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Last Modified: Friday, March 4, 2016 at 9:17 p.m.
Avery Johnson, a magician at finding open teammates as one of the all-time NBA assist leaders, is able to use that sharp vision to find other things that the average person might not see in his new role as Alabama's head basketball coach.
Silver linings, for instance.
It's been hard to peer through the gloom down the stretch of Alabama's season, particularly after a tough Senior Night loss to Arkansas last Wednesday that tossed Alabama out of most hypothetical NCAA Tournament brackets.