Larry Brown
Larry Brown
Prolific basketball coach who led 8 NBA teams into the playoffs, won the NCAA Championship with Kansas and won an NBA Championship with Detroit.
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth14 September 1940
talked tells
I've talked to him and he tells me he's going to be all right.
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I've watched him forever. I very rarely see him smile or get excited. I'd love to see that. I don't know if that's his nature. I've commented to him numerous times that when things are going bad we have to have him with good body language.
asked coached days deal everybody game next spoken tries win
I've spoken to you after 28 games, and there was one game I was disappointed and I said that. Everybody makes a big deal (about it), I coached him (Marbury) for the next two days just like I always coached him. He's done what I asked and tries to win the game.
determine fighting playoffs reward share
I've said this over and over again. ... You defend, you rebound, you share the ball. That's going to determine how much you play. That's the way we're going to have to reward guys, because we're not fighting for the playoffs here.
amazing basketball coach guys playing systems talked
I've never talked anything about being a systems coach in my life. I've been a basketball coach, about guys playing the right way. That's always been what I've said. It's amazing to me the guys that have wanted to do it have really prospered.
harry novels published reckon
I've read everything Harry Crews has ever published. I reckon all of his novels and even his first story, which was published in about 1963.
coaching everywhere individual people problem
This is not an individual sport. Everywhere I went it's about team. I've been coaching the same way my whole life. I never had a problem getting people to understand.
coach felt help mature team true vital
The way we want to coach and play . . . he exemplifies all of those things. I thought with this young team he was vital for us because he's the most mature and the most experienced and really a true professional. I felt it would really help the young guys.
coach felt help mature team true vital
The way we want to coach and play . . . he exemplifies all of those things, ... I thought with this young team he was vital for us because he's the most mature and the most experienced and really a true professional. I felt it would really help the young guys.
shoot tough
They shoot 55 percent, it's going to be a tough night.
fourth good played
They were great. I thought we played pretty good the first half. In the fourth quarter, we just went to the young kids. They were phenomenal.
position
They were exhausted, that was one thing. And two, I didn't want to put them in that position yet.
audition guys help worried
This is an audition now. I'm not worried about egos. I'm going to play the guys I think can help us.
step
This is a big step back. It was unbelievable.