Avery Johnson is not returning to the sidelines as coach of the Detroit Pistons after a deal between the two sides fell apart, NBA.com has learned. The former Mavericks coach and current ESPN analyst had come to terms with Pistons president Joe Dumars on g 485 2009-01-13T18:28:25-05:00 Snag in negotiations halts Johnson's deal with Pistons 17581 --- - !map:HashWithIndifferentAccess byline: "" title: Iverson close to deal with the Knicks date: NOV 19 url: http://www.nba.com/2009/news/11/19/knicks.iverson/index.html?rss=true 2009-07-07T12:37:00-04:00 752 AOL Sports http://www.nba.com/rss/nba_rss.xml 3 8 2009-11-21T04:06:16-05:00 http://www.nba.com/2009/news/07/07/pistons.johnson/index.html?rss=true