Avery Johnson
Avery Johnson
Avery Johnsonis an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team. Johnson spent 16 years in the National Basketball Association as a player, and subsequently served as the head coach of two NBA teams: the Dallas Mavericks and New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets. He led the Mavericks to their first NBA Finals appearance and to three consecutive 50+ win seasons. During his playing days, Johnson was known as the "Little General" for his...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth25 March 1969
CityNew Orleans, LA
They didn't hear much from me at halftime. No throwing chairs, VCRs or Gatorade bottles. I didn't get in anybody's face.
I don't want our team to misconstrue the message of us trying to get to the next level. We're not going to get there in one night, all right? No matter what's been said over the All-Star break or what race we're supposed to be in, it's all meaningless right now.
The guys were consciously trying to get him the ball. And he was hot.
They made a run. They're a very good basketball team. The second half, they got it within two, and we just suggested 'stay tough-minded.' And we were able to get somewhat of a cushion.
The guys really tried to get T-Mac the ball.
It was a gutsy win for us tonight. That's a scrappy team over there. They've been playing some very good basketball and we don't take anything for granted. (Stackhouse) stepped up tonight and I thought Devin really came on and gave us a big lift in overtime.
He's proven he can go two weeks and jump out there and do something, but as we get closer toward the end of the season, I'd like to try to plug him in here and there. You can't expect him to always get out there and be Superman.
I thought Diop did well with limited minutes ... and I thought Dampier came out and contributed off the bench.
I'm going to think that I won't have him, then hopefully we will.
I think there's another level for us to go to. We did some good stuff. We did some bad stuff.
I thought Damp (Erick Dampier) really shut down a lot of their penetrations in the fourth quarter. He got a couple of blocks, rebounds and I thought he was the reason we won the game.
I think we're just going to see how it goes. It all depends who we play.
He wanted to play a little bit more tonight, but I told him we're looking at the big picture.
Teams are coming in here dropping 30-some points on us in the first quarter. We've been digging ourselves in a hole, so I'll continue to work on finding the right formula to help get us off to better starts. Maybe I won't call timeouts as quick as I used to. We'll have to do something.