Avery Johnson: Media Day

I didn't know Johnson was having a PC today, but I'll update what I see on twitter:

@abyingtonTD
First-year @AlabamaMBB HC Avery Johnson opens up his "media day" presser with a "Roll Tide and #BuckleUp."

@Marq_Burnett
Avery Johnson says center Jimmie Taylor has been standing out on both ends of the floor. "We're going to lean on him a lot this year."

@abyingtonTD
Johnson on recruiting: "I don't know if we have proven anything yet." Proof is when kids sign on the dotted line. Bama is "competitive."

@abyingtonTD
.@CoachAvery6 says he has no intention to ride in on a motorcycle dressed as the "Little General" during tomorrow night's #TipOff event.

@Marq_Burnett
Alabama LB Reggie Ragland (@reggieragland) will be a celebrity guest judge at Alabama basketball's Tip-Off tomorrow, per Avery Johnson.

@Nic_Gulas
Avery Johnson: "We don't have a rotation. We don't have a starting lineup." Compares it to ask Saban about QBs in preseason.


@abyingtonTD
.@CoachAvery6 on recruiting: "I think whenever guys verbally commit it's very encouraging because it sends shockwaves through the system."


@Marq_Burnett
Jimmie Taylor struggled with foul trouble last season. Avery Johnson says the team has spent a ton of time working w/ him to improve on that

@Nic_Gulas
We're two minutes in to Avery's presser and he's already mentioned setting legal screens

@Nic_Gulas
Johnson: I expect people to see the excitement of our programs at the Tide Tipoff. Shooting contest, slam dunk contest, and a few surprises

@Nic_Gulas
AJ: "we're very young on the perimeter" says there's a battle at the PG and wing positions with the youth and inexperience

@Nic_Gulas
AJ: wants the team to play fast but not forgot Jimmie Taylor. Has told players to look for secondary breaks w/ JT.

@Nic_Gulas
"Difficult" and "painful" is how AJ calls the transition to get the players to shoot good shots early in the shot clock.

?@Nic_Gulas
AJ: "We can't have Jimmie get in foul trouble in the first three minutes of the game, especially with silly fouls"

@Nic_Gulas
AJ: "We wanna make it hard on our opposing teams when they come in here. We've got 2,000 of our students closer to the floor."

?@Nic_Gulas
AJ: "The lifeline of our program has to be our students" Says season ticket orders are up

@Nic_Gulas
Donte Hall has already gained 20 pounds since arriving on campus, according to Avery. "I'm pleased with where he's at"

@abyingtonTD
.@CoachAvery6 says he & his family are fully moved in to Tuscaloosa, doesn't have a home anywhere else in the country: "We're all in."

@Marq_Burnett
Avery Johnson didn't picture himself in Alabama before he came here, but now it "fits me like a glove."

@Marq_Burnett
Avery Johnson on Nick Saban: "We're family, and family is always there for each other."