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Knicks make Brown richest coach in US sports history
(China Daily)
Updated: 2005-07-30 07:26
NEW YORK: Larry Brown was confirmed on Thursday as the new coach of the New
York Knicks, with a reported five-year deal that makes him the highest-paid
coach in North American professional sports' history.
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| New York Knicks new head coach Larry Brown (left) speaks as Knicks
President of Basketball Operations Isiah Thomas looks on at a news
conference to announce Brown's hiring at Madison Square Garden in New York
on Thursday. Brown, who has coached 22 seasons in the NBA, coached the
Detroit Pistons to the NBA title in 2003-04.
[Reuters] | Brown's new National Basketball Association deal, according to reports in
several newspapers, is worth between US$50 million and US$60 million.
The much-travelled Brown, a New York native who turns 65 next month, came
home to obtain what he once called his "dream job", having idolized the Knicks
since their most recent NBA championship back in 1973.
Brown vowed that this, his 11th coaching career stop and record eighth
different NBA team, will be his final head coaching job.
"I think I say that everywhere I have been," Brown said. "I know this will be
my last stop. Basketball started for me in this city. I want to be here when
it's finally time for me to stop."
Brown, whose 987 NBA coaching triumphs rank fourth on
the all-time list, guided the Detroit Pistons to the 2004 NBA crown and within a
game of repeating the feat before a seventh-game loss to San Antonio in last
month's NBA Finals.
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