EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Rod Thorn figured he better gobble up Avery Johnson before somebody else did.
The Nets announced Thursday what Johnson himself made public a day earlier on ESPN, that he had agreed to a three-year deal, reportedly worth between $11-$12 million, to become the first coach of the Mikhail Prokhorov Era.
“In thinking long and hard about it I just felt Avery was a good fit for us,” Thorn, the Nets president, said Thursday in a conference call. “If we were going to go down the path to try to sign Avery, that we better get moving, because there are other teams that had some interest and my feeling was we didn’t want to lose out in getting him if he were in fact interested in doing it. So I decided to act.”
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JessieWildcat / June 10, 2010
AZ,
WHAT did I tell YOU about the dealing going on at Kansas GANGSTER U.
Tell you boy Josh Selby to get ready.
Hope he has that OUT CLAUSE.
Lew Perkins is GONE.
The stuff HE uncovered is UNBELIEVABLE.
HE can not and will not be APART of what has been going on at Kansas Gangster U.
Stay Tune….
The things that happens at GANGSTER U will be SHOCKING.
JUST SHOCKING…
Self….Self..
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JessieWildcat / June 10, 2010
The SILENCE is over.
YOU they talk to the right people..the will get the HONEST answers.
Josh and Marsha need to talk to the RIGHT people.
And BB folks..are not those.
Hope he has the OUT clause.
Wow…those stories are true?
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JonHuskyMS / June 10, 2010
Hahaha…. What stories Jesse, what stories???
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beardown3232 / June 11, 2010
Jessie Wildcat in my opinion is like Glenn Beck. He has no clue what he even is talking about and we certainly don’t.
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BostonCat / June 11, 2010
Jessie is a prime example as why 5 year olds should not be allowed to go online. http://ucla.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=688&tid=128206303&mid=128206303&sid=1012&style=2
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BostonCat / June 11, 2010
my favorite part:
JessieW – “UK recruiting news – not looking good for 2011 recruits.”
i guess gilchrist (#1 player in the class) and teague (#2 player in the class) will just have to work harder on their games to improve uk’s 2011 class.
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ChicagoUK / June 15, 2010
Jessie is one crazy dude and he makes me laugh even when he talks BS about UK. His comments are so outrageously left-field but I think he truly believes them.. thats what makes it funny..
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