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
decided guys
I just decided to play the guys I played.
bottom people position wrong
I put the wrong people in a position to fail. That's the bottom line.
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.
best bit coach convinced good hard played possibly talked
At times he's played as good as I think he can possibly play. I also think he's not completely convinced that the way I coach is in his best interest. And that's something's that's been a little bit hard for me, and we've talked about it over and over again.
difficult since
That's been the most difficult thing since I got here. It can't be about any one individual. It's got to be about the team.
anybody blame blames concerned entirely falling flailing man saw tony worried
That's entirely different. He was worried about his wife, Kendra, that's why Tony went into the stands. He said he saw her falling back and someone flailing at her. That's a man concerned about his family. I don't blame him. I don't think anybody blames him.
chances few figure games generally guard last learn listen preaching share
The last few games you see how many assists we've had, it's been a lot better. If we share the ball, try to guard and try to play hard, you'll generally get something accomplished. I've been preaching that forever. If you want to listen and learn you'll get it. If you don't, chances are you won't figure it out.
brown great hate larry respect
The Larry Brown situation, I hate that, man. I respect Larry Brown, he's a great coach. But I don't like what he has become. This is getting to be redundant.
effort hustle
Their effort was phenomenal. They made hustle play after hustle play.
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.
draft earlier love orleans picks
I love the kid. I begged my friends who had earlier picks than New Orleans to draft him. He's phenomenal.
handle quickly
I'll have a better handle on it tomorrow. He wanted to go back in and them motioned to me pretty quickly that he was hurt.