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
Believe me. This isn't going to be the same team.
great high level limited nights players
Two great players had spectacular nights and we competed at a high level with a limited group.
gets realize
When Marbury gets 15 assists and one turnover without Jamal in the game, you realize why we won. He was phenomenal.
finding people
Finding people who have the right mindset. They've just got too much on their minds.
break guys offensive run
Big guys can run on the break and get to the offensive board.
associated everybody liked
Everybody I know that's been associated with him liked him as a kid. We all make mistakes.
counts dressing everybody healthy impacts room
Everybody counts how many lineups we've had, but every day when I go into the dressing room I don't know who's going to be healthy and that impacts the lineup.
game losses trying wins
Every game matters. At the end of the year, this is what they do: They put the wins and losses up. Obviously, we're not going to make the playoffs, but I think the important thing is you get better. Hopefully, that's what we're trying to do.
ball came point time
Every day, I put him more and more on the ball and try to get him more and more involved. I was teasing him yesterday, saying, 'When you came with me the first time (in Indiana), you wanted to be a point guard. Well, you're probably going to have your wish.
beginning five four front good indicator nobody plays
At the beginning of the game, the first four or five plays they just got to the front of the rim with nobody helping. That was a pretty good indicator of how it went.
aggressive coming heard people
Coming in the league, a lot of people have heard he wasn't aggressive or physical, and with all rookies, he'll be challenged,
pat sit stand
To sit here and think that we're going to stand pat is kind of silly.
talked
We all went to him. We all talked to him ... What are you going to say?
cents principle
Two cents really isn't a big deal, it's the principle of it.