Bass the Punisher

Another tidbit from practice today: Avery Johnson graded Brandon Bass’ 16-plus minutes (six points, three rebounds and a block) against Cleveland as “solid.” Bass could have grabbed another couple rebounds and blocked another couple shots, Johnson said, but there were no complaints about his intensity.

Johnson wants to see the young power forward go 100 mph for 100 percent of the time.

“I don’t want to have to wind you up,” Johnson said. “I want him to get in there and throw that muscle around. I want him to go up and try to tear the basket down. I want him to hit somebody so hard that their body is going to be shivering the whole night. That’s what his job is, and he’ll get there.”