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July 26th, 2005, 11:44 PM
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Detroit Pistons coach Larry Brown yells to his players in Game 4 of their first-round NBA playoff series against the Milwaukee Bucks.
Report: Brown accepts Knicks' head coaching job (http://www.blackamericaweb.com/site.aspx/sports/apnews?story=/sports/v-js_story/story/2584187p-11024240c.html)
By Sports Network, The Sports Network
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Hall of Famer Larry Brown has agreed to become the next head coach of the New York Knicks, according to a published report.
New York Newsday reports negotiations were continuing on a five-year contract worth between $50 million to $60 million. A formal announcement could come as early as Wednesday.
Brown met with Knicks president of basketball operations, Isiah Thomas, last Thursday and then met with interim head coach Herb Williams on Monday.
It was last week that Brown was relieved of his duties as head coach of the Pistons, as he was two years into a five-year, $25 million contract with Detroit.
The 64-year-old Brown would return to his roots to coach. Brown, who was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002, was born in Brooklyn on September 14, 1940.
The Pistons and Brown worked out their contract squabble last week, freeing him to get another head coaching job without limitations. He guided Detroit to the NBA Championship in 2004 and lost the Finals in seven games to San Antonio this past season.
Brown had insisted that if he is healthy enough to keep coaching, he would remain on the sidelines with the Pistons. Following the NBA Finals defeat, Brown checked himself into a hospital for two days because of complications from November hip surgery. ...
Detroit Pistons coach Larry Brown yells to his players in Game 4 of their first-round NBA playoff series against the Milwaukee Bucks.
Report: Brown accepts Knicks' head coaching job (http://www.blackamericaweb.com/site.aspx/sports/apnews?story=/sports/v-js_story/story/2584187p-11024240c.html)
By Sports Network, The Sports Network
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Hall of Famer Larry Brown has agreed to become the next head coach of the New York Knicks, according to a published report.
New York Newsday reports negotiations were continuing on a five-year contract worth between $50 million to $60 million. A formal announcement could come as early as Wednesday.
Brown met with Knicks president of basketball operations, Isiah Thomas, last Thursday and then met with interim head coach Herb Williams on Monday.
It was last week that Brown was relieved of his duties as head coach of the Pistons, as he was two years into a five-year, $25 million contract with Detroit.
The 64-year-old Brown would return to his roots to coach. Brown, who was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002, was born in Brooklyn on September 14, 1940.
The Pistons and Brown worked out their contract squabble last week, freeing him to get another head coaching job without limitations. He guided Detroit to the NBA Championship in 2004 and lost the Finals in seven games to San Antonio this past season.
Brown had insisted that if he is healthy enough to keep coaching, he would remain on the sidelines with the Pistons. Following the NBA Finals defeat, Brown checked himself into a hospital for two days because of complications from November hip surgery. ...