Larry Brown Questions People Around Michael Jordan

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It was only a few years ago that Larry Brown had the Bobcats in the playoffs, but Charlotte is poised to become the worst team in league history and the coach had some thoughts Wednesday on what went wrong during his tenure there.

Brown said on "The Dan Patrick Show" that he experienced communication problems with team owner Michael Jordan and then was devastated when he was fired.

"It's one thing for me to get fired, but I have four or five assistants and they're out there not able to work," said the 71-year-old Brown, who was named SMU coach this week. "And it was the worst. And when your hero fires you... I just couldn't believe it. You know I love the guy, think he's brilliant, but he's around people who don't have a clue. And they won't challenge him. And the more you challenge him, the more you get from him.

"I was sick about it. I haven't spoken to him since. I don't like seeing what's going on."

In 2009-10, Brown guided the Bobcats to a 44-38 record and their only playoff appearance. After a slow start the next season, Jordan replaced Brown with Paul Silas. That team finished 34-48.

"I'm sick about it because we made the playoffs the first time they ever made the playoffs. We got rid of Raymond Felton without getting anything back -- one of the greatest kids I ever coached in my life. We got rid of Tyson Chandler who only played 50 games or so for us."

Jordan has been blasted for some of his personnel moves over the years, infamously drafting high schooler Kwame Brown No. 1 when he was in the Washington Wizards' front office.

Brown says it's not a lack of knowledge of the game that hurts Jordan.

"When I was able to visit with him and pick his brain, he knows, but he's got people around him that just make you sick," Brown said to Patrick. "And it was not comfortable. It was almost like there were spies wondering what you were doing and getting back to him. I should have spent more time face to face with Michael because I do see the passion. I think he's hurt right now.

"We all make bad decisions. This draft thing is not a perfect science, but when I talk to him about players, you know strengths and weaknesses, what we need to do to be successful, he's right on point. But he has all these other people that will get in the way, and you can't do it like that."

This season's Charlotte team is 7-57, has lost 21 straight and needs to defeat the Magic Wednesday or the Knicks on Thursday to avoid going into the record books as the owner of the league's worst-ever winning percentage. The 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers hold the mark at .110, going 9-73 in that full season, but a 7-59 finish in this strike-shortened season would leave the Bobcats at .106.

"We don't want to be the worst team in NBA history. We know that in the back of our minds going into these next two games," point guard D.J. Augustin said after scoring 15 points in a 101-73 loss at Washington on Monday.

The Bobcats have lost 10 straight on the road and haven't won anywhere since beating Toronto at home March 17. One of Charlotte's rare wins, though, came against Orlando on March 6, a 100-84 home victory that ended a six-game skid in the series.

It was Charlotte's ninth win in 31 games against the Magic.

The Bobcats fell to 2-13 all-time in Orlando with a 96-89 loss Jan. 17 in their lone visit this season.
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Uf, najgora momčad ikada to bi bio podhvat 

Nadam se da ce Sixersi pustit Bucksima danas da sigurno izbjegnu Heat

i ne znam gdje ti točno u prvom paragrafu demantiraš ono što ja govorim cijelo vrijeme? a to je da je artestova kazna već gradirana jer nema lakta u povijesti lige koji je ovoliko kažnjen i najednom bi artest trebao biti suspendiran drastično više na temelju ostalih prekršaja koji nemaju konkretne veze s ovime kao što su obiteljsko nasilje i sl... takva gradacija nema smisla niti se ikad primjenjivala u nba ligi osim u slučaju koji si naveo koji zalazi u savim drugu sferu koja ne ulazi u isti koš s ovime...

baš kao što ti racionaliziraš howardov postupak, tako bi artestov odvjetnik mogao racionalizirati njegov lakat na hardenu nakon što bi tužio ligu radi izricanje neprimjerene kazne... zar doista misliš da stern ne bi bio najsretniji čovjek na svijetu kada bi nekako mogao udaljiti tog kretena iz lige? čovjek svaki drugi dan na ligu navlači negativan publicitet, no stvari jednostavno ne funkcioniraju tako ovdje i ne može se sport izjednačiti s kaznenim zakonom...

paralela koju vučem s vremenima koja su iza nas ima za svrhu pokazati kako kod nas fanova ima previše licemjerja... svi plaču za vremenima koja su iza nas i za košarkom koja se tada igrala, a kada dobe flashback tih vremena, pokazuju suprotno... time ne želim reći kako su ovakvi potezi bili normalni jer nikada nisu, no nivo namjerne grubosti je uvijek bio prisutan i to je činjenica, žar borbe je bio samo paravan za popratnu grubost... stanje stvari se drastično promijenilo od tih vremena što se da vidjeti i po ovoj suuspenziji, dijele se kazne kakve se nikada nisu dijelile... i tko to voli sigurno je danas sretan jer je grubost na najnižoj mogućoj razini, ali postoji razlika između rađenja reda i izricanja mjera koje za sobom vuku repove i negativnu pozornost...

http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2012/04/23/how-eastern-conference-playoff-teams-perform-across-quarters/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Jedna jako interesantna analiza.

@Shump koliko vidim ti svakim postom negiras sam svoj stav iz prijasnjeg, tako da ... nista, uzivaj...

Artest u paintu 

nemam ništ pametno reći pa da i ja stavim sliku



madmax17, daš mi link od kud vadiš te slike.. vidio sam tu šemu di ekipa u paintu crta razne sitacije s terena i to mi je genijalno, ali sad ne mogu naći stranicu

Evo:
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=235294

Našo i ovu gdje davi navijača