Avery Johnson Was A Dead Man Walking Even As He Accepted His Coach Of ...

Avery Johnson Was A Dead Man Walking Even As He Accepted His Coach Of ...By Ben Golliver. The Nets fired coach Avery Johnson on Thursday after a 14-14 start with a payroll of more than $80 million in the franchise's much-anticipated first season in Brooklyn. Johnson, hired in June 2010, was in theAvery Johnson was fired as the Nets' coach on Thursday, and his son was not happy about it.From the