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Dr. Jack Ramsay says Larry Brown will not be an NBA coach next season?

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  1. SLA

    SLA Member

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    Monday, May 26, 2003
    Larry Brown one of game's best teachers

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    By Dr. Jack Ramsay
    Special to ESPN.com

    Larry Brown has hinted before at stepping down as head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, so the news of his reported resignation is no great surprise.
    I would be shocked to see Brown reappear in the NBA next season.
    A coaching icon, the 62-year-old Brown is one of the all-time best teachers of the game. While he's apparently ready to take a break, Brown will never stop coaching. He has said to me on many occasions that he will always coach somewhere -- whether again at the college level, where he won a national title with Kansas in 1988, or even at the high-school level. Brown loves coaching and excels at it.

    There are certainly other NBA teams interested in having him as coach. But his contract with the 76ers, which has two years remaining, prohibits him from coaching another NBA team (76ers chairman Ed Snider would need to waive that condition). My sense is that Brown wants to get away from the NBA game for awhile, perhaps to a situation with less pressure. First, though, Brown will face the international pressure of coaching the the 2004 U.S. Olympic team.

    I would be shocked to see Brown reappear in the NBA next season. He's best with younger players, although in the NBA he's also demonstrated the ability to help veteran players revive their careers (such as Derrick Coleman) and younger guys improve their games (such as Todd MacCulloch and Eric Snow). Snow saw no significant playing time with the Seattle SuperSonics, but he became a starter in Philly.

    Moreover, Brown helped a talent like Allen Iverson become a much better team player. Brown lifts his players, enabling them to get the most out of their abilities.

    In his 31 years of coaching, I've never seen a player who did not improve under Larry Brown. Another impressive element of his longevity is that he's had just three losing seasons at the college and professional level -- a 21-61 record with the San Antonio Spurs in 1986-87, a 39-43 showing with the Pacers in 1996-97 and a 31-51 record after his first season with Philly in 1997-98.

    I first coached against Brown in 1976-77, the year the ABA and NBA merged. He was coach of the Denver Nuggets. This was toward the beginning of Brown's coaching career, about a decade after his college playing days under Dean Smith at North Carolina.


    Brown
    The Nuggets won the Central Division that season, led by David Thompson and a run-and-jump, pressing defense that they brought from the ABA. Brown's team fostered a frenetic pace and created turnovers that led to easy baskets. My Portland Trail Blazers met the Nuggets in the playoffs, and we won the series in six tough games. We went on to win the NBA championship, led by Bill Walton, Maurice Lucas and Co.

    What I remember about Larry -- and this is something I still see in him -- is that he was always gracious to the opposing coach. He commented several times about how well we played and how well our Portland team was coached. That's uncommon, especially when a team loses. You rarely hear the losing coach praise the winning coach. That shows tremendous class.

    The NBA coaching profession will miss Larry Brown. He's a coach's coach, teaching skills and team play -- and he won't back down from that. That's been good for the game and for the NBA.


    Dr. Jack Ramsay, who coached the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 NBA title, is an NBA analyst for ESPN and a regular contributor to ESPN.com.


    SO........some insider please tell me he is wrong!
     
    #1 SLA, May 26, 2003
  2. itzIce

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    DUNLEAVY it is!




    itzIce
     
    #2 itzIce, May 26, 2003
  3. Mr. Mooch

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    Oh god, Dr. Jack is a senile old man...............:D.

    Larry Brown will be coach of some team next year no doubt.

    I presonally wouldn't want to see Brown as the coah of the Rockets mainly because I think he is/will be too old in a couple of years. He's probably better RIGHT NOW than VG, but he hasn't worked with a legit big man.

    Ideally, I would LIKE to see Doc Rivers as the Cavs/Rockets coach, VG as the Rockets/76ers/Cavs coach, and see what LB can do with TMac.

    It's a very tempting situation, but whatever the outcome, it will favor the Rockets.
     
    #3 Mr. Mooch, May 26, 2003
  4. OUTITAN

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    Brown head coach, Dunleavy asssistant, that way whenever Brown starts talking about leaving nobody has to panic... :D
     
    #4 OUTITAN, May 26, 2003
  5. lost_elephant

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    DRob is a legit big man if you ask me
     
    #5 lost_elephant, May 26, 2003
  6. SLA

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    God......can't wait til the press conference.
    I hope it's on ESPNNews or something.

    PLEASE DO NOT RETIRE! Or not retire....but PLEASE DO NOT STOP COACHING IN THE NBA! And if you do not stop....COACH THE HOUSTON ROCKETS!
     
    #6 SLA, May 26, 2003
  7. Deuce Rings

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    Actually, Jack Ramsay usually has good insider info. I'd have to say this news is bad news for fans that want to see Larry Brown leading the Rockets next season.
     
    #7 Deuce Rings, May 26, 2003
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    we will find out in about 30 minutes
     
    #8 JPM0016, May 26, 2003
  9. Thanos

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    Highly unlikely.

    Ramsay is just taking a wild guess here.

    We'll know soon enough.
     
    #9 Thanos, May 26, 2003
  10. The Real Shady

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    Dr. Jack is senile. Expect to see this article taken off the espn site quickly.
     
    #10 The Real Shady, May 26, 2003
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    brown's press conference just crapped all over Dr. jack.
     
    #11 Rileydog, May 26, 2003
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    so much for Dr. Jack having reliable sources
     
    #12 JPM0016, May 26, 2003
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    Exactly
     
    #13 Yetti, May 26, 2003
  14. SLA

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    Okay. Old doc is wrong.

    I just watched the whole 15 minute press conference.

    First thing I noticed......owner was sad.

    Larry Brown was just like normal. LOL.

    It was just time to go.

    He is not retiring.

    He says that he will always be coaching. He has to think about it.

    I don'tk now..........but I just have a freakin feeling that he is coming to Houston.

    Someone asked him about it........and he talked about Lebron praising him on TNT last night.....but still........I think he likes Houston better.

    And someone asked him about the clause on the contract. He sai the owner doesn't care and will let Larry Brown do whatever he wants to be happy. So basically, HE IS FREE TO GO ANYWHERE. We don't have to give up anything.

    I just feel that he is coming here.

    And some guy asked that "INTERNET AND MEDIA" are already considering him as a candidate. That guy must have gone here.

    Anyways.....afterwards.....

    There was a poll on EPSNNews website.

    Where would Larry Brown fit better?
    Houston- 59%
    Cleveland-41%

    GO VOTE!

    WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    He is coming to Houston!
     
    #14 SLA, May 26, 2003
  15. Nashvegas

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    Doc Rocket = Dr. Jack Ramsay? :D
     
    #15 Nashvegas, May 26, 2003
  16. Deuce Rings

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    Whoever said that is an idiot :)
     
    #16 Deuce Rings, May 26, 2003
  17. Drewdog

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    Ditto.... An old man who needs to move to Florida and play bingo instead of attempting to give insights for the NBA.
     
    #17 Drewdog, May 26, 2003
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    Larry Brown (coach)
    Mike Dunleavy (assistant)
    Avery Johnson (assistant)
     
    #18 DavidS, May 26, 2003
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    with all the jobs opening up, I doubt Dunleavy would want to be an assistant.

    I'd like to see Mario Elie as an assistant, though.
     
    #19 Jebus, May 26, 2003
  20. ron413

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    Haha, looks like Dr. Jack changed his mind on this article and decided that his rough draft needed a quick revision...

    http://espn.go.com/nba/columns/ramsay_drjack/1559142.html



    Larry Brown has hinted before at stepping down as head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, so the news of his resignation is no great surprise.

    Brown helped a talent like Allen Iverson become a much better team player. Brown lifts his players, enabling them to get the most out of their abilities.
    A coaching icon, the 62-year-old Brown is one of the all-time best teachers of the game. While he's apparently ready to take a break, Brown will never stop coaching. He has said to me on many occasions that he will always coach somewhere -- whether again at the college level, where he won a national title with Kansas in 1988, or even at the high-school level. Brown loves coaching and excels at it.

    It now appears Brown is free to pursue other options in the NBA and it looks as if he's eager to do that.
     
    #20 ron413, May 26, 2003
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