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Larry Brown will never take an assistant coach job. If he does it will be the first time you hear about an assistant coach getting a max deal worth tons of millions.
What about Larry assisting Pop for a year or so. ?
On Saturday, Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown expressed a desire to return to coaching, and said he's interested in filling the Sacramento Kings' vacancy.
So far, neither party has called the other to facilitate a discussion.
Brown said he wouldn't be the first one to call and Kings management refuses to comment on the situation.
Reggie Theus got the Kings job.
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Larry Brown will never take an assistant coach job. If he does it will be the first time you hear about an assistant coach getting a max deal worth tons of millions.
well only cuz he is good friends with Pop.
and I miss this outfit
If PJ leaves, it could happen. I don't think Larry will get another head coaching job, and I don't think he has the ego to be just an assistant. He is friends with Pop but that doesnt mean he will get a job here.
no.
He wouldnt take any other assistant job anywhere, thats for sure, I think he would if pop asked him, it would fix his image a bit after Knicks fiasco.
Larry is a good man, with pop, the spurs team would be so crazy.
He didn't like being in SA before, and won't like it now that he's an old "set in his ways" coot.
that would never work...larry would become try and become the coach and pop would feel the pressure having his mentor as ur assistant?? no sir wont work...
Well pop had Egan as his assistant and that was his mentor.
Nope. Why would Larry want to be Pop's assistant?
Our FO does a good job of bringing talent through the organisation. With Sam and maybe PJ moving on, bring in someone young with potential and elevate all the existing staff's responsibilities.
Because
1. larry wants to get back into coaching
2. fix his image a bit
3. friends with pop
4. can be great with veterans, plays, defenses, etc.
5. great basketball mind
im just saying , they should ask him if we loose P.J.
LB and Pop are best of friends. Pop was best man at LB wedding.
During his time as head coach at Pomona-Pitzer, Popovich became a disciple of and eventually close friends with University of Kansas head coach Larry Brown.
Popovich would eventually decide to take off the 1985-1986 season at Pomona-Pitzer to become a volunteer assistant at the University of Kansas, where he could study directly under Brown.
Popovich returned to Pomona-Pitzer and resumed his duties as head coach the next season.
Popovich and Buford both got their starts in the NBA in 1988 as assistants on Larry Brown's coaching staff with the Spurs.
Following the 1987-1988 season, Popovich joined Larry Brown as the lead assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs.
Popovich was even the best man in Brown's wedding in 1990, and the two would later coach against each other in the 2005 NBA Finals, with Brown coaching the Detroit Pistons.
From 1988 to 1992, Popovich was the top assistant under Brown, before the entire staff [including R.C. Buford and Ed Manning] was fired by owner Red McCombs.
Didn't I read where Larry is talking to SAC?
Larry Brown's ego will no longer fit into the state of Texas. He would NEVER take an assistant position, especially not with the first franchise to actually fire him and send his ass packing. Thanks, Red. You done good.
That quote shows you don't know anything about Larry Brown. Veterans are the first ones to tire of his act.
Reggie Theus took that job.
As unwilling as Brown is to settle down, he knows the game like the back of his hand. He'd be an excellent 'other voice' on the bench for Pop.
What would make sense though is that Pop promotes Budenholzer to top assistant if PJ leaves.
Larry Brown is an egomaniac and a jackass. There's no fixing him image, he's a prick. I don't want him anywhere near the Spurs.2. fix his image a bit
In Our ing Dreams!!!!!!!
I do!!! He is one of the top 10 bball coaches EVER!
No way. Not even if Pop left. No way.
Reggie Theus new coach of Sacramento Kings
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http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2909841
New Mexico State coach Reggie Theus is going home again -- back to the NBA and back to the Kings, but this time in Sacramento, not where he starred in Kansas City.
The Sacramento Kings will name Theus their next coach later Tuesday night. ESPN.com first reported the news and Theus confirmed it.
Theus wouldn't confirm the figures but ESPN.com has learned that he will get a three-year deal, worth an estimated $6 million.
Theus will replace Eric Musselman, who was fired after the Kings went 33-49 and missed the playoffs in his only season as coach.
"I'm stunned," Theus told ESPN.com. "As of Sunday, I believed I was the darkhorse."
Theus said he spoke with Kings president of basketball operations Geoff Petrie early Tuesday evening and was told he had the job.
"I'm an NBA guy coaching in college," Theus said.
Sacramento first offered the job to Stan Van Gundy, but he went to Orlando once Billy Donovan asked out of his signed contract to return to the University of Florida.
Theus interviewed with the Kings twice and won the job over Lakers assistant Brian Shaw. The Kings also talked to another Lakers assistant, Kurt Rambis.
Theus led New Mexico State to the NCAA tournament after winning the WAC tournament in Las Cruces. The NCAA berth, which ended in a first-round loss to Texas, was the first for NMSU since 1999. Theus led NMSU to back-to-back winning seasons in his two seasons at the school. He coached them to a 25-9 record this past season. NMSU was 6-24 in the season before he arrived in 2005. Theus came to NMSU after a two-year stint as an assistant to Rick Pitino in Louisville.
Theus said that Pitino and his college coach, UNLV's Jerry Tarkanian, whom he played for from 1976-78, called Petrie on his behalf. He said he first met Petrie when the Kings were interested in drafting Louisville's Francisco Garcia after the Cardinals went to the Final Four in 2005.
"Coach Pitino and coach Tarkanian helped me because they know me as a person," Theus said. "I don't think anyone has looked at me as a college guy. People always looked at me as a pro guy. That's my pedigree. I spent 13 years as a player. I don't know why other college coaches haven't been successful. But most of the guys didn't play in the pros. I just know that I'm different. My credibility going in the door isn't as someone who hasn't played the game."
Theus got to know the Kings owners, the Maloof family, while at New Mexico State since the family is from New Mexico and supports the program. But Theus said as soon as he was told he was a possible candidate, he asked for 10 tapes of Kings' games from the NBA and started watching the team.
"I don't think it's going to be a quick fix," Theus said. "I do believe that we have to start out and create an iden y. From the games I've seen, I couldn't figure out who they were as a team."
Theus said one of the first things he's going to do is meet with Ron Artest and Mike Bibby.
"I want to find out from them how we make this work since it's their team," Theus said. "I'm the leader but it's their team. I remember as a pro myself that I always liked it when the coach came to me to talk about how we can make it work.
"Both players are high-caliber players and at this point in their careers how much are they willing to sacrifice? But before that we have to start out with an iden y and play a certain style to be successful," Theus said.
Theus had a contract on the table from NMSU that would have bumped his annual salary from $355,000 to $466,000, with a new five-year rollover.
Theus had been outspoken this spring about his desire to return to the NBA, where he was an All-Star. He played in the league for 13 seasons, mostly with Chicago and Kansas City, which became Sacramento in 1985. He also played for Atlanta, Orlando and New Jersey before going to Europe in 1991.
Theus coached as a volunteer at Cal State-Los Angeles in the summer leagues for the Sixers and Nuggets, and then the ABA's Las Vegas Slam before Pitino hired him on a whim. Theus also worked in television as an actor.
But his dream was to get to the NBA as a coach, saying many times over the past month to ESPN.com that he was an "NBA guy" and could relate to a player as well as any other coach.
Theus said he would start calling recruits either late Tuesday night or Wednesday to let them know that he has left New Mexico State for the NBA. He said that includes highly-touted newcomer Herb Pope out of the Pittsburgh area.
Theus said he is indebted to Pitino and New Mexico State athletic director McKinley Boston.
"Dr. Boston knew this day would probably come but what it means is that this program is on solid ground," Theus said. "It's one of the top two or three mid-major programs in the country with our schedule, facilities and administration. I don't know who they will hire but maintaining continuity will be key with a veteran team."
Andy Katz is a senior writer at ESPN.com.
When are the GMs around this league going to get over their infatuation with LArry Brown. Sure he's a HOF coach, but the drama and internal organizational turmoil he brings usually outweighs his on-court success. Look at this last two stops (DET & N.Y.) and decide whether he's worth the trouble.
Marcus, we think alike. lol
Bud deserves some national recognition. But we still need that veteran coach next to POp.
Hank EGAN , Carlismo, etc.
Pop needs no one really but any asst to come in if PJ leaves but LB would be great addition to an amazing coaching staff.
LB would never take an assistant position in this league - NEVER. His ego would not allow him to do so - not even for his close buddy Pop.
1. Larry had his chance. No.What about Larry assisting Pop for a year or so. ?
2. Why is he touching the Championship Trophy? He didn't win it, didn't earn it, and certainly doesn't deserve to touch it.
Larry Brown is one of the most visibly ty people in the league. Why would you want that cancer back here? I bet he could irreparably shred our chemistry in a year or two, even as an assistant. What a horrible idea. And of course, he would never consent to be an asst. anyway.
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