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
coached david except helps hurt hurts rotation san settled three year
I've never coached that way, where we've never had a set rotation, except my first year in San Antonio, we had a lot of injuries. That's really hurt the team. It hurts your progress. All of a sudden, we settled on David at the three and we have the three-guard rotation for the most part. It helps everybody, I think.
badly fans phenomenal
I want badly for us to do well, because of the fans here, ... They've been phenomenal over the years.
based college draft expect given guys key minutes opportunity played players playing respect teams won
Teams have won with young players playing key roles. A lot of teams draft based on potential, but we have guys here who have played in college for a while. They will respect the minutes they get, not expect them, and they will be given every opportunity to play.
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.
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.
bed romantic sure woman
The most romantic a woman ever said to me in bed was; ""Are you sure you are not a cop?
acquiring added assist exciting help level player talent veteran
Acquiring a player of Steve's level and talent is very exciting for this team. In Steve, we have added a veteran that could help us in many areas, and assist with our young players' development.
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.