<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">If Larry Brown really wants an audience with Garden chairman James Dolan, he may have to pay a cover charge. Dolan's band, JD and the Straight Shot, is scheduled to play at a midtown club, Coda, on Thursday. Can't you just see Brown holding a beer in one hand, a cigarette lighter in the other, while rocking his head to the music? Maybe not. Brown has wanted to meet with Dolan since the end of the season and especially since reports surfaced two weeks ago that Dolan is considering buying out Brown's contract and replacing him with team president Isiah Thomas. The Knicks have neither confirmed nor denied the reports. Brown will return to the Knicks' training facility this morning for another round of draft workouts. As of last night, Dolan had not scheduled a meeting with Brown. The Knicks continue to say things are business as usual and Brown is apparently taking that same approach. According to sources, Brown is considering hiring Patrick Ewing to the coaching staff. Ewing, currently an assistant with the Houston Rockets, has talked to the Knicks in recent years about rejoining the organization but has never been offered a coaching position. Ewing turned down a chance to join the Nets' coaching staff last season. However, Ewing has wanted to return to the New York area, where he recently purchased a home. If Ewing joins Brown's staff, that could mean that Brown is trying to move out two of Thomas' close associates, Mark Aguirre and George Glymph. Both Aguirre and Glymph came to New York two weeks after Thomas was hired and Brown inherited the two plus Herb Williams. Brown brought in Dave Hanners, Phil Ford and Brendan O'Connor from the Pistons last summer. It is unclear if the Knicks promised Brown that he could eventually hire an entire coaching staff. Of course, there is a strong chance that Brown will not be back. Brown's agent, Joe Glass, said that his client has no interest in negotiating a buyout, while sources indicate that Dolan would not hesitate to fire Brown and simply pay him the $40 million that Brown is owed over the next four years. Dolan's concert will be his first public appearance since the season ended. In an interview with the Daily News in January, Dolan said he was reluctant to play a New York venue because of his association with the Knicks. "I don't think as a town New York would give us a fair shake," Dolan said then. "I thought it would be about the Knicks and the Rangers and the cable bill and all that crap." </div> http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketba...7p-355484c.html
