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
except expect great guys happen heard last played playing pleased progress until
I don't think you guys ever heard me say I wasn't pleased with the way he's playing until the last game. I've never, ever said anything except I was pleased with the way he's playing, the way he's trying, and I thought he has been making great progress ... We've played twenty-some games. I don't expect this to happen overnight.
comeback floor kids late maybe perfectly positive thrilled
Maybe if we'd have had some possessions that were a little better later, we wouldn't have had to play perfectly at the end. But I was thrilled with the way they competed, having young kids out on the floor late and making a comeback like that. It's just disappointing, but there were some positive things with our young kids.
missed
Even in the overtime, ... Eddy missed one and Jamal missed a wide-open jumper ...
plays run seems start
It seems when we get into a fight, we start going too much as individuals. I didn't see us run many plays at all.
defended guess win
They executed great, they defended great. They did everything tonight. I guess that allows them to win 32 games.
harry novels published reckon
I've read everything Harry Crews has ever published. I reckon all of his novels and even his first story, which was published in about 1963.
shoot tough
They shoot 55 percent, it's going to be a tough night.
audition guys help worried
This is an audition now. I'm not worried about egos. I'm going to play the guys I think can help us.
maybe trying
The way I look at it, maybe some of them can't do what I ask. I don't want to look at them and say they're not trying. Maybe they just can't and that's what we're trying to find out.
nephews nieces people york
It went great. We had probably between 150 and 175 people because that's what we set it up for. We had nieces and nephews from New York at the event.
reminds
He reminds me so much of Isiah (Thomas).
cares coach everybody good help knows players respect supportive wants
They respect Mr. Dolan and know he cares and wants to do everything he can to help us win. But it's up to us to coach better and the players to play better. Everybody knows how supportive he is, and I think that's a good thing.
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.
business played
Jamal played great, even without the (go-ahead) shot. He played hurt, he had no business being out there. He was great.