Avery Johnson led the Dallas Mavericks to 60 wins this season, tied for the highest most in franchise history, and the defense improved to a franchise low 93.1 PPG.  For these accomplishments, a panel of 124 sports writers and broadcasters deemed Johnson the best coach of the ‘05-‘06 season.  Johnson received 63 first place votes followed by Phoenix Suns coach Mike D’Antoni with 27 first-place votes.  Johnson has been a like-able personality since his playing days with the San Antonio Spurs, which probably swayed some of the voters.  Hopefully Johnson will continue to have a good career as a coach, but don’t think too much of the award as previous winners have been coaches with dubious careers such as: Don Chaney and Doc Rivers.

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