<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Well-traveled Larry Brown has reached an agreement to return to the NBA as coach of the Charlotte Bobcats, a person familiar with the decision told the Associated Press on Monday. The person, speaking on condition of anonymity because an official announcement has not been made, said Brown was expected to sign a contract on Tuesday. The Bobcats have called an afternoon news conference for what was termed a "major basketball announcement." Brown will replace Sam Vincent, fired on Saturday after going 32-50 in his one season. It'll be Brown's ninth NBA team and his first coaching job since his messy exit as coach of the New York Knicks in 2006. The move means Bobcats part-owner Michael Jordan has turned to a fellow former North Carolina Tar Heel to try to get the fourth-year Bobcats into the playoffs for the first time. Jordan and the 67-year-old Brown both played for former North Carolina coach Dean Smith.</div> http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3373007
Meh. I think the fact that this was probably the best job he could get is testament to how fed up NBA GM's are with his crap. Hopefully he actually focuses on coaching for once and is humbled a bit. But I kinda doubt it.
Michael Jordan is now officially the dumbest NBA Front Office person in history. Hiring larry the clown Drafting the stache Drafting Kwame Trading Rip for Stack
I knew this was going to happen after Brown said he would like the job if it was avaiable and then the Bobcats firing Vincent after one season. Well MJ has had a couple bad moves, hopefully this is a good one. He did draft Adam Morrison over Brandon Roy.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cpawfan @ Apr 29 2008, 12:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Michael Jordan is now officially the dumbest NBA Front Office person in history. Hiring larry the clown Drafting the stache Drafting Kwame Trading Rip for Stack</div> Was drafting Butterfingers that obvious of a mistake though at the time? Don't know about that.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (huevonkiller @ Apr 29 2008, 12:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cpawfan @ Apr 29 2008, 12:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Michael Jordan is now officially the dumbest NBA Front Office person in history. Hiring larry the clown Drafting the stache Drafting Kwame Trading Rip for Stack</div> Was drafting Butterfingers that obvious of a mistake though at the time? Don't know about that. </div> It didn't take long for it to become an obvious mistake. Plus, the way MJ and staff handled the kid was even worse. They had zero idea how to help someone that was so socially backwards and immature get adjusted to the NBA.
I don't think it became that obvious that he was a bust, given his improvement in his first three seasons. Back then he even had above average PER, and close to 70 FT% (man is he a lazy **** now though). Given Jermaine O'Neal's career out of Highschool (took a while for him to improve), I could see how they stuck with him one more season.
Its hard to fault them for choosing him in such a weak draft and in the midst of the high school craze. But I agree with cpaw, MJ and his staff totally f'd with him mentally before he even had a chance to develop properly.
Hah, I've heard the stories too about how he was messed up mentally. I just think keeping him on the roster and drafting him was not such a big deal those first four years.
I can't believe someone is actually defending Kwame and then making it worse by comparing him to JON. JON was brought along slowly on purpose. It wasn't a case of him developing slowly, rather it was a case of very limited available playing time in Portland. When Kwame was a rookie, he didn't even know how to get his suits dry cleaned. As far as his PER: 11.2 then 13.6 then 15.7 then 10.4 He had one season in his career with an above average PER and then it significantly declined.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cpawfan @ Apr 29 2008, 12:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I can't believe someone is actually defending Kwame and then making it worse by comparing him to JON.</div> Wow, relax, I'm not defending anyone. High School players can take time to develop, you missed the gist of the Jermaine point. Butterfingers is no where in his league of course. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>JON was brought along slowly on purpose. It wasn't a case of him developing slowly, rather it was a case of very limited available playing time in Portland. When Kwame was a rookie, he didn't even know how to get his suits dry cleaned.</div> Kwame's a douche, I know. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>As far as his PER: 11.2 then 13.6 then 15.7 then 10.4 He had one season in his career with an above average PER and then it significantly declined.</div> JON didn't exactly light up the PER stat either early on. 13.7, 12.7, 13.6 and 13.3 were his numbers his first four years. I think one can justify keeping Kwame on the roster 4 years, that was my only point. Don't start treating me like tremaine btw, I've read all those stupid arguments you people have had. I just don't think drafting Butterfingers was such a big deal due to what Chutney alluded to. Yeah it was a mistake of course in hindsight.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (huevonkiller @ Apr 29 2008, 01:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I think one can justify keeping Kwame on the roster 4 years, that was my only point. I just don't think drafting Butterfingers was such a big deal due to what Chutney alluded to. Yeah it was a mistake of course in hindsight.</div> Essentially it comes down to how quickly was it recognized as a mistake for picking Kwame. Yes there were reasons to pick him #1, but the stories coming out that first season showed what a mistake it was. Which of course was compounded by how well Gasol played as a rookie. Plus, as mentioned, it wasn't just the selection of Kwame that is the big red flag on MJ's front office resume, but the entire way in which MJ handled it.
