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
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.
gets painful sure
He's sore. If he doesn't get hit, I'm sure he'll be all right. If he gets hit, it's going to be painful for a while.
blessed coach great list top
He's exceptional. I've been blessed to coach a lot of great kids, but he's at the top of the list for me.
exactly seen
He's exactly what we need. I think it's a no-brainer. I haven't seen a drop-off in his game.
farthest point
He's the farthest thing from a point guard.
evaluate
He's out 'til after All-Star break, and then we'll evaluate him after All-Star break.
foul guys recall three
I don't recall the play. We would never foul if we were down three points. I wanted our guys to go for steals.
chance guard hard message react share
I don't react to what he says. I've said the same message for 30-something years. You share the ball, you play hard and you try to guard and you have a chance to be successful.
progress start until
I don't know if we'll find out a lot about our progress until after this is over and we can start working in the summertime.
basketball difficult fun messing player taking tries watch
I don't know if he's ready, but he tries every day. We've been messing around with him there. It's kind of fun to watch him. There's going to be some difficult things for him, but I think it will make him a better basketball player taking on that responsibility.
effort eight matched minutes
I didn't think we, other than the first seven, eight minutes (of the game), matched their energy. Their effort was phenomenal.
hear
I didn't hear what he said and really don't care.
equate guys money
Because guys are making a lot of money doesn't always equate to wins.