Larry Brown is considering about a half-dozen coaching opportunities in both the NBA and college ranks, his agent, Joe Glass, said today.
"There's a lot of opportunities," Glass said on the phone. "But nothing I can share with you or anybody else."
Speaking with Glass is always a treat. He's been with the Hall of Fame coach since the beginning of his brilliant career that spans decades. The next town appears to be on the horizon for the coach some refer to derisively as "Next Town Brown," who parted ways with the Philadelphia 76ers much more amicably than he did two years ago with the Knicks.
Brown resigned his post as the Sixers' executive vice president yesterday, a mutual parting of ways that was inevitable when team president Billy King was fired in December. Former Nets GM Ed Stefanski is calling the shots for the Sixers, who are tied 1-1 in their best-of-7 series with the Detroit Pistons heading into Game 3 tonight down the road in Philly.
Glass' son, Keith -- also an agent, not to mention an author, and out of Hewlett High School, by the way -- was telling me yesterday I needed to speak with his dad for any information about Brown's future. I reminded Keith how, um, challenging it had been to deal with the elder Glass during Brown's contract dispute with the Knicks.
"He's just a big teddy bear, really," Keith said.
The elder Glass is always good for a laugh, as long as you don't take yourself too seriously, which I never do. So I did find him a bit more cuddly than he'd been when the Knicks were trying to make off with Brown's money after they fired him in 2006.
Asked if he could help me make an educated guess as to where Brown will wind up next, Glass said with a mix of sarcasm and good cheer, "I don't want to educate you, anyway. We'll just let time take its time."
When Brown left the Knicks, it was only a matter of time before he'd coach again -- and in a much better situation. That time will be here sooner than later; it's just a matter of which town will be next for Brown.
Comments (2)
College players will be more recepatble to LB's style of criticizing players in the media and calling young players delusional as he did with Trevor Ariza. If they want to kkep their scholarship they shut and put with it. In the NBA, players can tune out a coach and get him replaced.... it's cheaper (sometimes) than cutting 15 guranteed salaries.
Charlotte wants and needs Larry Brown. This is the BEST and only place for him.