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
believe commitment defensive detroit effort good san team terms toughness
If you don't really play hard, you have no chance. Can we be the kind of defensive team San Antonio or Detroit are? No. I don't think we have the personnel. Can we be a good defensive team? Yes. I really believe we've lacked the commitment in terms of effort and the toughness in terms of having a mind-set and a trust.
guys happy
If you look at every team, the guys that play are going to be happy and the guys that don't play are going to be unhappy,
fought fourth guys hard positive
In the fourth quarter, we were phenomenal. It would've been a crime, as hard as our guys fought back, not to have anything positive to show for it.
help particular shape
I just think our big guys, in particular Eddy and Jerome, are not in the kind of shape they need to be in to play in the N.B.A. right now, ... But we still have time. And they will get in shape, and they will help us.
aggressive create eight good looking plays shots
I reiterated to him that he can't have seven, eight shots a game. He's got to be looking to make plays . . . The more aggressive he is looking to take shots, the better he'll become. I want him to take as many good shots as he can, and by doing that, he'll create for others.
fault guy
His daughter's sick. I don't think you can fault a guy for that.
magic time won
His first time ever in the playoffs, Magic (Johnson) won a championship.
audition guys stuff
I know what we have. You guys know what we have. There's no audition. That audition stuff has been over a long time.
beats guys help nobody
I'm mad, ... But that's my responsibility. I've got to get guys to play the right way. But I see a two-on-one break, and we don't make a pass. Defensively, a guy beats us and there's nobody there to help out.
accept ask great looking
I'm looking to see who is going to accept roles, do what we ask and be a great teammate.
giving
I'm in this for the long haul. I told everybody, 'I'm not giving up. I know it's going to get better.
bottom contribute finding line played playing proud situations tough ways year
I'm just proud of the young kids. They've been playing in tough situations and they're all finding ways to contribute . . . Why not play the young kids? You have been on my butt all year about that. The bottom line is when they have played, they've played pretty good.
finding playing proud situations tough ways
I'm just proud of the young kids. They've been playing in tough situations and finding ways to contribute.
figured proud quality team
I'm just proud of them because that's a quality team and we managed to survive, and then we figured out a way to win.