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https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2005/02/03/herb-brown-convinced-larry-wont-leave/ By THE OAKLAND PRESS PUBLISHED:  February 3, 2005 at 8:01 a.m. | UPDATED: June 17, 2021 at 11:49 a.m. AUBURN HILLS – Larry Brown will finish out his five-year contract with the Pistons. That’s the opinion of someone very close to him. In fact, it comes straight from a family member. Older brother Herb Brown does not believe his younger brother is ready to give up coaching after this season. “I really feel he will fulfill his contract here,” said Brown, an Atlanta assistant coach this season under Larry’s former top assistant, Mike Woodson. “I absolutely believe that. If for some reason he can’t do it healthwise, that’s another story. But I fully expect him to continue coaching. Heck, I expect myself to coach another 10 years.” A long-term stay by Larry Brown would be a radical shift from the recent speculation about his future. Rumors were running rampant last week that he would leave the Pistons after th

https://vault.si.com/vault/2001/04/23/mamas-boys-two-fiercely-competitive-small-men-in-a-big-mans-game-two-sons-of-hardworking-single-momsallen-iverson-and-larry-brown-are-so-much-alike-that-only-their-mothers-could-tell-them-apartand-bring-them-together TWO FIERCELY COMPETITIVE SMALL MEN IN A BIG MAN'S GAME, TWO SONS OF HARDWORKING SINGLE MOMS — ALLEN IVERSON AND LARRY BROWN ARE SO MUCH ALIKE THAT ONLY THEIR MOTHERS COULD TELL THEM APART ... AND BRING THEM TOGETHER by  GARY SMITH Sports Illustrated -  APRIL 23, 2001 TABLE OF CONTENTS ORIGINAL LAYOUT Two women waited in a tunnel, outside a door. Light danced off the diamonds dangling from the black one, and a red rose jiggled in her hand. She was 39. She couldn't stand still. The white one stood by the wall, unornamented, holding her 92 years and her silence. The door began to open and close. The younger one sang out greetings to the tall men coming out. Both women's eyes stayed fixed on the door. At last the two shortest m

https://vault.si.com/vault/2005/12/05/detroit-loves-larry-especially-now-that-hes-gone WHEN NEW YORK COACH LARRY BROWN RETURNS TO THE PALACE TO TAKE ON HIS FORMER TEAM, HE'LL BE MET BY FLOURISHING PLAYERS WHO BEAR HIM NO ILL WILL. THE SAME CAN'T BE SAID (YET) OF HIS KNICKS by  JACK MCCALLUM Sports Illustrated -  DECEMBER 05, 2005 TABLE OF CONTENTS ORIGINAL LAYOUT It is difficult to predict how Larry Brown will be greeted when he's introduced on Friday night at The Palace of Auburn Hills, his first appearance there since his messy divorce from the team he took to two straight NBA Finals . The Palace loyalists, after all, have been known to hurl an epithet or two, not to mention the occasional cold beverage. But the only response the first-year New York Knicks coach cares about is the one he will get from his former Pistons players , and there is little doubt they'll gather him to their metaphorical bosom. "I love Larry," says Chauncey Billups, the Detroit poin

https://vault.si.com/vault/2014/12/08/words-with-larry-brown THE SEPTUAGENARIAN SMU COACH BREAKS DOWN THE CONTROVERSIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT HAVE COLORED HIS STORIED CAREER "I'm embarassed to say this,  but I really think I'm the best teacher going.  I just feel that.  College kids want to be coached.  They want to be taught."    - Larry Brown by  SETH DAVIS Sports Illustrated -  DECEMBER 08, 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS ORIGINAL LAYOUT One day last summer, SMU assistant coach Jerry Hobbie looked over the roster sheet that his boss, Larry Brown, had been holding while attending a recruiting camp. The page had scrawls all over, but they weren't Brown's thoughts on the players he was supposed to be evaluating. Rather, they were diagrams he had made while talking shop with other coaches. "When I sit with these guys, I drive 'em crazy because I like to pick their brains," Brown says. "Their assistants get mad because [the head coaches] don't