I dont know whether this is a joke or not source:http://www.realgm.com/src_feature/566/2006..._2006_playoffs/ <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">After an encouraging first season with the New York Knicks , Larry Brown has put in a request to Pistons GM Joe Dumars to replace Flip Saunders as the Pistons coach for the playoffs. In his classic nonchalant attitude, Larry Brown, now the head coach of the New York Knicks , has requested that Joe Dumars give him his old job back now that the Pistons own the first seed in this years upcoming playoffs. ?I got this team to where they are now, I think it is only fitting that I coach them to a second championship in three years,? explained Brown to various members of the media. ?I am not saying I won?t coach the Knicks next year, this is not the case at all. Once the playoffs end and I get another championship under my belt I will be back with my Knickerbockers, preparing them for another solid season.? At 23-59, the Knicks finished dead last in the weak East and only 2 games ahead of the lowly Portland Trailblazers in the race for the NBA?s worst overall record. ?I know the city of Detroit would welcome me back, sure Flip has done a great job with my Pistons, steering the team to a 64-18 record and all, but I am the one with a Pistons championship under my belt making my resume for interim coach in the playoffs irresistible.? Even Commissioner David Stern was for the idea, leading many to believe a strong bias toward Brown. ?I think Larry would make an excellent addition to the Pistons playoff run. He has proven to be a terrific NBA coach and a fine gentleman, a true asset to our fine basketball league.? Both Flip Saunders and Joe Dumars would not comment on Brown?s request, however, sources close to the two report that both are musing over the idea of a Brown playoff return. </div>
