Go Diego Go

A reporter from Spanish-language newspaper Al Día helped bring a rousing end to today’s post-practice media session. Diego Aparicio asked about the playing status of Puerto Rican-born JJ Barea before Avery Johnson cheerfully fired back.

“I get a question from you about JJ every day,” Johnson cracked. “Hold on a second, we’ve got Juwan Howard, Dampier, Josh Howard, Devin Harris, Eddie Jones. You ask me about JJ every day.”

Johnson continued: “We’ve got other guys on the team. You don’t think Jason Terry is awfully good?”

Aparicio explained that his readers wanted to know why Barea wasn’t playing much lately.

Johnson finally brought it to a riotous conclusion: “JJ is not playing because of Devin Harris and $45 million.”