http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/375..._get_the_point/ New York Times - To the uninitiated, the expression was little more than an ominous-sounding catchphrase, an N.B.A. truism passed from city to city: Larry Brown is hard on his point guards. The Knicks heard it from the day Brown was hired as their coach in July. For the past week and a half, they have lived it. And now Stephon Marbury and Jamal Crawford know what Chauncey Billups and Allen Iverson were talking about. For nine days here, Brown prodded, chided and occasionally cursed. No player was exempt, but none were scrutinized more closely than the ball-handling guards. "Those two have the toughest job, because Coach is hardest on those guards," forward Malik Rose said, referring to Marbury and Crawford. "And as they go, we're going to go." Brown's reputation with point guards is well established. A former point guard himself, he wants the ball moving and the offense humming. He wants everyone involved. For shoot-first, scoring-minded guards, the adjustment is difficult, as Billups learned in Detroit and Iverson did in Philadelphia. The burden is now on Crawford and Marbury
and this is why I'm so positive about changes finally being made. Chaney let them do what the hell they wanted to... Frank Isola said it reminded him of when Don Nelson was coach. Ewing, Oakly and co.. were used to Riley style practices... intense.. then Nelly came in and it was like a vacation. They fired Don halfway and when Jeff came in.. the team responded.
JVG was pretty hard on the knicks also. Chaney, Wilkens, Herb, etc took it easy on the knicks and thats why they played one on one style basketball with no plays and no intensity on defense. The knicks need a tough coach like LB who can put them in the right direction and not accept mistakes like other coaches did. Better and more practices with hardwork will make any team better.
