Does T Stands For TERMINATED?

Avery Johnson, coach of the Dallas Mavericks, is thought to be on thin ice with owner Mark Cuban. Avery has a habit of being given technical fouls during games. T’d up may have a different meaning for Avery in this off-season though. “T” stands for technical foul normally. However, “T” stand for TERMINATED now. Will it happen? Should it happen? I don’t know.

The Mavericks are on the brink of elimination to the New Orleans Hornets. The entire city of Dallas smells defeat. The team appears to have quit. If they have any fight left in them, they’re hiding it quite well.

Avery is from New Orleans. The Mavs are down 3 games to 1. Game 4 is tomorrow night in New Orleans. At least Avery will be home when his team is eliminated.

The media - and others who claim to understand the sport - feel that the window closed fast on Dallas following their meltdown against the Miami Heat a few years back. Their opportunity to compete for a league championship may now be long past. It goes to show you that teams don’t often get the opportunity to compete for championships. When they do, they’d better take every advantage of it.

For somebody like me - who knows so little of the sport - it seems that this roster is not built for a championship run. But even so, the coach is probably at risk of being unemployed this summer.

I don’t particularly enjoy listening to Avery. His voice alone would annoy me if I were a player. But he surely knows his stuff. I hear he’s power hungry and controlling. I don’t know if he is or not. And I don’t know if another coach can have success with these same players. I do know Cuban will have an easier time T’ing up Avery Johnson than he would in T’ing up any of the players who are signed to multi-million dollar contracts.