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I think there are two times when coaching in the NBA has the biggest marginal payoff: 1. when a team is on the cusp (this is what phil jackson specializes in); 2. when a team is directionless and floundering. I think LB really does his best work under the second condition. So I’m not at all convinced that Brown would absolutely refuse to sign on to a turnaround project especially now that he’s won his ring. Larry’s not Phil Jackson. And it’s not as if LB hasn’t done this before in LA and NJ. As Araton aptly quotes the Pacers’ Donnie Walsh, “They used to say Larry hated veterans and would only coach kids he could mold.” LB played a 21-22 year old Iverson. He also rescued Tayshaun Prince from Rick Carlisle’s dungeon in Prince’s 2nd year, moving Corliss Williamson to the bench permanently. He made it clear that Prince should have played sooner under Carlisle, though by that time it was plain to everyone except Carlisle. So I also don’t buy the “Larry hates young guys” line. I think his refusal to play Darko had a lot to do with the fact that Brown wanted a player who could help immediately; not a project. Brown would play an 8th grader if he thought the kid would pass and play hard on defense. That alone virtually ensures that the 3 rooks will play on a team with starters who are notoriously allergic to defense.

Should Brown sign on with the Knicks it seems inconceivable that he’d have any real illusions about whether this is a rebuilding project, nor about what the Knicks can reasonably do to upgrade the roster in the near term. The key, I think, is whether Brown would regard the situation as winnable.

I suspect his considerable ego will have him thinking that outside of Miami, Detroit, and Indy no one else in the East is without major flaws that his coaching prowess couldn’t overcome. “In two years,” I’m sure he’d think, “I could challenge for a top 4 seed and put the team in contention. Then I could exit gracefully, handing the baton to my hand-picked successor.”

Of course – I think Hollinger and I would agree – this is an ultra optimistic scenario; likely fool’s gold. However, I’m less convinced than Hollinger that this would leave the Knicks worse off in 5 years financially or otherwise than they are now. (With LB as coach the MLE might attract better talent than Jerome James.) Nor am I convinced that the surer or safer road out of mediocrity goes through Paul Westphal or Flip Saunders. I see the Westphals, Sauders, McMillans, and Mo Cheeks of the world as much more likely to find success following Larry Brown than preceeding him. 2-3 seasons with Brown, even given the inevitably messy divorce, could quite reasonably find the Knicks in much better shape for the next guy to keep things on track or possibly improve.

http://www.nba.com/pistons/news/logochange_050711.html

thinking I could use it for something. The line about how the Pistons “have eliminated any and all horse representation” cracked me up.

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Also Larry Brown.

http://www.nysun.com/article/17243