Brown to coach Bobcats

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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Ticker)—Larry Brown just couldn’t stay away.
The 67-year-old Brown’s nomadic NBA career took yet another turn Tuesday when he was named coach of the Charlotte Bobcats, a move that comes just three days after Sam Vincent was fired.


Brown has enjoyed rebuilding projects, and he will have another one in Charlotte. Vincent was dismissed after posting a 32-50 record in his only season with the Bobcats.


“The only team I took over that didn’t have a losing record was Detroit,” said Brown, who guided the Pistons to the NBA title in 2004. “I think anybody could have coached that team.” Brown’s career has come full circle as he returns to the state where he attended college. Brown played under Dean Smith at North Carolina in the early 1960s before beginning his coaching career.

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“Having played and coached in North Carolina, I understand the rich history of the sport in this state,” Brown added. “I look forward to the opportunity to continue building the Charlotte Bobcats into a significant part of that tradition.” Charlotte will be the ninth NBA team that Brown has coached in 23 professional seasons. Vincent told the Charlotte Observer after he was dismissed that one factor of his firing was the likely availability of Brown, who jumped at the opportunity when the job was offered to him.


“The reason I’m here is because of Michael and Bob,” said Brown, referring to Charlotte’s managing member of basketball operations Michael Jordan and owner Robert Johnson. “Obviously, I went to school in North Carolina and played for the greatest coach who ever coached the game in Coach Smith.”
Brown’s playing career at UNC was long before Jordan won the 1982 national championship as a member of the Tar Heels.


Brown brings a wealth of coaching success with him to the Bobcats’ bench. He is fifth on the all-time NBA wins list with 1,010 career victories and is the only coach to win an NCAA championship as well as an NBA title.
“I promise I will do my very best every single day I step on the court,” Brown added. “I’m been away from the court for two years. I realized how much I loved it and how much I missed it. When Michael called, it was a no-brainer.”


A 2002 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, Brown’s University of Kansas squad won the 1988 national championship before winning his only NBA title with the Pistons six years later. “No franchise could ask for two better individuals to put their talents together to bring about a winning franchise for Charlotte,” said Johnson, alluding to Jordan and Brown. Coach of the 2004 United States Olympic team, Brown spent this season as the executive vice president for the Philadelphia 76ers before resigning from that position on Thursday. Brown last coached the New York Knicks before being fired following the 2005-06 season. “I think he was looking forward to come back here (to North Carolina),” Jordan said. “I was very happy to be able to bring him back.”



Brown played for North Carolina from 1959-63, then served as an assistant for the Tar Heels from 1965-67. He began his professional coaching career with the Carolina Cougars of the ABA in 1972. After two seasons with the Cougars, he took the helm in Denver and accompanied the Nuggets into the NBA in 1977. Brown also has coached the New Jersey Nets, San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Clippers, Indiana Pacers and Philadelphia 76ers.

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I'm sick of Brown.

 

[nashman]

Who cares. LB is an a-hole and will quit on them too.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

The O/U for him is 1.6 years.

 

[Mulli]

The O/U for him is 1.6 years.

I will take the over, but 3 months.

 

[mjb21aztd]

I don't understand why the bobcats aren't a good team they have good talent in Morrison, Richardson, Felton, Okafor but they never seem to gel togather. I think Brown will do a decent job with that team and make them probally a .500 team and at best a 8th or 7th playoff seed team.

 

[tobiazz]

I don't understand why the bobcats aren't a good team they have good talent in Morrison, Richardson, Felton, Okafor but they never seem to gel togather. I think Brown will do a decent job with that team and make them probally a .500 team and at best a 8th or 7th playoff seed team.

Morrison and Felton don't shoot that well. They have some good players but so does pretty much every team in the league.

 

[TJ]

Morrison is a bust. Way too timid of a player and his shooting is inconsistent. Plus, he was out all year with injuries this season.

 

[dodie53]

MJ and LB together

 

[Darth Llama]

Bobcats made a stupid move.

Seriously, I'll never understand the hype around Larry Brown. The guy has one championship and he's been coaching since the 70's. He took a talented Knicks Team and managed to win a whopping 25 games while using an NBA record 42 different starting line ups in one season. Brown has a good history of taking losing teams and getting them in the playoffs, but as soon as they make it, he up and quits.

Larry Brown sucks and the Bobcats are unfortunate to have made this move. Brown might make them a little better, but as soon as it starts to pay off, he'll just quit. It baffles me why teams keep hiring this over rated idiot.