larry coached them from 1993-1996
Indiana Pacers: W- 190 L- 138
pg. mark Jackson
sg. Reggie Miller
Cen. Rick Smits
Pf. Dale Davis
Sf. Derrick Mckey
sixth man: Antonio Davis

Larry coached from 1997- 2002
Philadephia 76ers W-255 L-205
pg.Eric Snow
sg. Allen Iverson
cen. Dikembe Mutombo
pf. Tyrone Hill
sf. George Lynch
sixth man Aaron Mckie

Larry coached from 2003 -2004
Detroit Pistons W-108 L-56
pg. Billups
sg. Hamiton
cen. Ben Wallace
PF. Rasheed Wallace
sf. Prince
sixth man: Lindsay Hunter

Current team: 2005- 2006 NEW YORK KNICKS
Possible starting lineup:
pg. Marbury
sg. Crawford or Houston
Cen. Curry or James
pf. Curry or Rose
sf. Q
sixth man Rose or Ariza

Philly and Detriot had a rugged, hardnose defensive player @ every position from their starting lineup. SG.Rip Hamilton's defense was his offense. Problem with these 2 teams, hard time scoring pts consistently.

Knicks look to be more like the Pacers team from the mid-1990's. That team had a nice balance attack. On offense, they had Reggie Miller, veteran Byron Scott, Sam Mitchell and Center Rick Smits. On defense, they had the Davis Bros, backup pg. Haywood Workman and 6'8 Swingman Derrick McKey.

This yr's Knicks team will score plenty on offense.. Larry Brown has to get them to play 48 min of tough defense throughout the season especially stops in the 4th quarter. Im sure it can be done!!


[Edited by - woodmanNyk on 10-09-2005 2:54 PM]

Those stops down the stretch won't be non-existent like last year. The close losses wee suffered last year will turn into the close wins that defensive intensity in crunchtime will help this team earn.
Larry Brown's perfect for the job.

well, when Brown got to Philly, that was an incredibly young team. there was no Deke there until 2001. Iverson was in his second year. He had Tim Thomas and Larry hughes as rookies. They traded for Theo Ratliff in his second or third season.

I would compare this situation to the Philly situation, except I think we have way more talent.

Indiana and Detroit were far more established teams that Brown put the finishing touches on.