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
acquiring exciting level player talent
Acquiring a player of Steve's level and talent is very exciting for this team.
hard run spirit teams
Story of our season. When teams make a run at us, it's very hard to find the competitive spirit you need to get back in games.
cut fully guys importance lead maybe pass saw understand
Once we cut the lead to seven, it's like I never saw a pass after that. We have a lot of young guys who maybe don't fully understand the importance of the little things.
awhile beginning hopefully next rest shut sudden time
Dr. Callahan told me let's shut it down awhile and give him some time to rest because he hasn't done anything (like this) in two years, ... It's a lot different than working out on your own and then all of sudden being in this kind of environment. So we're going to shut it down a little bit. Hopefully he'll be back the beginning of next week. We'll know a lot more then.
act aggressive came few game people run tried trying
During the game I tried to run a few things for him and he said he couldn't. He was trying to get other people involved, so I just told him to be aggressive and act like you're trying to score. He was struggling, but he came through under the circumstances.
good harder older
The older you get the harder it is, ... I'm not a good flier. I'll take my Valium when we get to Florida.
life therapy year
After a year in therapy my psychiatrist said to me, "Maybe life isn't for everyone
coach forward gave last looking opportunity sooner win
After last night, ... I'd be looking forward to coach any game. We gave away a real opportunity to win a game, and so the sooner we play, the better I feel.
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.
both defensive fought last minute night rebound
I thought he did a lot better. He rebounded much better the other night; last night he got his first defensive rebound with a minute to go. But I thought he fought them both on the post.