Brooklyn native Larry Brown signs a five-year, $50million deal to coach the New York Knicks. -- July 27, 2005

Aug. 1 "I guarantee [New York] will be in the playoffs. Stephon [Marbury will] be an All-Star under Larry." -- Magic Johnson

Oct. 8 "[G.M.] Isiah [Thomas] has done a great job improving the team...." -- James Dolan, Madison Square Garden chairman

Oct. 25 "This is fun. I enjoy coaching and teaching, and we have so many young kids that want to get better." -- Brown

Nov. 4 "The people are hyped up. We're crack addicts who haven't had our fix for a while." -- Spike Lee, director and superfan

Season begins with an OT loss to the Boston Celtics. -- Nov. 2

Nov. 4 (Knicks record: 0-2) "I have no clue who to play.... I'm not thinking about matchups. [I] just need to find out how to put guys in positions they can be successful." -- Brown

Nov. 17 (2-6) "If [Brown] wants me to play a different way ... I'm down for it. But if we lose, I'm not going to be happy playing like that." -- Marbury

Thomas is sued for sexual harassment by former vice president of marketing Anucha Browne Sanders; Thomas denies the charges. -- Jan. 24

Feb. 1 (14-30) "Coaches coach execution, they're not supposed to coach effort.... I've always been places where I knew I could count on the effort." -- Brown

Feb. 7 (14-33) "Larry and Isiah, they need to get on the same page.... It's a circus there." -- Forward Antonio Davis, after being traded to the Raptors

Feb. 28 (15-41) "You don't bring in players ... that can't play a style that is comfortable for the coach." -- Brown

Knicks have highest payroll, worst record in NBA. -- March 1

March 1 (15-42) "I believe in the plan, I believe in the strategy.... Maybe some people think I'm brain dead...." -- Dolan

March 11 (17-44) "[Bobcats G.M. and coach Bernie] Bickerstaff does a great job of instilling [confidence] in his players. He allows a lot of freedom." -- Marbury

March 14 (17-45) "You want freedom? Now how are you going to have freedom with those stats?" -- Brown

March 15 (18-45) "I think it's personal now. I don't think it's about basketball ...." -- Marbury

March 15 (18-45) "You're the best guard in the league, and the team's 17-45? Yeah, it's the coach's fault." -- Brown

March 29 (19-51) "That's worse." -- Fred Klein, 71-year-old season-ticket holder, comparing the Knicks to his three hip replacements, ankle and shoulder operations, triple bypass and two spinal fusions to The New York Times

April 2 (19-53) "Hell. Miserable. Pathetic. And sad." -- Brown, asked to describe his season in 25 words or less

April 4 (19-54) "I played for the Clippers and we were bad. But I've never been around nothing like this." -- Guard Quentin Richardson

April 4 (19-54) "Besides my mom passing away when I was 18, this is top three." -- Guard Steve Francis, describing the worst experiences of his life

April 9 (22-54) "That I should've been a history teacher." -- Brown, on what he learned this season

April 13 (22-56) "I don't care what [Brown] wants to hear.... I played like Stephon Marbury this year. And next year, I'm going to play like Starbury." -- Marbury

"Believe me, this ain't going to be the same team [next year]." -- Brown

Brown, suffering from an acid reflux condition, leaves during a loss to the Cavaliers and spends the night in a Cleveland hospital. -- April 13

April 14 (22-57) "I think that everybody would have to realize that the type of stress Larry has had, which is not common to his career, has been trying on him." -- Joe Glass, Brown's agent

Brown misses his third straight game, but the team says it hopes he will return for the season finale -- amid speculation that he is plotting his exit strategy. -- April 17

This is a weak ass timeline.NO quotes between Nov. and FEb? Thats 4 months worth of antics (mainly Browns) that aren't in there. This doesn't really get into the nitty-gritty of whats going on here. if I din't live through it, I wouldn't know what the problem is by reading this.

[Edited by - killa4luv on 04-24-2006 10:18 AM]

Dec. 19 "The Knicks' lineup will be stable, their rotation shorter and their commitment almost entirely to youth, according to Coach Larry Brown. " -Howard Beck

"Trevor Ariza has been Larry Brown's pet project from the moment the Knicks held their first training camp scrimmage."-Frank Isola

NY Post
'sky Is The Limit'
By Dan Martin
Larry Brown has been highly critical of Stephon Marbury during their first season together with the Knicks, but now that the team is riding a five-game winning streak, the head coach had plenty of praise for the point guard.

Posted by Killa4luv:

NY Post
'sky Is The Limit'
By Dan Martin
Larry Brown has been highly critical of Stephon Marbury during their first season together with the Knicks, but now that the team is riding a five-game winning streak, the head coach had plenty of praise for the point guard.

so what happened? that's the million dollar question. what happened after steph got hurt? those are the quotes we need to read.