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
allen bring brought guys lead people respecting talked tonight
We started out good. We all talked about respecting them with Allen out. We had a seven-point lead and then we just completely wilted. We had a lot of guys that didn't bring it to tonight and they had a lot of people that brought it.
forgot good missed playing shots time
We started playing a little fast. We missed a lot of really good shots and I thought we got a little tight. We forgot time and score.
cooked decided department fire raise ton
We've always cooked at the fire department to raise funds. We've probably cooked up a ton of barbecue. We decided let's do it competitively, and here we are,
beginning bit hopefully next ready shut week worry
We're going to shut him down a little bit. Hopefully, he'll be back at the beginning of next week and we'll know a little bit more. Hopefully he'll be ready to play. If not we'll worry about that then.
ball energy execute matching simple turn
We're just not doing it. We're not matching the energy of our opponent. We're doing the same things we've done all year. We turn the ball over too much, don't make simple plays, and don't execute very well.
acting looked
We were acting like we just wanted to get home, It looked that way, didn't it? Didn't it look that way to you. It looked that way to me.
four hard paid testing worked
We worked hard over four years to demonstrate the fruitlessness of testing and now that work has paid off,
fight happened night
This wasn't (Auburn Hills). What happened that night started because of a fight on the court. This was nothing like that. Once (Davis) got up there, he didn't do anything.
badly coach excited felt fun game good guys trying
When you're a coach and you see guys trying and you don't get a win, you want badly for something good to happen, ... I sensed after the game they really felt good about it, they were excited about it. That was fun to see.
guess process
We're just young. And I guess this is the process you have to live with.
auditions
There are no auditions anymore. I know what we have.
run
The only way you can run is if you get stops.
guys issue rebound
The only thing I want is guys who play hard, play unselfishly, try to defend, try to rebound and play with some kind of intelligence. I think that's been an issue forever.
hard positive seems spin though
When we started the season, even though we were losing, I thought we were making progress. Now, it seems like we're not making progress. It's hard to put a positive spin on it.