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Nets make it official with Avery JohnsonBasketball Betting Lines06/10/2010 - East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New Jersey Nets made it official on Thursday and announced an agreement in principle with Avery Johnson to become the team's new head coach. Johnson will return to coaching after a two-year absence and inherits a team that compiled the worst record in the NBA last season at 12-70, which included a history-making 0-18 start. "I am really excited to be the head coach of the New Jersey Nets, it's an honor," said Johnson in a release through the team. "I want to thank [owner] Mikhail Prokhorov and [president] Rod Thorn for their confidence in appointing me as head coach. The future of the team is bright and I am excited to be a part of that future. We want to play tough, hard-nosed defense and we are going to move the ball on offense. It's all going to begin with training camp where we will start building a foundation for the future." The 45-year-old Johnson was fired from his first head coaching job after the Dallas Mavericks' ouster from the first round of the playoffs in 2008 and has been working as an analyst at ESPN. Johnson led the Mavs to a 194-70 record during his three-plus regular seasons, the best winning percentage (.735) in league history, but his postseason mark was 23-24, including losses in 12 of his last 15 playoff games. "We are very pleased to welcome Avery as the new head coach of the Nets," said Thorn. "He has enjoyed success in this league as both a player and head coach, and we feel that he possesses all of the characteristics, including knowledge, passion and leadership, that are necessary for us to be a championship contender in the years to come." Johnson, who spent most of his 16-year playing career in San Antonio, took over for Don Nelson with 18 games remaining in the 2004-2005 season and the team finished 16-2. The Mavericks reached the second round of the playoffs that year before falling to Phoenix. "The Little General" guided the Mavs to a 60-22 record and their first NBA Finals appearance in 2005-06, earning Coach of the Year honors. Dallas jumped to a 2-0 lead in the Finals against Miami, and looked like it was on the verge of finally bringing outspoken owner Mark Cuban his first championship. It all went downhill from there, in terms of postseason success, as the Heat came back to win four straight and the NBA title. Cuban inked Johnson to a five-year extension that offseason, which was scheduled to keep him in Dallas through the 2010-2011 season. The 2006-07 season included a franchise-best 67-15 record, but it ended with the eighth-seeded Warriors, coached by none other than Nelson, upending the top-seeded Mavs in six games, becoming the first No. 8 seed to win a seven- game series. "The hiring of Avery Johnson as the Nets head coach is a wonderful first step towards building a winning team," said Prokhorov. "His leadership qualities, knowledge of the game and ability to motivate are all talents we will be calling upon as we move forward. This is the beginning of what I hope will be many more exciting announcements to come before the start of the season." New Jersey fired head coach Lawrence Frank on November 29 after the first 17 losses and replaced him with then-general manager Kiki Vandeweghe for the remainder of the season. Vandeweghe was removed from the position by Prokhorov when he officially purchased the team last month.
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