<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">A source has told ESPN that Larry Brown has told friends there is no question in his mind that he will be fired by the New York Knicks. The source also said Brown has told friends that no one from the Knicks has spoken directly to him in the last three weeks. Brown had bladder surgery Friday and is recovering at his home in suburban New York. Brown's agent, Joe Glass, said he did hear from Knicks president Isiah Thomas on Monday and Thomas told him there was no truth to reports that the Knicks wanted to buy out Brown's contract. "I spoke to Isiah Thomas earlier this afternoon and he categorically denied that there's any substances to what was in the paper," Glass told The Associated Press on Monday. While no formal buyout talks have begun, it's clear the Knicks have made it known to Brown that they're open to the notion of a settlement on the four years and $40 million remaining on Brown's contract. The New York Post reported Tuesday that the Knicks are hoping the can buy out Brown for $25 million. Brown signed the deal amid much hoopla last July, taking over what he once called a "dream job" and then leading the Knicks through a nightmarish season. League insiders told ESPN.com that the Knicks, looking at things from a practical and financial standpoint, feel they'd be best served to cut their losses with Brown rather than undergo the type of large-scale roster overhaul that would be needed to placate him. In other words, why trade Stephon Marbury for less-than-star players whose contracts will carry huge luxury taxes when they can simply buy out Brown and move on with a new coach. That coach would almost certainly be Thomas, who assembled the roster that Brown found so difficult to coach. Thomas and Marbury have been close throughout their two-plus years together in New York, and there's a school of thought that if anybody is able to get through to Marbury and turn him into a winner -- or at least a better teammate -- it might just be Thomas. "Based on our record, that's normal for anybody to have that speculation," the Knicks' point guard told the AP of the reports that Brown may be cut loose.</div> http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2447451
Brown just screwed the Knicks, he made a bad decision leaving the Pistons in the first place. He should find another team any team is better than the Knicks at this point.
No, he isn't the fault for the Knicks terrible season. This was just a digging in season. He layed his roots, found out who he wanted/didn't want, and is preparing for the long run. He is truly a good coach if you ask me. This is why the chemistry and starting lineups were so different. He wanted to find what was good, when, and where and what wasn't. The problem lay in the players(which will soon change) not the coach. Like H20 would say: "Anyway I think Isiah should be fired"
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Chutney:</div><div class="quote_post">He screwed the Pistons, but not the Knicks. That honour would go to Isiah Thomas.</div> They both screwed the Knicks.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting MrJ:</div><div class="quote_post">They both screwed the Knicks.</div> Yea, but Isiah's screwup has left this team in a horrible position for years to come. Larry Brown is only responsible for this horrible year, not the two or three years of terrible moves before that. <div class="quote_poster">Quoting 44Thrilla:</div><div class="quote_post">How did Brown screw the Pistons? Wasn't it them that got rid of him?</div> Just the way he handled that team during the playoffs. I thought it was unprofessional.
I don't know about you guys but Larry Brown is a good coach and I don't see how he screwed the Pistons in anyway and I still don't fault him for this terrible season. Its like giving the wrong parts to a plumber and trying to tell him to do his job.
