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NBA Star loses to ordinary Joe

I said on Wednesday's edition of "The Josh Pacheco Show" that I would put this up. The New Jersey Nets' Devin Harris was playing one-on-one with some average guy named Stuart Tanner. What you're about to see is Harris get a beatdown:



If you're the NBA, I would pretend that it never happened.

Another Coach Needlessly Fired

The pressure to win is undoubtedly high in every sport, college or professional. Maybe too high. Just ask Avery Johnson. Johnson, who is the fastest to 50, 100, and 150 wins in NBA coaching history, was fired Wednesday by the Dallas Mavericks, less than 24 hours after guiding his team to a first-round series loss against the upstart New Orleans Hornets.

Outraged? You should be. Avery Johnson is two years removed from am NBA Finals appearance, in which they lost in six games to the Miami Heat. More importantly, Avery Johnson was not to blame for the Mavericks failures this postseason. That distinguished honor goes to Mark Cuban.

Cuban was the mastermind behind the Jason Kidd trade, and lets face it, that trade did not produce the results that were expected. Kidd averaged 8 points, 7 assists, and 6 rebounds in the postseason. Not enough production from someone who was supposed to make the team better.

But who often gets the blame when a key move doesn't work? Cuban can't punish himself. He, in fact, is the owner, the judge, the jury, and the executioner. So, you go after the coach who unsuccessfully could not fulfill your expectations with a move that you wanted.

I personally thought this Mavericks team was better with who they had before the trade. They had key players, and an emerging point guard in Devin Harris. An emerging player wasn't good enough for Cuban, he wanted a star past his prime. And he got results that echoed that players talent.

Avery Johnson will be back on the bench before you know it. He's an outstanding coach, but more importantly, he is a stand-up person.

Thursday morning at 11:25, we will replay the interview that Avery had with 103.3 ESPN in Dallas on Galloway & Co.

In the mean time, thanks to Dallasmavs2006, here's a tribute to Avery Johnson:

Guess who wants to coach again?

One commenter on ESPN.com who read the following story had this to say:

"Who has more? Larry Brown and jobs or Elizabeth Taylor and husbands?"

The Answer: Larry Brown. Brown has had 11 different coaching jobs. Taylor has had 7 different husbands in 8 different marriages.

Larry Brown wants to get back into coaching. He's been in the front office for the Philadelphia 76ers for a little while, and decided to resign in the intent of being on the bench for a college or professional team.

First off, the 76ers are in the playoffs, and their Vice President is stepping down to do his own thing? So much for being a team player...what's so hard about sticking around until the playoffs end and supporting your franchise? Oh wait, Larry Brown has always found a way to quit on teams. Which leads me to my next point...

Larry Brown has always found a way to spend a few years in one place and then move on...let's delve into this:

-1972 - 1974: 2 years with the Caroling Cougars in the ABA. The team moved, and he decided to move elsewhere. Not so much on him, but you'll see more of this later.

-1979 - 1981: Was at UCLA. First year, he led the Bruins to the NCAA Championship game. The Nets came along and offered him quadruple of what he is making. He followed the money.

-1981 - 1983: In his second year in New Jersey, Brown interviewed for the Kansas Jayhawks job. He accepted the job with a few games left to go in the year, and instead of letting him coach out the rest of the year, the Nets fired him.

-1991 - 1993: Brown was with the Clippers. Before you say "No wonder he would leave so soon," he led them to the playoffs twice before being frustrated with management. He would go to Indiana, where he said "I'm hopeful this will be my last stop." He had 3 more stops waiting.

-2003 - 2005: The Detroit Pistons. He was there for the Brawl at the Palace with the Pacers. He won a championship. But during the conference finals in his second year, it was reported that he had landed a front office job with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Buyout of his contract was in order. But instead of staying with Cleveland....

-2005 - 2006: He landed his eleventh coaching job with the Knicks. Granted he got fired, but nonetheless, followed the money trail, as this was the richest contract he had ever signed. 5 years for 50+ Million dollars. Yikes.

That's just some of his tenure. Would you want this man coaching your team? He has the urge to work with you one moment, but as soon as he loses interest or sees more money, goodbye! Not the kinda guy I want developing young talent.

Feel free to leave your comments and discuss. No video today...nothing clean enough to use. I guess people really didn't like Larry Brown, after all.