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Warriors drop Montgomery, re-hire NelsonBasketball Betting Lines08/29/2006 - OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -Coach Mike Montgomery was dismissed by the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday, and Don Nelson was ready to step in. Golden State will re-hire Nelson, the second-winningest coach in NBA history and the last coach to lead the downtrodden Warriors to the playoffs, on Wednesday, a league source told The Associated Press. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal hadn't been completed, said the 66-year-old Nelson settled his differences with Warriors owner Chris Cohan and agreed to return to the club where he went 277-260 from 1988-95 and led Golden State to its last playoff appearance. Nelson, a three-time NBA coach of the year, has won 1,190 games in a career that also includes stops in Milwaukee, New York and Dallas, where he won 339 games and led the Mavericks' revitalization from 1998 until March 2005. Almost nothing good has happened to the Warriors since Nelson, a three-time NBA coach of the year, left in December 1995. Montgomery - the Warriors' ninth coach in 12 seasons since Nelson's departure - had identical 34-48 records in his two seasons with the club. ``Based on this agreement, we will now focus our efforts in a different direction and do what we think is in the best interest for this team,'' said Chris Mullin, the Warriors' executive vice president, in a statement. The club opens training camp in five weeks in Oakland. Mullin, who played for Nelson throughout the coach's tenure, has been thought to be unhappy with Montgomery for most of the last two years. Nelson's arrival might be the necessary move to drum up interest in the Warriors, who promised big offseason changes after missing the playoffs for the 12th straight season. Mullin couldn't deliver any big changes, only swapping Derek Fisher to the Utah Jazz for three players. Mullin didn't return a phone call, and Nelson didn't answer his phone at his home in Maui. The deal was first reported by ESPN.com. The 59-year-old Montgomery had two years remaining on a 4-year, $10 million contract he signed before the 2004-2005 season. The Warriors didn't release any details about Montgomery's severance package. Montgomery was thought to be Cohan's choice when Mullin dropped Eric Musselman shortly after taking over the Warriors' basketball operations. Montgomery caught Cohan's eye while coaching Stanford the previous 18 years, turning the Cardinal into a national power with a Final Four appearance and 393 victories. But he never got results in the NBA. ``This was a new challenge that I was eager to embrace and glad that I had the chance to pursue and experience,'' Montgomery said in a statement. Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
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