Joe Johnson might have been happy to beat Derek Fisher on Friday night, but he also is happy about his fellow Arkansan's new job with the Knicks.
"You got two country boys from Little Rock, Ark., who are from the big city and enjoying life," Johnson said after the Nets' 110-99 win over the Knicks at Barclays Center. "I wish no ill will on him, man. That's my guy."
Johnson, who scored 18 points, said he first noticed Fisher when he was drafted by the Lakers in 1996.
"I was still in high school and he used to come back and used to play in this league back home," Johnson said. "I used to play in it, even though I was a young cat. It was him, Corliss Williamson, Scotty Thurman, all those guys on the same team. …"I just had fun going up there and watching them play. I had a chance to meet [those guys] and It was a dream come true for me."
Johnson, like Williamson and Thurman, went on to star at Arkansas before being drafted 10th overall by the Celtics in 2001.
Deron Williams spent time playing with — and against — Fisher during his long and successful NBA career, and always thought he would wind up doing exactly what he is now.
"When he was playing, when I played with him, he was a coach on the floor," Williams said. "I always thought that Fisher would make for a great coach if he decided to go that route."I'm excited for him, and I'm happy for him."
Fisher spent the whole 2006-07 season with the Jazz, helping Williams lead Utah to the Western Conference Finals, before going back to the Lakers for another four seasons and two more championships.
Now, Fisher is trying to install the triangle offense — something Williams got used to during his days with the Jazz and his many run-ins with the Lakers — with the Knicks.
Williams admitted he hasn't seen much of the Knicks so far this season, but he does think that they have the perfect player to install the system around in Carmelo Anthony.
"The triangle is the triangle, no matter how you do it," Williams said. "I'm sure there's going to be a lot of similarities, a lot of stuff is going to be done on the elbows, and they have some big men that can pass themselves.
"I think it's having a system and having the right players in that system, because everybody can't run every system. When you have the triangle, you need a player like Carmelo Anthony, a guy people can play off of and play around and get around the elbow area, kind of like Kobe Bryant. So when you have a scorer like that, that's the main part of the triangle offense and you play off of him."
Kevin Garnett passed Walt Bellamy for ninth in NBA history in rebounds. Garnett, who had four points and five rebounds in 13 minutes, now has 14,243 career rebounds. … Rookies Cory Jefferson and Markel Brown were inactive for a third straight game.
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