I don't know about Avery but Dirk looks very much so. I like Dirk but he sure isn't carrying himself like a MVP. 4 freaking points in the 2nd half of an important Game 3 is not acceptable.

[Edited by - pharzeone on 28-04-2007 09:12 AM]

Nellie knows every thing avery is doing. He pretty much had the same roster. mavs just don't match up well

Dallas may have won 67 games, but they were what, 0-3 against GS this season?
All about matchups.
Avery still did an incredible job this season.

FIckle basketball fans, let me add my two cents.

Last year Avery won COY and got Dallas further than Nellie ever took them in the playoffs. Avery made Dallas play defense

Now all of a sudden -- he is overrated, this, and that.

Stop it, please

I haven't seen the whole series, but from what I saw last night Dallas has to match the defensive intensity of the Warriors. It's fine if Dallas wants to enforce their will by slowing down the pace, but they have to do it on the defensive end first.

GS was SWARMING. There were some possessions where GS was rotating faster than the ball could be thrown, it was as if every guy involved in the possession was double teamed. And GS seemed faster to the rebounds and loose balls, thus igniting so many breaks.

Dallas needs to control their paint and get more second chance possessions.

It's also assumed that part of what contributed to GS's turnaround this year was when Nellie told the press he felt like he could get the team to the playoffs but he failed.

If a coach says that here it's considered talking to his players through the press, and Dolan would be negotiating Nellie's buyout right now.

They are both good coaches. And I don't think Avery is overrated. Remember the reason Don Nelson step down is because the players were not listening to him and were listening more to the assistant coach Avery Johnson.

That being said I think people are forgetting the main factor that Don use to coach this very same Dallas team for years and he knows their weaknesses and strenghts. Dallas on the other hand does not have a clue on how to stop the Warriors because this Warrior team you could say is fairly new. Davis and JRich have been out for most of the season. So there is no real scouting report on these guys.


People can point to Dallas not stepping up but the truth is Basketball is a game of matchups. And sometimes you just can beat certain teams or players because you do not matchup well against them.

Boy NewYorkers can just hope to have top 5 picks in drafts for a few yrs in a row. To draft guys with a high skill level and hunger to play for us in the future. W hen will we have a chance at a Brandon Roy, Lamarcus Aldridge,Kevin Durant type ?

ny will never get the chance to have draft choices like gsw and chicago has had.

could you imagine if gsw kept vince carter ?....b-diddy, j-rich and vince carter in nellie's system (wow!)

its nice to see gs with all that talent have the zards make the playoffs 2 years prior to them

and with all that talent they still had to get nellie to make it in the money rounds.