He's so sure with the ball. It's not often you find a guy that has that combination of skill as far as handling the ball and ability to make plays and the strength to get to spots on the floor.
SALT LAKE CITY — Perhaps this was precisely why Joe Johnson was brought to Utah as a shrewd free-agent signing last summer:
To help show this young Utah Jazz ballclub how to win under the intense pressure of the NBA playoffs.
And even though his team was hit with another cruel dose of terrible misfortune, it still could not prevent the savvy 16-year veteran from going to work and doing his job.