<![CDATA[Deadspin: Larry Brown]]> http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Deadspin: Larry Brown]]> http://deadspin.com/tag/larry brown http://deadspin.com/tag/larry brown <![CDATA[Larry Brown's 9/11 Memories Darken The Redeem Team's Triumphant Gold Medal Victory]]> As a Philadelphian, I will always forgive Larry Brown for many of the egotistical brainfarts he's committed in his loooong and well-traveled coaching career for the rejuvenation period he brought to the Sixers when he coached here .(His 2001 Sixers team will always be one of the most revered ones in Philly sports folklore — blood, guts, Iverson, et al.) But then, of course, there's the other side of Larry Brown. The curmudgeonly, single-minded tactician whose basketball universe only populates one planet, most likely called Brownanus. That guy showed up to talk to the New York Daily News' Mitch Lawrence about why this year's gold medal-winning Redeem Team succeeded more than his 2004 squad.
"The thing is they got guys that are willing to make a three-year commitment, which I think is tremendous," Brown said of this current Team USA. "We had guys that committed (for 2004) and then all of a sudden 9/11 happened, and then there were injuries."
There's no doubt that 9/11 did have an impact on that 2004 team that would've clearly made that year an easy gold medal victory. Remember just how preoccupied Marbury and Iverson were over it during those initial practice sessions some three years after the attacks? Brown begged to send them home because they were so distracted, broken up, and obsessing over the tragedy. And poor Carmelo Anthony was so depressed thinking about 9/11 during the 2004 Olympics that he could barely muster enough energy to come off the bench for his team. As my memory serves me, he spent most of his time on the bench reciting the victim's names under his breath, only getting up a few times during the whole tournament to light candles behind the scorer's table. Never forget, Carmelo. Never forget. ***** Anyway. Tonight: The storied non-rivalry continues as the Mets head into South Phillly for another two-day rock fight. Pedro's on the mound. Everybody hits...woo-hoo!. (Whatever happened to that guy anyway?) Tomorrow: come back for Wednesday. Humpity-doo-da. Thank you for your continued support of Ball Don't Lie. Larry Brown, stop it [Ball Don't Lie] It's commitment that takes medal for USA Basketball [NY Daily News] More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5042152&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Larry Brown, Moving Again]]> Forgive us for not posting the flashing alert siren on the top of the site now that Larry Brown is heading to the land of Charlotte. This will be his ninth NBA job, which is pretty insane; did Chris Gatling even bounce around that much? The real shock is that there was no Lupica column about it this morning. Alas, tomorrow. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=385239&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The NCAA Tournament, Like Everything Else, Is Run By Larry Brown]]> Storming The Floor previews today's NCAA Championship Game between the Kansas Jayhawks and the Memphis Tigers. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=376763&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Larry Brown Is Happy Not To Be In New York Anymore]]> Larry Brown offers us a fond, cute little footnote in the epic catastrophe that is 2007 SHOTY winner Isiah Thomas' tenure with the New York Knicks. Brown wasn't exactly Mr. Sunshine and Rainbows with that team — and he clearly stopped giving a crap 10 games in — but Isiah has made sure that Brown will be remembered as the guy who gave up his seat to Richie Valens. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=347963&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[NBA Roundup: Say It With Us ... Sasha Vujacic]]> Notes on Sunday's games in the National Basketball Association ... More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=226876&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Larry Brown Has A New Job]]> With Allen Iverson having moved on to much, much greener pastures, Larry Brown is now officially back with the Philadelphia 76ers. He had been doing some unofficial consulting for a while, but now has the official Executive Vice President title. I don't know how much that job pays, but Isiah Thomas has offered to chip in about $18.5 million. Nice guy, that Isiah. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=226589&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Moment You've All Been Waiting For]]> Ladies and gentlemen, this man — this guy — has been rewarded for the job he has done over the last three years. Larry Brown has been fired, and Isiah Thomas — Isiah Thomas! — will take over as coach and general manager. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=182605&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Hey, Larry Brown Drama In The Offseason. Go Figure.]]> And so it begins. Reports are popping up that the Knicks are considering buying out head coach Larry Brown's contract for something in the neighborhood of $40 million. That would mean that Larry Brown made somewhere between $40 million and $50 million to coach the Knicks for exactly one year. Somehow, it doesn't seem like that last sentence could possibly apply to any franchise in sports other than the Knicks. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=173646&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Last Chance For Knicks Tickets!]]> Oh, it's a sad day in New York City: Madison Square Garden is hosting the final Knicks home game of what has almost certainly been one of the most destructive single seasons in recent NBA history. We don't even have the heart to relist it all. It's just too gruesome. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=167745&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Hasn't Larry Brown Suffered Enough?]]> If you needed any answer — which you probably didn't — as to why Larry Brown might be a little too sick to be coaching the Knicks right now, check out the last five photos of Larry Brown to come across the AP wire. That would be too much for even the most strong buck of a man to withstand; a relative wan 65-year-old man shouldn't have to suffer like this. Though he probably should have seen this coming. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=167295&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Knicks Are Willing To Try Anything]]> When we interviewed Sam Walker, author of Fantasyland and columnist for The Wall Street Journal a while back, he spoke at length about the prevalence of fantasy baseball and the changing face of the game. We let the guy expound for a while, and expound he did. And at the end of the interview, when asked about what he's working on next, he said, "First, I gotta fix the Knicks." We thought he was joking. He probably did too. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=165591&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Larry Brown Suicide Watch: Day 2]]> A reader tips us to the photo that was on the ESPN front this morning: "You know how they say 'a picture's worth a thousand words?' Check out this photo from the front page of ESPN.com's web site this morning. Larry Brown's countenance pretty much sums it up. Funny picture." More »
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