Avery tricks us into thinking that was him on the sideline
"He wants the players to take more control out there on the floor"
CLEVELAND -- On a Halloween night, when the Cleveland Cavaliers looked more like the living dead than the troupe of dancers performing Michael Jackson's Thriller, the strangest costume of all was being worn by the Mavericks' head coach.
Who was this guy sporting Avery Johnson's suit and wearing his face, anyway?
Couldn't be the high-intensity, tightly wound Johnson we've come to know and love in his first two years in Dallas, could it?
Nah. This guy was relaxed, laid-back, even -- dare I say it? -- mellow. Read more