Avery Johnson Quotes

Yao is playing some awfully good basketball. I had a firsthand look at him during All-Star Weekend, and he looked to be moving pretty good. Obviously he's a big focus of our defense. - Avery Johnson

When he is aggressive and mixing his game up, they don't play him for one particular area of his game. He showed up his post-up game, his driving ability, his 3-point shot and his in-between game. - Avery Johnson

What we have here is a failure to communicate. - Avery Johnson

What they have done the first half of the year, I wouldn't have disagreed with five. - Avery Johnson

What a great young player. You turn over No. 6, and there's Tony's No. 9. But he's better, he's quicker, and just a terrific player. He and Timmy (Duncan) just make a great one-two punch. He plays the game the right way. He sticks to what he does very well, and I'm looking forward to coaching him on All-Star weekend. - Avery Johnson

We've had some guys out for long periods of time. We've got to whip those guys back in shape. We're waiting on (Keith) Van Horn to come back, which we think he can come back in about a week to 10 days. Hopefully, that other series will stretch to seven games. - Avery Johnson

We've had a pretty good year up to this point. So we don't want to let all of that go down the drain because we got four guys injured. - Avery Johnson

We've been going pretty hard in practice and in the games. It's something we like to do. - Avery Johnson

We're trying to get people to realize that even though he doesn't play exactly like Elton Brand or Tim Duncan or Karl Malone, that's OK. His body's not built like those guys', but he still makes strong moves. And I don't know how much people are convinced of that yet. We hope he continues to get the respect. - Avery Johnson

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