AJ goes AI

You know everyone is in a good mood when Avery Johnson channels his inner Allen Iverson. Asked about practice going a little long today, the General uttered the infamous: “Practice? Practice?”

He never got to, “We’re talking about practice,” but he didn’t need to. Johnson is in the unique position of being able to sympathize with Iverson and his former coach Larry Brown. Johnson played for Brown in San Antonio in the early 1990s.

“That’s my man, Larry,” Johnson said. “I felt the same way as Allen. I just didn’t say it. Seems like [Brown] was there to meet me at practice every morning. As soon as I walked in the gym, he was out there standing with the ball at the middle of the floor.”