Avery Spends His Time Preaching

by Net Income on Nov 14, 2011 7:00 AM EST

This time of year, Avery Johnson would, in normal times, be screaming and running up and down the sideline. Not in 2011. So Johnson has been spending a lot time talking to kids, from grade school to college, in New Jersey and Brooklyn, Texas and his native Louisiana.

This month is typical. On November 1, he was guest speaker in Corpus Christi, TX, at the annual awards dinner for Heroes for Hearing, an annual fundraiser for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center, His message: hard work and dedication make ordinary people heroes.

On Monday, he'll be in New York to be honored by the Weeksville Society. The group is preserving the home of James Weeks, an African-American entrepreneur who in 1838 founded Weeksville, a community down Atlantic Avenue from the Barclays Center. The Nets will help out by auctioning off seats on a Nets charter during the upcoming season.

Welcome to Weeksville Heritage Center - Weeksville Heritage Society
Heroes for Hearing event raises funds, has inspirational message - Sarah Tindall - Corpus Christi Caller-Times

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Travis Outlaw has a different message?

His message: hard work and dedication make ordinary people heroes.

Avery Johnson can go Outlaw himself.
Hey Avery: 我觉得你做得不是很好
NETS BASKETBALL…. JUST DEAL WITH IT!

by 3ptChucker on Nov 14, 2011 11:12 AM EST reply actions

I know exactly how the Outlaw deal went down

and it didn’t go down the way you think it did.

You would have to very naive to think that Avery Johnson, a brand new coach, negotiated the dollar amount. He didn’t.

"It's as sweet as it ever was, I'll tell you. Now, hopefully, we started something and we can win some more championships, but we're going to enjoy this one right now. Have a little champagne." --Julius Erving, May 12, 1976, ABA champion Nets locker room.

by Net Income on Nov 14, 2011 6:08 PM EST up reply actions