Avery Johnson surprised by Nets' firing
Photo credit: Patrick E. McCarthy | Former Nets head coach Avery Johnson talks to media at the PNY Center in East Rutherford, NJ. (Dec. 27, 2012)
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Turns out earning the NBA's coach of the month award a few weeks ago will be Avery Johnson's lone shining moment with the Nets.
In a stunning move he said blindsided him, the Nets fired Johnson Thursday, 28 games into their first season in Brooklyn. General manager Billy King said the decision to cut ties with Johnson, who was in the final season of a three-year, $12-million...
