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{{Infobox NBA Player |
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| name = Avery Johnson |
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| position = [[Point guard]] |
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| height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 |
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| weight_lbs = 185 |
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| nickname = A.J., Taz, The Little General |
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| nationality = [[United States|American]] |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|3|25}} |
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| birth_place = [[New Orleans, Louisiana]] |
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| highschool = [[St. Augustine High School (New Orleans)|St. Augustine High School]],<br/> New Orleans |
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| college = [[New Mexico Junior College]] (1983–1984)<br/> [[Cameron University]] (1984–1985)<br/> [[Southern University]] (1986–1988) |
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| draft = Undrafted |
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| draft_year = 1988 |
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| draft_team = <!-- None --> |
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| career_start = 1988 |
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| career_end = 2004 |
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| former_teams = [[Seattle SuperSonics]] (1988-1990)<br/> [[Denver Nuggets]] (1990, 2001)<br/> [[Houston Rockets]] (1992)<br/> [[San Antonio Spurs]] (1991, 1992-1993, 1994-2001)<br/> [[Golden State Warriors]] (1993-94, 2003-04)<br/> [[Dallas Mavericks]] (2001–2003) |
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| awards = 1998 [[NBA Sportsmanship Award]]<br/>2006 [[NBA Coach of the Year Award|NBA Coach of the Year]] |
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}} |
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{{for|the fictional character in the ''Halo'' series|Avery J. Johnson}} |
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Sergeant Major Avery J. Johnson, (voiced by David Scully) is a Marine who leads human forces against Covenant and Flood assaults throughout the Halo series. Johnson and a few other soldiers survive the destruction of Installation 04 and are rescued by Cortana and the Master Chief during the novel Halo: First Strike. Johnson plays a much larger role in Halo 2, by joining forces with Covenant Arbiter to stop Tartarus from activating Installation 05.[16] Johnson is also the only human seen to survive a Flood infestation, due to a pre-existing medical condition, known as Boren's Syndrome.[17] In Halo 2, he is awarded the Colonial Cross for his heroic actions,[18] and leads UNSC forces to drive the Covenant from New Mombasa, Kenya after the aliens take the city during the events of the game. Johnson is the sole character featured in the Halo Graphic Novel story, "Breaking Quarantine", which details Johnson's escape from the Flood in Halo: Combat Evolved, and a main character in Halo: Contact Harvest. In Halo 3, he is killed by 343 Guilty Spark when trying to activate the uncompleted Halo at the Ark. |
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'''Avery Johnson''' (born [[March 25]], [[1965]] in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], [[United States]]) is a retired American professional [[basketball]] player and current [[head coach]] of the [[NBA]]'s [[Dallas Mavericks]]. Johnson is known as the "Little General" for his small (by NBA standards) stature (5' 11"), his leadership skills as a [[point guard]] and floor general, and his close friendship with former [[San Antonio Spurs]] teammate [[David Robinson (basketball)|David Robinson]]. |
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In many ways similar to the stereotype of charismatic black Marines found in other science fiction (such as Sergeant Apone in Aliens),[19] some publications found Johnson, though enjoyable, somewhat of a flat character. In an interview for Halo: Contact Harvest, Joseph Staten of Bungie admitted that Johnson was a static character in Halo: Combat Evolved, and that despite the character's potential, "he sort of inherited those caricature aspects [from Halo]."[19] Contact Harvest was a chance "to do right by Johnson, to give him the rich, fully fleshed out backstory he deserves, that we have never been able to give him in the game."[19] |
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==Playing career== |
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As a high school senior in 1983, Johnson led New Orleans' [[St. Augustine High School (New Orleans)|St. Augustine High School]] to a 35-0 record and the Class 4A Louisiana State Championship. Johnson matriculated at [[New Mexico Junior College]] before moving on to [[Cameron University]], and finally [[Southern University]], with whom in his senior season in 1988 he led the [[NCAA]] with 13.3 assists per game, a senior and all-time record that still stands.<ref>{{PDFlink|[http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/basketball/m_basketball_records_book/2007/2007_m_basketball_records.pdf Official 2007 NCAA Men's Basketball Records Book, page 20]|4.57 [[Mebibyte|MiB]]<!-- application/pdf, 4800050 bytes -->}}; retrieved August 13, 2007</ref> Upon [[graduation]] in 1988 Johnson was not selected in the [[1988 NBA Draft|NBA Draft]]. After a summer season with the [[USBL]]'s [[Palm Beach]] Stingrays, however, Johnson was signed by the [[Seattle SuperSonics]] and managed to spend the next 16 years playing in the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]], including stints with the [[Denver Nuggets]], [[Houston Rockets]],[[Golden State Warriors]], and [[Dallas Mavericks]]. A true [[Journeyman (sports)|journeyman]] as a player, occasionally being traded, or even waived, mid-season, Johnson is most well-known for his time with the [[San Antonio Spurs]] (1991, 1992-1993, 1994-2001), particularly his integral role on the 1999 Spurs team that won the [[NBA Finals|NBA championship]] against the [[New York Knicks]] in which he hit the championship-clinching shot in Game 5. The San Antonio Spurs retired Avery Johnson's number 6 on December 22, 2007 in a home game against the [[Los Angeles Clippers]]. |
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==Coaching career== |
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After spending the 2003-2004 season playing with the [[Golden State Warriors]], Johnson signed as a [[player-coach]] with the Dallas Mavericks under [[Don Nelson]]. Johnson had played under Nelson from 2001-2003, and it was understood from the beginning that Johnson was being groomed to eventually succeed Nelson as [[head coach]]. On [[October 28]], [[2004]], Johnson retired from playing to concentrate full-time on [[Coach (basketball)|coaching]], and his transition from assistant to head coach came five months later on [[March 19]], [[2005]]. |
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Under Johnson, the Mavericks closed out the [[2004-05 NBA season|2004-2005 season]] with a 16-2 run and a first-round playoff victory over the [[Houston Rockets]], before bowing out to the [[Phoenix Suns]] in the second round of the [[NBA playoffs|playoffs]]. Johnson was named the April 2005 NBA Coach of the Month, only one month after becoming a head coach for the first time. |
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The [[2005-06 NBA season|2005-2006 season]] was even more successful for Johnson and was marked by a series of milestones. In November 2005 Johnson again won the NBA Coach of the Month award (his second and second consecutive, following his award from April the previous season), making him the first NBA coach to win the award in his first two months as a head coach. On [[January 28]], [[2006]], when the Dallas Mavericks defeated the [[Utah Jazz]], Johnson's record as coach reached 50-12, making Johnson the fastest coach to reach 50 wins. In February 2006, he was chosen to coach the [[2006 NBA All-Star Game|2006 NBA All-Star team]] for the [[Western Conference (NBA)|Western Conference]]. On [[March 15]], [[2006]], Johnson set the record for most wins over the course of a coach's first 82 games (the duration of a full season), with 66 wins over the span. Although Johnson ultimately led the Mavericks to the second-best record in the Western Conference, the team entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the west, due to the structure of the [[2006 NBA Playoffs]] seeding. |
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In April 2006, Johnson was rewarded for this success with the 2006 [[NBA Coach of the Year Award]]. |
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In June 2006, after defeating the [[Memphis Grizzlies]], the defending champion [[San Antonio Spurs]], and the [[Phoenix Suns]] in the first three rounds of the playoffs, Johnson led the Dallas Mavericks to their first ever NBA Finals appearance. However, the Mavs were defeated in the [[Best-of-seven playoff|series]] by the [[Miami Heat]], losing 4 straight after winning the first two games. |
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On [[December 31]], [[2006]], Johnson became the fastest head coach to win 100 games by defeating the [[Denver Nuggets]]. |
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In the [[2006-07 NBA season|2006-07 season]], Johnson's Mavericks had the best record in the NBA with 67 wins and entered the playoffs as first seed. But his Mavericks eventually lost to the 8th seed [[Golden State Warriors]], led by former Mavericks head coach [[Don Nelson]], in one of the biggest upsets in recent NBA history. |
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With his win on [[November 18]], [[2007]] against the Grizzlies, Johnson became the fastest coach to reach 150 wins. |
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==Coaching Record== |
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;" |
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! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="4"|Regular Season !! colspan="1"|Post Season |
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! G !! W !! L !!Finish !! Result |
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![[Dallas Mavericks|DAL]]||[[2004-05 NBA season|2004-05]] |
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|18||16||2||2<SUP>nd</SUP> in Southwest||Lost in Second Round |
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![[Dallas Mavericks|DAL]]||[[2005-06 NBA season|2005-06]] |
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|82||60||22||2<SUP>nd</SUP> in Southwest||Lost in NBA Finals |
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![[Dallas Mavericks|DAL]]||[[2006-07 NBA season|2006-07]] |
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|82||67||15||1<SUP>st</SUP> in Southwest||Lost in First Round |
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![[Dallas Mavericks|DAL]]||[[2007-08 NBA season|2007-08]] |
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|38||26||12||1<SUP>st</SUP> in Southwest|| - |
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{{start box}} |
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{{succession box | title=[[Dallas Mavericks]] Head Coach | before=[[Don Nelson]] | years=2005–| after=''Current''}} |
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{{end box}} |
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{{NBACoach}} |
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{{San Antonio Spurs 1998-99 NBA champions}} |
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{{MavericksCoach}} |
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==Notes== |
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{{reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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*{{NBA-profile}} |
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*{{basketball-reference}} |
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*[http://aol.nba.com/coachfile/avery_johnson/index.html NBA.com coach profile] |
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{{Persondata |
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| NAME=Johnson, Avery |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION=[[basketball]] player and coach |
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| DATE OF BIRTH=[[March 25]], [[1965]] |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH=[[New Orleans, Louisiana]] |
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}} |
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[[Category:1965 births]] |
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[[Category:African American sportspeople]] |
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Revision as of 17:01, 24 January 2008
Avery Johnson
Sergeant Major Avery J. Johnson, (voiced by David Scully) is a Marine who leads human forces against Covenant and Flood assaults throughout the Halo series. Johnson and a few other soldiers survive the destruction of Installation 04 and are rescued by Cortana and the Master Chief during the novel Halo: First Strike. Johnson plays a much larger role in Halo 2, by joining forces with Covenant Arbiter to stop Tartarus from activating Installation 05.[16] Johnson is also the only human seen to survive a Flood infestation, due to a pre-existing medical condition, known as Boren's Syndrome.[17] In Halo 2, he is awarded the Colonial Cross for his heroic actions,[18] and leads UNSC forces to drive the Covenant from New Mombasa, Kenya after the aliens take the city during the events of the game. Johnson is the sole character featured in the Halo Graphic Novel story, "Breaking Quarantine", which details Johnson's escape from the Flood in Halo: Combat Evolved, and a main character in Halo: Contact Harvest. In Halo 3, he is killed by 343 Guilty Spark when trying to activate the uncompleted Halo at the Ark.
In many ways similar to the stereotype of charismatic black Marines found in other science fiction (such as Sergeant Apone in Aliens),[19] some publications found Johnson, though enjoyable, somewhat of a flat character. In an interview for Halo: Contact Harvest, Joseph Staten of Bungie admitted that Johnson was a static character in Halo: Combat Evolved, and that despite the character's potential, "he sort of inherited those caricature aspects [from Halo]."[19] Contact Harvest was a chance "to do right by Johnson, to give him the rich, fully fleshed out backstory he deserves, that we have never been able to give him in the game."[19]
This site was made by a guy named avery