with that many times unless he want the job. if he had to pick between the two; hawks and nets which one do you think he would want 50+ win or a team that didn’t even win 20 games? you tell me
N. D. T. K. A.
June 10th, 2010
12:03 am
Clever comments don’t change reality and no you don’t have to be drunk to see that and when it comes to money no one in the ASG is drunk. When it all adds up when you have a team on the verge of being great you have a decision to make. Just like poker do you play timid or do you go all in. In Michael Gearon’s case he went all in when he questioned fans commitment to the team. So, when Rick Sund plays timid and doesn’t hire a coach with way, way more positive qualities than negatives and is clearly one of the best coaches of the coaches whose names are out there and available to coach. That let’s the fans know you are blowing smoke like people on this board. Smooth talk and all don’t change the fact that players first have to respect there coach. If I don’t respect your game I don’t care what you say. What is Dwane Casey’s game? Passing money in envelopes for his boss? Hey, we can all respect that right? I thought that is why they pay the big time stars in the pros? How many championship has Larry Drew won? What championship coaches has he played and coached under? Is J.J. going to resign for the great Larry Drew. Oh, of course, Jamal, Horford, Josh, and Marvin are going to bend over backwards for the great Dwane Casey! See it’s easy to dissect any coach? Especially ones who have proven nothing. But harder to dissect a good coach? I’m a Hawks fan and the wrong guy for foolery!!!!
N.D.T.K. A.
June 10th, 2010
12:33 am
BTW, Bill Belicheat hasn’t won any rings since he got caught cheating, so I guess in that regard Dwane Casey and him are similiar. ASG, if I expect to be mediocre and average, I will probably be mediocre and average. I have been to over 10 Hawks games this season and would probably splurge for the season tickets if there was a winner on the floor. But not for mediocrity and being average so Mr. Gearon put your money where your mouth is.
Grandad
June 10th, 2010
12:34 am
You half-glass people are full of it tonight.
Whatever fills up the half empty glass that is.
I’ve never heard such well rounded pessimism.
What have Rick Sund & the ASG [not] done to wring
out the acrimony, churlishness & antipathy.
Once again the pain in our ass is gone.
Look forward, smell the coffee, live right, pet your dog,
hug a child, laugh, call your Ma’ma, and go Hawks !
Grandad
June 10th, 2010
12:40 am
Enter your comments here
MsDee
June 10th, 2010
12:47 am
Hire Larry Drew as HC & make Mark Jackson your assistant with Mark Price the shooting coach!! After lookin thru the free agent list provided by Melvin, I say get Shun Livingston as back-up PG to Teague, get Ray Allen (if JJ leaves) and get DJ Mbenga as center with Zaza back-up and we will STILL be an elite team with that coaching staff and new additions to the team!!
MsDee
June 10th, 2010
12:48 am
And replace Joe Smith with Travis Outlaw as SF to start over Marvin and let Marvin come off bench!!
MsDee
June 10th, 2010
12:50 am
And let Marvin come off the bench where he may be more comfortable since he did so well in college that way.
John
June 10th, 2010
12:54 am
Dominique Wilkins should be the next hawks coach.
cdog
June 10th, 2010
1:22 am
big ray,cp, drmaryb, you sound so immature.i’ve always had a problem with sund.i judge people by their actions.yes i admired woodson as a coach just like i did hubie and mike fratello.they were all good coaches same as mike woodson.if either of you were coaching or have ever coached basketball , as a fan, you all are the most brilliant arm chair coaches there are.but if someone put you on the sideline, you couldn’t coach you’re way out of a paper sack, let alone a basketball game.sund lost my interest when he unfairly fired a coach in woodson who all he did with the personnel he had was win.the miami heat coach ,scott skiles never got past the first rounds but their owners and fan are knowledgable people unlike the hawks owners and you all.they got sense of enough to know that you win in the nba with talent.sund refused three years in a row to bring in the much needed big people.you don’t get to the finals in the nba with a bunch of forwards and guards but sund think you can,he’s a joke and a moron.of course you three wouldn’t know anything about that.you sounds as though you wer jealous of woodson.well all i know is,woodson was awinner.he will in time get another nba head coaching job.be very careful about how you treat people.this should be true with sund also.you reap what you sow.clearly sund is not doing his job. he should have been the one treminated and not woodson.avery johnson wanted to come but who wants to work up under incompetent people such as sund and the rest of the owners.you all need to wake up of that dream world and face reality, sund has blown it, yes because not only has he lost the best coaching candidate but has doom the team to be a lottery pick. drmaryb, i guess your parents named you drmaryb.thats fine if they did more power to them. cp, atlanta money is green and spends here just like in other cities but sund and his stuoidity cost the hawks a good coach.i don’t blame coaches for not wanting to come here.look what they are faced with,rick sund alone with unknowledgeable fans likw youall who let race get in the way of a person’sjob. and finally big ray,you think you are depressed now wait until sund’s stuoidity causes the hawks to be a lottery pick,you definitely need a psychiatrist
Rod from College Park
June 10th, 2010
2:17 am
Ramon,
It depends on what you call pretty well.
While Lenny was a great coach, he never won a championship or got out of the second round in Atlanta. I was not really impressed with him when he was here. He will always be remembered by me as the coach who wanted to trade Dominique, and the coach who had a problem with Jason Terry.
Some one else mentioned Bobby Cremins. Great recruiter. Good motivator. Not a great coach. Never won a national championship in Atlanta.
Paul Hewitt- Need I say more.
Arthur Blank- Great guy. Falcons have never won a championship since he owned the team.
Thus my statement about New Yorker’s in Atlanta .
Tyson (NY) vs. Holyfield (ATL). We all know what happened.
Najeh Davenpoop
June 10th, 2010
2:37 am
Heh… here’s a “featured comment” from the ESPN story about Avery:
“This is a terrible hire. Avery’s bread and butter is running an iso offense WHICH DOESNT WORK in the playoffs. I feel bad for Devin Harris.”
Time will tell whether the Hawks just dodged a bullet or screwed themselves. At this point in time, the only informed opinion I can offer on this is that Sund comes off as a bit of a buffoon in having the decision on Avery made for him. I don’t have a clear preference among the four candidates, but I would feel more comfortable knowing that the Hawks could choose between all four of them. Who knows if Avery may have actually been the first choice of Hawks’ management.
Najeh Davenpoop
June 10th, 2010
2:49 am
“sund lost my interest when he unfairly fired a coach in woodson who all he did with the personnel he had was win.the miami heat coach ,scott skiles never got past the first rounds but their owners and fan are knowledgable people unlike the hawks owners and you all.”
cdog, do you understand the concept of being judged relative to expectations?
Milwaukee’s injury-ridden inexperienced group were expected to get swept, but they took a much more talented and healthy Hawks team to 7 hard-fought games. Charlotte’s ragtag group, devoid of a #1 option, may have got swept by the Magic, but they kept every game close until the 4th quarter. Those teams lost their series, but they outperformed expectations, so their coaches and players are praised.
Woodson was not fired because the Hawks lost to the Magic. He was fired because the Hawks, having two All-Stars, the 6th man of the year, and the #2 DPOY, got utterly destroyed by the Magic, when they were expected to be at least somewhat competitive. Your points about Sund not bringing in the talent to beat Orlando are valid, but nobody expected the Hawks to beat Orlando. They were only expected to be competitive, and they failed miserably in that regard.
The players should not be absolved of blame, but the plain and simple truth is that Woodson failed to make adjustments, use his personnel correctly, or implement intelligent schemes in many winnable losses this year and throughout the Magic series. If the Hawks had a coach who did those things, would they have beat the Magic? Probably not; talent usually wins in the playoffs. But you can bet they would have been much more competitive. As it is, they lost in even more inexcusable fashion than last year’s sweep by the Cavs — at least against them, they kept the home games reasonably close until the 4th and they could use injuries as an excuse.
If the Hawks had lost in 6 or 7 to the Magic, and all of their losses were reasonably close and hard fought, Woodson would have probably deserved an extension. Despite the 2nd round loss, you probably wouldn’t have been able to blame that on coaching, and the pressure would then shift to Sund to get Woodson the players with whom he could go to the next level. But the fact is a significant portion of the blame falls on Woodson, and replacing him with someone better is the right move.
That said, I didn’t say “firing him”, I said “replacing him with someone better”. This offseason will determine the success or failure of Rick Sund as a GM. I’m not much more impressed with him than you are, but I’ll wait for the decisions he makes this offseason to pass judgment on him, because more so than the past two offseasons, what he does now will determine the fate of this franchise for the next half decade. And it all starts with the quality of his head coaching hire.
Najeh Davenpoop
June 10th, 2010
2:57 am
I’m gonna mention one more time what I’ve said before about this coach hiring process. None of us has any idea how good any of these coaches will be. Judging Dwane Casey by his very brief head coaching record, Mark Jackson by his playing career and commentary, and Larry Drew by his, uh, whatever there is to judge him by is pointless. Every opinion any of you have about their coaching abilities is entirely conjecture. Judging Avery Johnson by his head coaching record makes a little more sense, but even there, his record tells us nothing about what his schemes and philosophies might be or how well he would motivate the players. This is not like watching a highlight reel of a draft prospect and picking apart his game to see how well he would fit — even a limited amount of game film can usually give you a general idea to form an educated opinion about a player. That kind of analysis is impossible when judging a coach. The only way for us to know how good any of these coaches are — especially if we are trying to see how good they are compared to Mike Woodson — is to interview them, and obviously none of us can. We just have to trust Rick Sund’s judgment.
All I can say is I wish I had to trust the judgment of someone whose recent track record wasn’t so mediocre.
Grandad
June 10th, 2010
5:57 am
Bravo – Najeh – & Co-sign.
drmaryb
June 10th, 2010
6:02 am
Cdog
Shuit up puh-lease! You don’t know anything about me! I am the biggest Mr. Woodson supporter of all time.
Heck, I was upset when he was fired. Bit, he’s gone now and there is nothing left me to do but, move on and fully support the next coach!
Ms Dee
Avery Johnson was NEVER coming here. All the interviews? That’s called marketing yourself to leverage the job you really want. The oldest game in town! (See Thibbedeau)
Oh yeah, and if the ASG really wanted Avery? They would NOT have added Mark Jackson to the list and probably – would have made Avery an offer! Wake up people! Think!
Grand-Daddy
I need that cherry popsicle now. Deep down, the Hawks are being rejected every time talent walks away and we don’t make a sincere effort to get things done. Its been like this since day one with this so called
Spirit Group! Too many cooks in the kitchen and the chicken taste like wood!
eazy e
June 10th, 2010
6:40 am
why did the hawks hire a gm from a sorry team then expect him to do somethung right
drmaryb
June 10th, 2010
6:45 am
Cdog
I am the biggest Mr. Woodson supporter on this blog! Akways have been & defended him all the way to the end! I never claimed to be a coach! But, IDK what great basketball looks like and have seen other cities win multiple titles and how they win! With great players and HC’s who are great communicators and subsequent motivators!
I have and will always support whatever HC is named here! So, what’s your problem? Hey, I felt Mr. Woodson was blamed for a lot – when there was a lot of blame to go around! Starting with the owners, GM and ending ultimately with the players!
Ms.Dee
Avery was NEVER coming here! 3 interviews is called Marketing yourself to leverage the job you really desire.
(See Thibbedeau). And, if the Hawks really wanted Avery? They wouldn’t have added Mark Jackson to the short list after Avery’s 3rd interview, No, they would have simply offered Avery a deal!
(They did NOT do that)
I don’t care who they hire from their 3 man list! Hire your man & let’s get
drmaryb
June 10th, 2010
6:47 am
& let’s get JJ re-signed! Let’s Go Hawks!
drmaryb
June 10th, 2010
6:58 am
Grand-Daddy
No Sir, we re getting on ASG because they do NOT emanate any Spirit of a winning culture!
All they do is bicker, point fingers, complain about having no money and refuse to be accountable within their own ranks! We don’t even know WHO the owners are? Belkin hasn’t been seen at a Game since I don’t know when? And, Gearon, Jr. wants to ride the fans for not coming to see that we don’t have a
PG nor Center for 10 years straight. Put a damn complete team on the damned floor, before you start firing people. Phil Jackson ain’t cmonig here to coach these cry-babies!
Build a damned roster 1 – 5 & load the bench! Then, maybe we will ALL buy the damned tickets!
Woody got fired for making Bar-B-Que out of Mildew! He Never had a chance! He never made one draft pick here! And, from the looks of things – I don’t know who is making these picks either?
Too many brown thumbs in the green-house!
O'Brien
June 10th, 2010
7:03 am
From ajc.com,
“A person with knowledge of the Hawks’ process said team management still was considering all three candidates and will make a decision soon.”
I wonder how soon is soon.
Ray,
Teague is still young, so hopefully he will work on his game, and the new coach will be able to help develop him. Hopefully he will develop into a solid starter at the PG position, so we don’t have to keep going the stop gap route.
JSS
June 10th, 2010
7:28 am
@ Big Ray…
Carlesimo is now the lead assistant for Jay Triano in Toronto.
drmaryb
June 10th, 2010
7:36 am
Najeh
Great stuff as usual. But, let’s be really fare. Mr. Woodson over-achieved with what he had to work with!
Milwaukee & the Bobcats had something he never had! A Point Guard! Get the POINT?
I mean really, what football team can compete without a QB? We only went to the play offs for the 1st time in 13 years after we signed Bibby. (There’s your proof). Now, albeit – Bibby has quickly regressed the past year
drmaryb
June 10th, 2010
7:51 am
… Next, every player is almost inter-changeable (see billy knight). We have 2 really good PF’s – problem is we have NO Center! Al Horford is NOT a Center people! We match up terribly with the Magic – they are NOT magical (see the Celtics) we were just too damned small at the #5 spot to compete well.
But, we matched up very well with the Celtics! Its all about the match – ups IMO.
We NEVER believed we could beat the Magic – we didn’t even try to beat them! But, we did believe we could beat the Celtics – so we did! Our roster is close – but no CIGARS! Our next moves are tantamount to improving or Not.
Mr. Sund, please FIX your roster, then maybe th Elite Coaches will take you seriously and the fans will too! Just maybe.
cdog
June 10th, 2010
8:15 am
drmaryb, you started with me remember?i didn’t know you existed.i don’t care who you support.whatever you or anyone say, its not going to change my opinions.so chill on me if you don’t want to illed on.the bottom line is rick sund has blown it with his decision to let a coach go who won 53 games and a no. 3 seed.the team was only get5ting better.all they needed was for rick sund to bring in the missing pieces.just like he can’t bring the right coach he did the same to woodson and the team.when after being outmanned two years in a row by orlando and cleveland, he took the coward way out by blaming woodson and firing him.then his excuse was, the players need to listen to someone different.gimme a break.the bottom line is, the team needs a different GM who has guts to pull off major transactions.not a GM who is a coward and sits back with a cell phone stuck in his ear and does nothing. he should have seen how joe dumars damage the pistons by firing a coach who had the team winning now they are a legitimate lottery team just like sund is going to have the hawks.the players were not fustrated at woodson in the playoffs, they were fustrated at the situation two years in a row.if you was getting drilled by being outmanned because your GM doesn’t provide you with the proper talent to match with cleveland and orlando, you would be fustrated too.
drmaryb
June 10th, 2010
8:28 am
Cdog
I’m gonna say this and move on! I don’t like Sund, I supported Woodson, and I have been a blogger on here long before your dumb azz ever showed up & will probably be here when your azz is gone!
Sounds to me like we agree on everything! So what the Eff! Are you reading & What the hell are you trying to say to me! Just go away and go bother someone else! I am clearly not interested in talking to a rambling idiot!
cdog
June 10th, 2010
8:31 am
najeh, i agree with some of the things you said but the bottom line is, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.every coach has faults.coaches are only human.if your so called good coaches like phil jackson, doc rivers and larry brown were coaching the hawks, you would see their flaws on a daily bases.it all goes back to, a coach is only as good as the talent they have on the floor.yes the hawks could have given a better effort but that i think had to fall into the responsibility of the players themselves.this is the nba where you have grown men.a coach shouldn’t have to push them to play hard.they have played ball on every level.this is not the coach’s fault.this is a business not high school or college.woodson gave his effort.his players should have been responsible and mature enough to meet him half of the way.firing woodson only made things worst.it would have easier to add talent to the team for next year.a team wins 53 games and we panic because we were outmanned?thats the GM job is to recognize what is needed.we don’t have one who does.you and i plus thousand of other fans know what is needed.why can’t sund see this? because he doesn’t have a clue.
kwooden1
June 10th, 2010
8:35 am
I will take Larry Drew
cdog
June 10th, 2010
8:39 am
wow,drmaryb why the harsh language? hopefully, you are a grown up.do you think using foul language is the answer? OH WELL, ITS YOUR THING, DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. ALL I’M SAYING IS, MY OPINION IS JUST THAT, YOU OR NO ONE ELSE CAN CHANGE IT.I WILL PRAY FOR YOU THAT YOU CONQUER YOUR PROBLEMS.I STILL LOVE YOU THOUGH EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE A REALLY TOUGH DUDE AIN’T YA?
GeeMack
June 10th, 2010
8:40 am
Don’t matter what coach we bring in the Hawks will take couple steps back next year if JJ leaves. Even if we bring in some of the suggestions made on the blog.
drmaryb
June 10th, 2010
8:43 am
Cdog
Go back and take some writing classes. Ever heard of paragraphs and punctuations.
You get a pass on spelling, because I know this blackberry is hard to type on and the program automatically changes the spelling of some words. No time to proof – read!
But, damn your little rants are mind numbing to read, with no grammar skills!
I got a special feature for you though: I call it SCOLLING – ON!
later, to the wet-puppy! LOL!
Fundamentals
June 10th, 2010
8:43 am
I still don’t really care who is the coach. Woodson would’ve been fine if the players would’ve bought in. They tanked when it mattered and laid down on Woodson. My question is who would be that man to inspire unity and professionalism. I really don’t think the guys would’ve reacted well to Avery’s Lil General screaming attitude.
I still like Ty Corbin, Thunder Dan, Steve Smith and even Drew if the guys would honestly buy in. They’ve got alot to prove next year. Was it the coach holding them back or was it just a lack of professionalism on their part. We’ll see in the end. Actually we’ll see by how they start the season after the summer.
What additions will each player make to his game this summer? Hard work or status quo? I pray their working towards a championship, but know in actuality they might not be so dedicated.
drmaryb
June 10th, 2010
8:44 am
Cdog
Go back and take some writing classes. Ever heard of paragraphs and punctuations?
You get a pass on spelling, because I know this blackberry is hard to type on and the program automatically changes the spelling of some words. No time to proof – read!
But, damn your little rants are mind numbing to read, with no grammar skills!
I got a special feature for you though: I call it SCOLLING – ON!
later, to the wet-puppy! LOL!
Grhone
June 10th, 2010
8:49 am
The Hawks continue to be average…..
JoJo the Godfather
June 10th, 2010
8:54 am
cdog….how is Sund supposed to bring in all this extra talent when he’s not allowed to exceed the luxury tax threshold? that’s not his fault. he’s given a budget to work with that unfortunately is much less than what orlando, boston, and cleveland are allowed to spend….this team’s chemistry was broken in the playoffs. we had a coach without a contract. it was the easy attempt to fix the problem and I, for one, believe it will work no matter who we hire, as long as we retain JJ or replace him with Chill, the MLE, and hopefully a S&T asset.
darrell starks
June 10th, 2010
9:00 am
I have read some comment about solomon alabi can’t play, do you no what game you watch 2 even say that from a defensive stand point, let me say this solomon alabi 7′1 defensive stopper in the box is fluent and intellegent, and with the right coach could elevate his game on the offense side of the ball, and please stop talking about drafting any one who is 6′11 or shorter, every player who come in nba are base of potential meaning a bust in the nba.
look at the hawks
1.MARVIN WILLIAM 2ND PICK A BUST.
2.SHELDON WILLIAM 5TH PICK A BUST.
3.ALAN HENDERSON A BUST.
and the list is very long of bust player.
passing on 7′1 solomon alabi with the 24# pick a guy who can defend the paint you can’t go wrong with that specially noing that this team is desperate for a center who is at 7′0 ft or taller.
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!
darrell starks
June 10th, 2010
9:06 am
OK AVERY IS GONE MY LIST IS SHORTER NOW.
1.BYRON SCOTT
2.BILL LAIMBEER
3.SAM MITCHELL
4.MICHAEL COOPER
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!
ddd-house
June 10th, 2010
9:29 am
drmary
AJ was not marketing himself to take the nets job, the nets came into the picture after is 2nd interviewed with hawks and thats was weeks down the line and he did a 3rd interviewed with the hawks and his first with the nets. the hawks never made him an offer after 3 interviews, but the nets did after 1 interview. He didn’t interview with the bulls, nor the hornets no other teams called him for an interview; just the hawks and weeks latter the nets.
drmary; Thibbedeau only interview with the bulls one or two time (s), they wanted him and the made him an offer and he took. he didn’t go out marketing himself like you said.
IF YOU THINK AJ MARKET HIMSELF TO TAKE THE NETS JOB, YOU ARE CRAZY