And another mangaka who's often been accused of swiping from Avatar, Kouhei Horikoshi, is on record as saying he'd never even heard of Avatar until American fans started poking at him about the coincidence of broody young men with fire powers and burn scars over one eye. It's vaguely possible that he was one of the few to catch it on Japanese TV, but there's no evidence for it.
As far as I know, Hajime Isayama has never cited Avatar as one of his inspirations, or even mentioned the series at all. The big problem is that the series just wasn't very popular in Japan, and in fact the entire Nickelodeon channel was watched by almost nobody, to the point where it was taken off the air in late 2009. There was even a Japanese dub of the first two seasons running from 2007 to 2009. Timing-wise, it works out okay: Attack on Titan didn't start until 2009, and both Avatar and the episodes featuring Ba Sing Se predate that.
It's possible, but I don't think it's likely.
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