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
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.
bench floor huge meant players win
It was a huge win for us because there haven't been a lot of opportunities for us to smile. I could see from our bench and the players out on the floor that it meant a lot to them.
asked happened leave talk
Isiah asked if he could talk to the team. We were about to leave and Mr. Dolan happened to come by and Isiah asked Mr. Dolan if he would say something to the team.
coached great top tried
I've coached a lot of great kids, but he's at the top of the list. He told me he wanted to get better. He's tried to do everything I've asked.
blessed coach coaches good happens happier people players privilege taught time
I've been blessed with the players I've had the privilege to coach as well as with coaches that have taught me. I know every time something good happens to me, those people are happier than I am.
awful lead losing tough
It would have been awful tough losing a 17-point lead and not having anything to show for it.
call tough
It would have been a tough call for me.
maybe trying
The way I look at it, maybe some of them can't do what I ask. I don't want to look at them and say they're not trying. Maybe they just can't and that's what we're trying to find out.
commented hard
Even a ref commented to me how hard they were trying.
goes
Sammy goes 1-for-6 but he impacted the whole game. He was phenomenal.
break good guard job points
Same old, same old - we can't guard anybody. We don't do a good job of getting back. They had 33 points on the break and could have had 100.
guard
Same old, same old. We can't guard anybody.