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
help particular shape
I just think our big guys, in particular Eddy and Jerome, are not in the kind of shape they need to be in to play in the N.B.A. right now, ... But we still have time. And they will get in shape, and they will help us.
aggressive create eight good looking plays shots
I reiterated to him that he can't have seven, eight shots a game. He's got to be looking to make plays . . . The more aggressive he is looking to take shots, the better he'll become. I want him to take as many good shots as he can, and by doing that, he'll create for others.
draft earlier love orleans picks
I love the kid. I begged my friends who had earlier picks than New Orleans to draft him. He's phenomenal.
handle quickly
I'll have a better handle on it tomorrow. He wanted to go back in and them motioned to me pretty quickly that he was hurt.
affect bad ball believe compound effort generally hustle kids strongly talk turn understanding
I look around, the young kids can make a mistake, but it's generally with effort and that will go a long way to correcting itself, ... We've got to get all of us doing that, because you're going to make mistakes. Take a bad shot, turn the ball over. It's going to happen, but you can't compound it by not doing your job, and understanding the trust, I always talk about trust, if I don't hustle back I affect my whole team, and I have to believe strongly enough not to ever let that happen.
afraid consider great nervous players rush walked
I know he's not afraid to take it. I was a little nervous that he walked it up. I wanted him to kind of rush it up but it was a great win, especially when you consider the players we had out there.
guys mean simply
I know how much those two guys mean to us but we had some guys that simply didn't compete.
record
In this league, you look at the record and to have a record like us you have to look at the coach.
coming grew happen heard imagined
I heard it. I grew up coming to this place. I never imagined that would ever happen to me. Obviously, that was very special.
answer break evaluate heard until
I heard he said he was out until the All-Star break, so I don't have to answer it any more. That's what I heard, so he's out until the All-Star break and we'll evaluate after the All-Star break.
audition guys stuff
I know what we have. You guys know what we have. There's no audition. That audition stuff has been over a long time.
beats guys help nobody
I'm mad, ... But that's my responsibility. I've got to get guys to play the right way. But I see a two-on-one break, and we don't make a pass. Defensively, a guy beats us and there's nobody there to help out.
accept ask great looking
I'm looking to see who is going to accept roles, do what we ask and be a great teammate.
giving
I'm in this for the long haul. I told everybody, 'I'm not giving up. I know it's going to get better.