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Hours before leaving for a four-game West Coast road trip, Nets coach Avery Johnson said Tuesday he didn't expect any roster changes during the trip.

"This is the team that will be playing on the whole road trip," Johnson said.

Johnson backed off the comment when asked if that meant a potential trade was on hold.

"I don't make guarantees," he said. "That's not my job. I don't make guarantees. No. I don't even know if I was that good when I was in the media at making predictions. I had a few right, and the few that I got right I let everybody know about them consistently. But the other ones that I didn't get right, we don't talk about those. The point is, we're going to have this team throughout the road trip."

Johnson said he would adjust if either owner Mikhail Prokhorov or general manager Billy King told him something different.

"I know what's going on behind the scenes," Johnson said. "So, just because somebody else reports something, I know what the truth is."

The Boozer-Thibodeau relationship appeared rocky when the coach benched Boozer for the final 13 minutes, 21 seconds of a 96-94 loss to the New Jersey Nets on Jan. 5.

Thibodeau shot down speculation that he wasn't happy with Boozer's effort on defense.

"The thing about that game, it wasn't a benching of Carlos," Thibodeau said. "We were struggling. We were down 13 going into the fourth quarter. We were low energy the whole game. [The Nets] went small and the group that went out there erased the 13-point lead quickly so our bench gave us great energy. We had some matchup concerns. With Carlos, he's all about winning. Most of the time he's going to be out there for most of the fourth quarter. He knows that."

MINNEAPOLIS -- Timberwolves forward Michael Beasley did not practice on Monday with an ankle injury and is questionable for the game against San Antonio on Tuesday.

Michael Beasley

Beasley

Beasley was hurt on Sunday night against the Spurs in San Antonio. He rolled his ankle and was limited to 11 minutes while scoring just two points in the 94-91 loss.

Beasley first injured his ankle on Friday night against the Portland Trail Blazers. Beasley also fell hard on his hip in that game, but said after practice on Monday that the ankle was the only issue that could affect his availability for the next game.

The Timberwolves say Beasley will be evaluated again on Tuesday before the game.

Beasley leads the team in scoring at 21.9 points per game.