NBA

Brooklyn Nets Dismiss Head Coach Avery Johnson

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: December 27, 2012

Despite getting the team off to a solid 11-4 start and being named the NBA’s Coach of the Month in November, the Brooklyn Nets fired Avery Johnson on Thursday. With the team in the middle of a 3-10 slide, capped off by an embarrassing 93-76 loss Christmas Day at home to the Boston Celtics which...