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
against appealing area beat came definitely division great improve positive situation talented teams tough
(Brandon) is a great player, but you can't beat the kind of teams he got to play against once he got on our team. And that's definitely appealing to Division I coaches. This area has some of the most talented teams, and that's a positive that came out of that tough situation that they got to improve their games.
seen sit watch
Did you watch it? I still haven't seen it. I'd like to sit down and watch it.
door opened sitting words
Man, it was more than words can say. We opened the door and there wasn't anything sitting there.
chicago easy good great hope situation team
He's a Chicago kid. That team had a great future. I don't know if it's ever easy being traded. My hope is that this is a good situation for him.
david guys helped jackson situation stern
I'd like to put Stu Jackson and David Stern and some of those guys in that same situation and see how they would have reacted. He helped get things under control.
die everywhere fans felt game giving heart situation watch
I die every game that any of our fans has to watch or (Dolan) has to watch. Hey, everywhere I've been, every place I've ever coached, I always felt we were getting better. I've never been in a situation where I didn't know in my heart we weren't getting better. And I'm not giving up here.
amazed david home jackson night restraint situation stern trouble
I'm amazed at the restraint (Davis) had. I'd like to put Stu Jackson or (NBA commissioner) David Stern in that situation and see how they'd react. He'd have been in a lot more trouble if he went home that night and hadn't done anything.
battling benefit crazy effort hope kids situations
I look out there and Channing was battling like crazy with 14 rebounds. His effort was great. You hope kids benefit in situations like that.
bunch expect open opened sitting trailers
When you open the door, you expect to see a bunch of trailers sitting there. We opened the door, and there wasn't anything sitting there.
pat sit stand
To sit here and think that we're going to stand pat is kind of silly.
coach count group knew places situation supposed
You're not supposed to have to coach effort. I've never been in a situation where that's ever been an issue. I've always been in places where I knew you could count on the effort. But again, this is as young a group as I've had in a long time.
guys heard knew situation walked
This is the not the same situation I walked into in Detroit, ... Those guys all knew how to play. There weren't a lot of things I told them that they haven't heard or done before.
rookies situation tough
I thought they were a little tired, ... and then I thought down the stretch, I don't want to put the rookies in a tough situation like that.
emphasis individual main necessary sit work
I think it is necessary to sit down and work for years and years to get it right. I think that's the main thing, that's what the emphasis has got to be on: individual work.