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
camp certainly hard late practice realize strengths training
It's been a struggle. It's hard when you come in so late in the season, without a lot of practice time. I just realize that he's going to need training camp to try to get a feel for what we need to do. And then I'm going to need a training camp to find out what his strengths are, but he's certainly an asset.
great missed
It's great having him back. We've missed him.
bought conversation experience fact great trying
After that conversation everything was very positive. I thought he really bought into what we were trying to do. It was not a great experience for me, the fact that we lost, but it was a great experience to see his growth.
bring guys imperative key league players successful veteran
It's imperative that your better players bring it every night. I don't think there's any way to be successful in this league with just young kids. You need veteran leadership. Sometimes it comes from guys who don't play, but for the most part it has to come from the guys that are the key players.
people understand
It's important to me that you give something back to our sport, ... and people here understand the right way to play.
beaten shared
It was like the JV and the varsity. I think they could've beaten us by 50 the way they executed and shared the ball.
against beaten
It was like the JV against the varsity. I think they could've beaten us by 50.
happy played pleased stretch win
I'm not pleased with the way we played at all. But a win down the stretch is a win. And I'm just happy to be playing.
evaluate guys time
I'm going to play guys and see what we have. What better time to evaluate your guys?
francis glad scoring smart system understand won
I'm glad he won the slam-dunk contest, but I don't think they have a scoring system like that when you play a game. And I think he's smart enough to understand that when you have Marbury and Francis and Jamal, you can't play everybody.
figure gonna playing rest
I'm gonna keep playing the kids, ... and then figure out the rest of it from there.
ball free inside shot throws
I'm not going to get on the whistles. They shot free throws because they got the ball inside and they were aggressive.
comment emphasis happy point
I'm not going to comment any more. That's not my point of emphasis right now. I'm just happy he was back.
key
I'm not down on Eddy Curry. I think Eddy Curry is a key to our team.