Gothamist: What Can Brown Do For You?

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Barry

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 10:13:17 -0500

As a Sixers fan, I grew to hate LArry Brown. He traded away a lot of good players just to find his type of player, so that he would get the credit for winning, not the players. The sixers had Bruce Bowen, Matt Harpring, Raja Bell, Ratliff, etc., but Larry kept trading and trading and complaining. It makes rooting against the Knicks all the more sweeter now.

Glenn

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:21:05 -0500

What can Brown do for me? Coach Sacramento to a championship. Wrong team, Larry. You went with the wrong team. Making the playoffs in the East is easy. Just finish the year with five healthy bodies and you're in. The Knicks might actually get out of the first round, which would be a huge accomplishment given their roster. But they'll be looking up in the standings at Miami, Indiana and Detroit at the very least. Yes, Brown took the lowly Clippers to the playoffs. That team had Danny Manning and Ron Harper if memory serves. The Knicks have Marbury (who would rather be "the best point guard in the league" rather than a point guard on a winning team) and who else to get them to the top four in the East? That said, Brown can get a team to overachieve...and the Knicks could really use some overachievement for a change.

Tim

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:08:09 -0500

Tom, the problem is, the Knicks are nowhere near as good as those Clippers and Sixers teams you are talking about. The point is especially dubious when it comes to the Sixers -- who on the Knicks is in the same class as AI? There isn't a single player on their roster capable of putting a team on his back like Iverson did. Maybe you should have brought up Larry taking the Nets to the playoffs. But, oh wait, Larry QUIT before the playoffs that year. How about that for stature? I remain entirely unconvinced.

King Hippo

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 08:37:36 -0500

I think the only person that could turn this team around is "The Logo", Jerry West.

J

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 08:29:57 -0500

What we really need is a GM like George W. Bush. Someone who can really handle a salary cap. Five cents of every dollar I spend in this town goes to Allan Houston. Anyone else hear Sue Simmons call them "The Dicks" on the Channel 4 11 o'clock News, last night?

fat stinking hog

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 08:19:30 -0500

AHH the Knicks! the retirement home for champions on the decline. It's where superstars who have just started their journey on the downward arc of the bellcurve of their peak go to play after signing big fat long term contracts. It's a stall tactic buy cablevision. This is not a championship move. this is a move to get people in the seats. the knicks stunk for 5 years and were mediocre for 30 and the knicks still had like a 85% rate of tickets sold. They don't care about winning cause the garden is in high demand if they don't make the playoffs. Brooklyn Nets please be good so I can switch teams!

23

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 08:15:05 -0500

*haha* The Heat will still spank the Knicks next year.

Tom

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 07:51:07 -0500

Tim - Larry Brown made the LA Clippers a playoff team, and led the Iverson and Mutumbo Sixers to the NBA Finals. If that doesn't convince you, nothing will. In addition, with Brown's stature, he will have a lot of say regarding personnel moves. He always has.

Kevin Walsh

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 07:46:32 -0500

I think Mr. Brown has just found the one team he can't fix. www.forgotten-ny.com

Tim

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 07:25:53 -0500

Also, how is Brown going to make roster moves? Is he the GM? Is Isiah packing his bags? The only thing that is going to make this team better is better management, and that doesn't include trading an undersized forward, which the Knicks have in bushels, for another undersized forward.

Tim

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 07:20:48 -0500

No doubt that he will improve the team? Really? Is he going to play center, point guard, pull down 15 rebounds a night, drive the lane, and maybe play some D?