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
locker needed
With this win, in that locker room, they needed something positive.
arenas assist guy hard indicative leading points pressure ran team
Hopefully, he'll be all right. If not will have a little more pressure on him, and Jamal will have to play. It's hard for him right now. He doesn't know any plays. Not that we ran any the first half. But Arenas was phenomenal, getting 46 points in 30 minutes. What's indicative of our team is Malik was the leading assist guy with three. We had 28 turnovers.
carries commented effort hard leaders nice tony
One of the refs commented to me how hard they were trying. That's nice to hear. Tony Davis' effort was phenomenal. Leaders do that, and it carries over.
awful lead losing tough
It would have been awful tough losing a 17-point lead and not having anything to show for it.
cut fully guys importance lead maybe pass saw understand
Once we cut the lead to seven, it's like I never saw a pass after that. We have a lot of young guys who maybe don't fully understand the importance of the little things.
guys hard kids leaders older respect role though truly
I think when your older guys are your leaders and don't play, sometimes it's hard for young kids to really, truly listen, even though they all have so much respect for him. Now that he is playing, I think his role probably has changed. I think (he leads) more by example.
cut extra fully guys importance lead maybe pass percent saw shot though three understand
Even though they shot over 60 percent in the first half, we still cut the lead to seven. But once we cut the lead to seven, it's like I never saw a pass after that. They always make the extra pass, sometimes two or three of them. We have a lot of young guys who maybe don't fully understand the importance of the little things.
enthusiasm fight horrified looking proud
I was just looking for something to give us enthusiasm and effort, ... I would have been horrified if they didn't fight back. But I was proud of the effort.
evaluate
He's out 'til after All-Star break, and then we'll evaluate him after All-Star break.
francis impact practice steve
This is a process. We didn't have Steve Francis with us in practice and that's going to impact us.
coached
They said I was OK. I went to practice. I coached the game. I'm fine. It's a non-issue.
cares difficult guys looking season situations team
Right now, you're looking for guys that you want to keep. Because this is the most difficult part of a season for a team that is not going anywhere, and you can really tell who cares in situations like this.
farthest point
He's the farthest thing from a point guard.
complaints complaints-and-complaining happy living
I'm happy writing full-time and I've been making a living off it so far. I haven't had any complaints with it at all. I'm happy.