Posted by crzymdups:
I love how people bring this up and treat it like holy scripture. Yet if the New York Times reports that Brown didn't drill defense in practice, it's a Cablevision conspiracy. The truth is probably this - Marbury got frustrated and freelanced (he was also our best player and when he freelanced we won six games in a row, but whatever). Jerome James is a joke of a basketball player and showed up to work hungover. Someone on the team didn't tie their shoes once. Larry Brown showed to collect paychecks and was a horrible coach and a worse human being.
When Marbury "freelanced, he also played great D and a great all-around game that LB was preaching.
Jerome James-not even gonna address that because he is a POS.
Do you know for a fact that only one person didn't tie their shoes?
You are doing the exact same thing that you are telling guys in Brown's corner not to do-Minimize the items that belittle Isiah and take the items that bash Brown to heart.
If you are going to minimize-minimize both. If you are going to take face value-do both. Neither party has the credibility in this situation to be taken more seriously than the other.
[Edited by - joec32033 on 07-07-2006 12:13 PM]