Hubie Brown
Hubie Brown
Hubert Jude "Hubie" Brownis an American retired basketball coach and a current television analyst. Brown is a two-time NBA Coach of the Year, the honors being separated by 26 years. Brown was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth25 September 1933
CityHazleton, PA
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They try to divide you, all these guys try to divide you and they try to divide the team. They get an unnamed source or a player here (to say) that we're all pointing fingers.
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People forget now that (Damon) Stoudamire was having his best year probably in about five seasons before he went out with the leg injury. But they picked up (Chucky) Atkins so it's been able to continue. (Winning 49 games) is a testimony to a general manager who can help a situation.
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The team has not been able to get to the level that they thought they would be at now.
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There has not been a better post-up 6-6 or 6-7 player in the league than Bernard King.
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You have to be happy for them because they were willing to make some bold moves and they paid off for them. They were willing to make the hard decisions. Now, they have all that young talent coming on. And the way they played late in the season, it's a great sign for the future of that team.
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It's overwhelming because it makes you reflect on your entire career as a coach, an analyst and a clinician, ... It puts you in a reflective mode from the day that it was announced. You think back over the highs and the lows. The highs far outweigh the lows. There have been all kinds of rewards. I've been in some incredible situations. It's just been a wonderful ride because of basketball.
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Then he was an assistant at Kansas under Larry Brown and was just an excellent assistant. He was very organized and liked to work with front-court people. He's very offensive-minded. He was a good half-court teacher and (good) when you got into your half-court sets. When he had his opportunity at Indiana and San Antonio, they did well offensively.
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It reinvented me. It got me back doing what I probably was supposed to be doing.
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It's all the doors that are open to you by management and athletic directors, ... In coaching, it's your staff and players who make it happen. In TV and with clinics, it's the opportunities that are open to you. TV is a team game also with the play-by-play guy, the producer and the director.
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We're 30 years older now, so you can go back and appreciate things a lot more, ... It's made for a wonderful year.
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We're not a great defensive rebounding team. That's been our Achilles' heel, ... But we get out on the break, we run hard and we play good defense.
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We don't have the big bad wolf Lakers, ... but who's to say there will not be another terrific team in two years. If (Shaquille O'Neal) holds up, Miami could be that team.
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That's not a laughable question. They're in a good draw.
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This is a tremendous honor because I'm stepping into this class with three coaches that I have the greatest respect for.