I think Avery Johnson will be an NBA coach again, sooner rather than later. And he’ll probably do well. But in order for that to happen, he’s got to own up to some mistakes he made with the Mavericks. Does this sound like he’s getting there?
“Most of the time, when a coach has to be a dictator is when he doesn’t have a great leader. You think [Boston’s] Doc Rivers has to be a dictator? No. Kevin Garnett is the dictator.”
I can see how Avery got confused, since the Mavs, during his tenure, also had three absolute superstars, a genius defensive assistant*, and a coach — though he was a former point guard — who was smart enough to let his young PG have a fairly long leash.
*Okay, the Mavs actually did have this in the great Del Harris, who was defensive acumen was as strong as his resemblance to Lt. Frank Drebin.
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