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DALLAS (AP) -- Don Nelson, the second-winningest coach in NBA history, resigned as coach of the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday and turned the team over to protege Avery Johnson.``I see a little slippage as a team,'' Nelson said. ``The team is just responding better to Avery at this point.''
The 64-year-old Nelson also had the title of general manager, but most of those duties were done by his son, Donnie, the team's president of basketball operations. The elder Nelson will stay with the team as a consultant.
``Nellie has earned the right to approach this any way he wants,'' team owner Mark Cuban said. ``I just wanted to be supportive of any direction he wants to go.''
Nelson leaves with a career record of 1,190-880 over 27 seasons, including stints with Milwaukee, Golden State and the New York Knicks. Only Lenny Wilkens has won more games as a coach -- 1,332. Wilkens stepped down as coach of the New York Knicks earlier this season.
Although he never won a championship, or even made it to the NBA Finals, Nelson was considered a master of mismatches who won games early in his career by stressing defense then later made a mark with clubs that tried outscoring everyone.
``I've worked as hard as anyone, and it hasn't happened,'' Nelson said of never winning a title. ``That's just the way it is.''
Nelson went 339-251 in Dallas, tops in franchise history both in wins and winning percentage. It's even more impressive considering he started 35-81 before going 40-42 in 2000.
``I just think it's time,'' Nelson said, showing little emotion. ``We want to win games and we want to get better, and I didn't see us doing either of the above since the All-Star game.''
Dallas went into Saturday night's home game against Charlotte 42-22. The Mavericks are in good position to get the fourth seed in the Western Conference playoffs, which gets home-court advantage in the first round. But Dallas is only 7-6 since the All-Star break.
Johnson already has coached the team for 13 games this year, going 9-4. His first stint came when Nelson had shoulder surgery. He recently took over when Nelson took time off to be with his wife after she had an operation. Johnson has also run practices since training camp and had some test runs as the coach with Nelson serving as his assistant.
When Johnson coached the Mavs, he stressed defense. Nelson's emphasis was offense. The mixed message could be part of the reason Dallas has struggled recently, especially at home.
``We're going to keep moving forward,'' Johnson said. ``We're not trying to abandon the things that Coach has implemented here, but there are some things that I feel a little stronger about.''
Johnson, the starting point guard on San Antonio's 1999 title team, first joined Nelson's staff during the team's run to the Western Conference finals in 2002 when he was left off the playoff roster. Nelson wanted him back last season, even though Johnson was playing for Golden State. The league didn't allow it, so Johnson signed with Dallas this summer to be a player-coach. He wound up retiring in training camp to focus strictly on coaching.
Nelson isn't the only one who thought highly of Johnson's coaching ability. League GMs voted him the player most likely to become a coach each of the last two years.
Nelson, a former Boston Celtics star, came to the club as general manager in 1997, hoping to salvage a lost franchise that had just traded Jason Kidd. Within months he traded every player he inherited except Michael Finley, fired coach Jim Cleamons and took over himself, then eventually added Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash. All told, his moves turned Dallas from lottery regulars to a consistent 50-win team.
``I believed in Nellie,'' said Cuban, who learned of Nelson's intentions Friday night. ``Nellie rewarded me for that belief.''
Dallas is the eighth team to make a coaching change this season, following Memphis, New York, Denver, the Los Angeles Lakers, Minnesota, Portland and Orlando.
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好似快左D喎...:icon110: AJ 應該係比尼爾遜防守性既教練:confused: 佢之前有冇教波經驗:o Originally posted by cnwong at 2005-3-20 12:37 PM:
佢之前有冇教波經驗:o
AJ 教過十零廿場小牛囉:o 尼爾遜唔係度o個陣:o 有一排尼爾遜專登俾佢教添:o 換換手風都唔錯ge Originally posted by Hakkinen at 2005-3-20 12:22 PM:
AJ 應該係比尼爾遜防守性既教練:confused:
會唔會同馬刺打法差唔多 .................:icon063::icon063::icon063:
以後咪冇第二節o既hack-the-shaq 睇?:icon100::icon100::icon100:
咁佢仔仔又諗住去邊:icon032: :) allas mavericks會唔會有返個"D"？ Originally posted by 米高奧雲 at 2005-3-20 05:16 PM:
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唔會咁盡.但我覺得小牛既防守能力點都會有所加強 Originally posted by 沉睡的藍 at 2005-3-21 05:48 AM:
allas mavericks會唔會有返個"D"？
有番個D 冇左個A 咪死 :icon101::icon101: Originally posted by 沉睡的藍 at 21-3-2005 05:48 AM:
allas mavericks會唔會有返個"D"？
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