Avery Johnson

Avery Johnson ( born March 25, 1965 in New Orleans, Louisiana ) is a retired American professional basketball player (Position: Point Guard ) and current coach. Most recently, he was head coach of the Brooklyn Nets.

Playing career

Between 1988 and 2004, Avery Johnson was playing for the Seattle SuperSonics, Denver Nuggets, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, Dallas Mavericks and Golden State Warriors.

His greatest sporting achievements was winning the NBA championship in 1999 with the Spurs, on the side of Tim Duncan and David Robinson. In the deciding Game 5 Johnson hit the basket to win, and decided so that the series in favor of the Spurs.

In the 1997/98 season, Johnson was awarded the NBA Sportsmanship Award.

On 22 December 2007, Avery Johnson's jersey number (6 ) of the San Antonio Spurs ' retired ', ie it is no longer assigned to other players.

Contracts and currency

Avery Johnson was gedrafted of any NBA club. He played in 1988 in the United States Basketball League ( USBL ) at the Palm Beach Stingrays. He signed a contract as a free agent with the Seattle SuperSonics on August 2, 1988. Johnson was traded on 24 October 1990 by the SuperSonics to the Denver Nuggets, in exchange for a second-round draft pick. He was, however, released on December 24, 1990 by the Nuggets again. He was awarded a contract as a free agent by the San Antonio Spurs on January 17, 1991. He was released by the Spurs on December 17, 1991. Avery signed the first of two consecutive ten-day contracts with the Houston Rockets on January 10, 1992. On January 31, he then received a contract for the remainder of the season. He signed as a free agent again at Spurs on November 19, 1992. He was taken on 25 October 1993 as a free agent by the Golden State Warriors under contract. Replaced on 21 July 1994 as a free agent back to the San Antonio Spurs. He signed as a free agent with the Nuggets on July 19, 2000. Was chosen by the Nuggets along with Raef LaFrentz, Nick Van Exel and Tariq Abdul- Wahad to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Juwan Howard, Donnell Harvey, Tim Hardaway and a first round draft pick traded on 21 February 2002. On August 18, 2003, he was again traded to the Golden State Warriors along with Nick Van Exel, Evan Eschmeyer, Popeye Jones, and Antoine Rigaudeau, in exchange for Antawn Jamison, Chris Mills, Danny Fortson and Jiri Welsch. Finally, he signed on 30 September 2004 as a free agent again at the Mavericks, but declared on 28 October 2004 his retirement from basketball.

Statistics

Avery Johnson made in 1054 NBA games ( only Regular Seasons ) averaged 8.4 points, 5.5 assists, 1.7 rebounds and 0.96 steals in 25.3 minutes per game. In 90 playoff games, he scored an average of 10.5 points, 6.2 assists, 2.1 rebounds and 1.13 steals in 31.2 minutes per game. His 5,846 career assists occupy the 28th place in the eternal Bestlenliste the NBA.

He was only the fifth player in NBA history to increase his points average in each of his first seven seasons ( 1994/95 he scored an average of 13.4 points). He scored on April 18, 1995 his personal Career High 29 points against the Denver Nuggets. He could also booked twice in his career 20 assists.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player in 2004 Johnson was an assistant coach with the Dallas Mavericks. On 19 March 2005, he followed the resigned for health reasons Don Nelson as head coach of the Mavericks. From 18 games of the season, the Mavs won 16 under Johnson, which he was able to celebrate one of the most successful coaches debuts NBA history. Johnson reached his 50th victory as coach faster than any other coach, as well as his 100th victory. He surpassed the legendary Red Auerbach.

After the 2005/06 season with a record of 60:22 victories Johnson was named Coach of the Year in 2006. During the 2005/06 season, the Dallas Mavericks were able to move to the NBA Finals, subject, however, in the best- of-seven series with the Miami Heat 2:4.

In the season 2006/ 07 Johnson achieved something that is unique in NBA history with the Mavericks. He led the team during a season to three series of at least 12 won consecutive matches: 12 wins ( 9 November-1 December ), 13 wins ( December 13-January 5 ) and a winning streak ( and also a club record for such series) of 17 games ( January 27 to March 12 ).

On November 18, 2007 against the Memphis Grizzlies, he led the Mavericks to his 150th victory as coach. He achieved this in only 191 games. Surpassing Johnson Phil Jackson, the 203 games needed for his 150th victory.

Avery Johnson was fired as head coach of the Dallas Mavericks due to the second first-round off in the play-offs in two consecutive years on 30 April 2008. Since the 2010/2011 season he coached the New Jersey Nets. For the 2012/2013 season, the Nets moved to Brooklyn and were renamed Brooklyn Nets. After a good start to the season Johnson was fired after a series of defeats in December 2012.

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