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
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In the past when we blew a lead, there would have been a lot of guys putting their heads down. But the crowd didn't allow us to do that, and we hung on.
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I really didn't know what to expect, to be honest with you. You hate to put three of them out there together, playing in an NBA season against quality teams. That puts a lot of pressure on them. But they're good kids, they want to get better. It's going to speed up their growth, so we have to have some other people step up and we have to do a better job coaching them. But they're getting better.
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If you're the best player, surely you're going to have some effect on the outcome of a game. And I've said this from Day 1: I've never given anybody in my career more free rein in my career. And I went to the conference finals (in Indiana) with Haywood Workman as a point guard. With Eric Snow, who was the fourth-string point guard in Seattle. He went to the NBA Finals (with Philadelphia).
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If you want to run, if your guards can rebound the ball that's one less pass you have to make on the break.
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If you were to apply this literally, you could have 1,800 residents (city's population) making individual allegations. That could gum up the works.
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He's sore. If he doesn't get hit, I'm sure he'll be all right. If he gets hit, it's going to be painful for a while.
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He's exceptional. I've been blessed to coach a lot of great kids, but he's at the top of the list for me.
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He's exactly what we need. I think it's a no-brainer. I haven't seen a drop-off in his game.
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He's the farthest thing from a point guard.
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He's out 'til after All-Star break, and then we'll evaluate him after All-Star break.
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I don't recall the play. We would never foul if we were down three points. I wanted our guys to go for steals.
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I don't react to what he says. I've said the same message for 30-something years. You share the ball, you play hard and you try to guard and you have a chance to be successful.
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I don't know if we'll find out a lot about our progress until after this is over and we can start working in the summertime.
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I don't know if he's ready, but he tries every day. We've been messing around with him there. It's kind of fun to watch him. There's going to be some difficult things for him, but I think it will make him a better basketball player taking on that responsibility.