Knicks relieved to relieve Brown
Isiah Thomas will be replacing Larry Brown on the bench as the New York Knicks have fired the coach after one season into his 5 year deal $50 million deal. Sources to the New York Daily News are reporting that David Stern and the NBA will be looked to arbitrate the compensation headed his way.
Thomas said:
Thomas said:
"I strongly believe we are on the right track
to take major steps in our rebuilding process to
achieve our goal of being one of the premier
teams in the NBA. Larry Brown is a great coach,
but for various reasons, bringing him to the Knicks
did not turn out the way we had hoped "
to take major steps in our rebuilding process to
achieve our goal of being one of the premier
teams in the NBA. Larry Brown is a great coach,
but for various reasons, bringing him to the Knicks
did not turn out the way we had hoped "
The fingernails of Knicks fans must be in worse shape than Lebron's now that Isiah Thomas has even more responsibilities as he looks to lead a team of undersized guards and underachieving forwards to a better record than last season (which souldn't be too difficult) and hopefully make the playoffs.
The only question that remains is will Larry Brown be coaching this year? If he has any amount of pride left the motivation should be more than enough and the answer should be yes but with the compensation headed his way the need to coach may cloud any decision he may take now that his reputation has been seriously tarnished by his time spent in New York.
Rumors are already swirling of having Larry Brown joining Michael Jordan with the Charlotte Bobcats
FatherKnickerBocker has two scenarios for the 2006-2007 season
the best article I have read so far on this subject belongs to the NYTimes' Howard Beck who goes on essentially to state that the fact Isiah Thomas still believes in the players that he has assembled through trades, the draft, or signings at least have his loyalty for now (until their first losing streak anyways) and Zeke had better assemble a top notch assistant coaching staff to surround him. Because the small athletic team that he has inherited is the following the trend of up-tempo teams "with with lots of offense and minimal defense".
The only question that remains is will Larry Brown be coaching this year? If he has any amount of pride left the motivation should be more than enough and the answer should be yes but with the compensation headed his way the need to coach may cloud any decision he may take now that his reputation has been seriously tarnished by his time spent in New York.
Rumors are already swirling of having Larry Brown joining Michael Jordan with the Charlotte Bobcats
FatherKnickerBocker has two scenarios for the 2006-2007 season
the best article I have read so far on this subject belongs to the NYTimes' Howard Beck who goes on essentially to state that the fact Isiah Thomas still believes in the players that he has assembled through trades, the draft, or signings at least have his loyalty for now (until their first losing streak anyways) and Zeke had better assemble a top notch assistant coaching staff to surround him. Because the small athletic team that he has inherited is the following the trend of up-tempo teams "with with lots of offense and minimal defense".
