<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by The General:
He may have been the man in indy for awhile, but he couldnt guard me today
And i may take him in a 3 point contest too
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His best defense is him running around on offense. BUT he is the man, MR.
the Knicks
He may have been the man in indy for awhile, but he couldnt guard me today
And i may take him in a 3 point contest too
His best defense is him running around on offense. BUT he is the man, MR.
Rick Carlisle
College - Virginia
Rick Carlisle’s 17 years in the NBA as a player, assistant coach and head coach have been synonymous with hard work and success. He enters his second season at the helm of the Detroit Pistons in 2002-03 after being named the 23rd head coach in franchise history on May 23, 2001.
Carlisle, 42, is looking to build upon a 2001-02 campaign that saw the Pistons win the NBA’s Central Division Championship for the first time since 1989-90, reach the second round of the NBA Playoffs for the first time since 1990-91 and win 50-plus games for the first time since 1996-97. The team’s success earned him NBA Coach of the Year honors in his first year as a head coach, a feat accomplished by only five other NBA coaches [Harry Gallatin – St. Louis 1962, Johnny Kerr – Chicago 1966-67, Mike Schuler – Portland 1986-87, Larry Bird – Indiana 1997-98, Doc Rivers – Orlando 1999-00]. Carlisle’s 50 wins were the most by a first-year head coach in franchise history and he joined Ray Scott as the only other coach in Pistons history to win NBA Coach of the Year honors.
His tough-minded approach led the Pistons to an 18-game turnaround in 2001-02 (50-32 - the second-best turnaround for any team during the season) and a first-round playoff series victory over Toronto. The key to the turnaround was the increased efficiency that Carlisle’s system brought to the offense and defense. The Pistons’ offense ranked eighth in field goal percentage (.452), 13th in free throw percentage (.756) and sixth in three-point field goal percentage (.376) during the 2001-02 season after ranking 28th, 24th and 15th, respectively, during 2000-01. The defense improved by ranking sixth in points allowed (92.2 ppg) during the 2001-02 season after ranking tied for 24th overall (97.3 ppg) during 2000-01.
An assistant coach in the NBA for 11 seasons, Carlisle enjoyed a significant amount of success on the bench. The teams that he was associated with (New Jersey, Portland and Indiana) made eight postseason appearances. He made two trips to the playoffs with New Jersey in 1992-93 and 1993-94 and made three trips to the playoffs with Portland (1994-95, 1995-96 and 1996-97). All three of the Indiana teams he was associated with made trips to the playoffs, with the 1998-99 squad reaching the Eastern Conference Finals and the 1999-2000 team reaching the NBA Finals. Carlisle helped the 1997-98 Indiana squad win 58 games, the most regular-season wins for the franchise since it joined the NBA in 1976.
Studying under long-time NBA coaches Bill Fitch and Chuck Daly in New Jersey, P.J. Carlesimo in Portland and former teammate Larry Bird in Indiana, Carlisle earned a reputation as one of the top young offensive minds in the game. In each of Indiana’s last two seasons, which culminated in trips to the Eastern Conference Finals and NBA Finals, respectively, the Carlisle-led offensive scheme ranked sixth in the league in 1998-99 and fourth in the league in 1999-00. Over his last seven seasons as an assistant, the teams that Carlisle was associated with ranked no lower than 16th in the league in scoring and ranked in the top-10 during four of those seven seasons. The teams he was associated with won 50-plus games twice (Indiana in 1999-00 and 1997-98), 45-plus games twice (Portland in 1996-97 and New Jersey in 1993-94) and 40-plus games eight times.
Originally selected by the Boston Celtics in the third round of the 1984 NBA Draft (70th overall), Carlisle enjoyed a solid three-year run as a role-player with the Celtics from 1984 through 1987. He reached the NBA Finals in each of his three seasons with Boston, winning the NBA Championship in 1985-86. Carlisle played the final two seasons of his five-year playing career with New York and New Jersey, finishing his career with averages of 2.2 points and 1.1 assists in 188 games. He enjoyed his best season as a pro during Boston’s championship year, when he averaged 2.6 points, 1.4 assists and 1.0 rebounds in 77 games, one as a starter.
A native of Ogdensburg, New York, Carlisle spent two seasons at the University of Maine before transferring to the University of Virginia (1982-84), where he served as co-captain of the Cavaliers’ 1984 NCAA Final Four team. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in psychology while at Virginia. Carlisle’s interests off the court include golf, piano and spending time with his wife, Donna, and their dogs, Moe Norman and Zoe.
College - Virginia
Rick Carlisle’s 17 years in the NBA as a player, assistant coach and head coach have been synonymous with hard work and success. He enters his second season at the helm of the Detroit Pistons in 2002-03 after being named the 23rd head coach in franchise history on May 23, 2001.
Carlisle, 42, is looking to build upon a 2001-02 campaign that saw the Pistons win the NBA’s Central Division Championship for the first time since 1989-90, reach the second round of the NBA Playoffs for the first time since 1990-91 and win 50-plus games for the first time since 1996-97. The team’s success earned him NBA Coach of the Year honors in his first year as a head coach, a feat accomplished by only five other NBA coaches [Harry Gallatin – St. Louis 1962, Johnny Kerr – Chicago 1966-67, Mike Schuler – Portland 1986-87, Larry Bird – Indiana 1997-98, Doc Rivers – Orlando 1999-00]. Carlisle’s 50 wins were the most by a first-year head coach in franchise history and he joined Ray Scott as the only other coach in Pistons history to win NBA Coach of the Year honors.
His tough-minded approach led the Pistons to an 18-game turnaround in 2001-02 (50-32 - the second-best turnaround for any team during the season) and a first-round playoff series victory over Toronto. The key to the turnaround was the increased efficiency that Carlisle’s system brought to the offense and defense. The Pistons’ offense ranked eighth in field goal percentage (.452), 13th in free throw percentage (.756) and sixth in three-point field goal percentage (.376) during the 2001-02 season after ranking 28th, 24th and 15th, respectively, during 2000-01. The defense improved by ranking sixth in points allowed (92.2 ppg) during the 2001-02 season after ranking tied for 24th overall (97.3 ppg) during 2000-01.
An assistant coach in the NBA for 11 seasons, Carlisle enjoyed a significant amount of success on the bench. The teams that he was associated with (New Jersey, Portland and Indiana) made eight postseason appearances. He made two trips to the playoffs with New Jersey in 1992-93 and 1993-94 and made three trips to the playoffs with Portland (1994-95, 1995-96 and 1996-97). All three of the Indiana teams he was associated with made trips to the playoffs, with the 1998-99 squad reaching the Eastern Conference Finals and the 1999-2000 team reaching the NBA Finals. Carlisle helped the 1997-98 Indiana squad win 58 games, the most regular-season wins for the franchise since it joined the NBA in 1976.
Studying under long-time NBA coaches Bill Fitch and Chuck Daly in New Jersey, P.J. Carlesimo in Portland and former teammate Larry Bird in Indiana, Carlisle earned a reputation as one of the top young offensive minds in the game. In each of Indiana’s last two seasons, which culminated in trips to the Eastern Conference Finals and NBA Finals, respectively, the Carlisle-led offensive scheme ranked sixth in the league in 1998-99 and fourth in the league in 1999-00. Over his last seven seasons as an assistant, the teams that Carlisle was associated with ranked no lower than 16th in the league in scoring and ranked in the top-10 during four of those seven seasons. The teams he was associated with won 50-plus games twice (Indiana in 1999-00 and 1997-98), 45-plus games twice (Portland in 1996-97 and New Jersey in 1993-94) and 40-plus games eight times.
Originally selected by the Boston Celtics in the third round of the 1984 NBA Draft (70th overall), Carlisle enjoyed a solid three-year run as a role-player with the Celtics from 1984 through 1987. He reached the NBA Finals in each of his three seasons with Boston, winning the NBA Championship in 1985-86. Carlisle played the final two seasons of his five-year playing career with New York and New Jersey, finishing his career with averages of 2.2 points and 1.1 assists in 188 games. He enjoyed his best season as a pro during Boston’s championship year, when he averaged 2.6 points, 1.4 assists and 1.0 rebounds in 77 games, one as a starter.
A native of Ogdensburg, New York, Carlisle spent two seasons at the University of Maine before transferring to the University of Virginia (1982-84), where he served as co-captain of the Cavaliers’ 1984 NCAA Final Four team. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in psychology while at Virginia. Carlisle’s interests off the court include golf, piano and spending time with his wife, Donna, and their dogs, Moe Norman and Zoe.
Larry Brown
College - North Carolina '63
Larry Brown, who was hired on May 5, 1997, as the 17th head coach in Philadelphia franchise history, recently completed his sixth season with the 76ers. In 2002-03, Brown guided the franchise to the playoffs for the fifth-straight season and has compiled a 255-205 (.554) record during his six years in Philadelphia, the most victories in franchise history over a six-year span. He currently ranks fourth among the Sixers all-time coaches for victories.
Brown has posted a winning record in 27 of his 31 seasons as a head coach at the professional and collegiate levels, and has compiled a 1,285-853 (.601) career record. In 20 seasons in the NBA, his 879-685 (.562) record is seventh all-time in the NBA coaching ranks for victories, having passed Cotton Fitzsimmons (832) and Jack Ramsay (864) this past season, and is fourth among active coaches. His 31-year coaching resume includes enshrinement in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame with the Class of 2002, three ABA Coach of the Year awards, the 2001 NBA Coach of the Year honor, a trip to the 2001 NBA Finals and a 1988 NCAA championship. This summer, Brown will serve as the head coach of USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team in the 2003 FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament, which will take place from August 20-31 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The 2002-03 campaign marked the fifth-straight season that the Sixers contended in the playoffs. After the team entered the All-Star Break with a 25-24 record, Brown guided his squad to nine-straight wins, and put them in a position to challenge for the top spots in the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference. He won back-to-back NBA Coach of the Month recognition for February and March, his fourth and fifth such honors (November 2000 with Philadelphia, February 1994 with Indiana and March 1992 with the LA Clippers).
Brown recorded his first victory as head coach of the Sixers on Nov. 12, 1997, in Houston and led the Sixers to a nine-win improvement in his first season, tying the seventh-best single-season improvement in team history. In 1998-99, he guided the Sixers to their first winning season since 1990-91 as well as to the NBA Playoffs, becoming the first coach in NBA history to guide six different franchises to the playoffs. He followed that with a second-consecutive playoff appearance in 1999-2000. Brown then signed a multi-year contract with the Sixers on March 24, 2000.
2000-01 was a milestone season for Brown and the Sixers, as the team recorded its best year in nearly two decades. Brown led the 76ers to 56 wins, the most for the franchise since 1984-85 and helped tie him for his best NBA winning percentage (San Antonio, 1989-90, .683) as a coach. On April 6, he passed Gene Shue (784) for ninth place on the all-time NBA coaching victory chart. On the same night, the Sixers clinched the Atlantic Division crown for the first time since 1989-90. The next game on April 9, he led Philadelphia to the top spot in the Eastern Conference. Individually, the 2000-01 campaign was certainly one of Brown's best: he was named the NBA's Coach of the Year and made a trip to the NBA Finals, the first such accomplishments in his then 18 years as an NBA coach.
Additional honors for Brown in 2001 included being named the NBA's IBM Coach of the Month for November. He was the Eastern Conference head coach in the 2001 All-Star Game and guided the East All-Stars to a come-from-behind win, while Allen Iverson was named the game's MVP award. Brown was also selected as a finalist for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Hustle and defense have been trademarks of a Larry Brown-coached team. Traditionally, his teams are unselfish and come to compete every night. In the NBA, he has finished first in his division six times (1976-77 and 1977-78 with Denver; 1989-90 and 1990-91 with San Antonio; 1994-95 with Indiana; and 2000-01 with Philadelphia). Prior to joining the Sixers, the 62-year-old Brown spent four seasons (1993-94 to 1996-97) as head coach of the Indiana Pacers and compiled a record of 190-138 (.579 winning percentage). He took the Pacers to the playoffs three times, including the Eastern Conference Finals twice. Before joining Indiana, Brown was the head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers, San Antonio Spurs, New Jersey Nets and Denver Nuggets, who he helped transition from the ABA to the NBA in 1976-77. He took the Spurs to the postseason twice (1990 and 1991), the Clippers twice (1992 and 1993), the Nets once (1982) and the Nuggets twice (1977, 1978).
Brown spent four seasons in the ABA, earning Coach of the Year honors three times. After two seasons with Carolina and four with Denver, Brown returned to the college ranks in 1979 as head coach at UCLA. The Bruins went to the national championship game in Brown's first year as coach. After a two-year stint as coach of the New Jersey Nets (1981-83), Brown would spend the next five years as head coach at the University of Kansas, where he won the national championship in 1988.
As a coach, Brown draws on his playing days where he was a member of the 1964 gold medal U.S. Olympic basketball team. In the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, Brown added another honor to his resume as an assistant coach on the gold medal Team USA. He is the only U.S. male to both play and coach in the Olympics. The three-time ABA All-Star holds the ABA record with 23 assists in a game and was the Most Valuable Player of the ABA All-Star Game in 1968.
College - North Carolina '63
Larry Brown, who was hired on May 5, 1997, as the 17th head coach in Philadelphia franchise history, recently completed his sixth season with the 76ers. In 2002-03, Brown guided the franchise to the playoffs for the fifth-straight season and has compiled a 255-205 (.554) record during his six years in Philadelphia, the most victories in franchise history over a six-year span. He currently ranks fourth among the Sixers all-time coaches for victories.
Brown has posted a winning record in 27 of his 31 seasons as a head coach at the professional and collegiate levels, and has compiled a 1,285-853 (.601) career record. In 20 seasons in the NBA, his 879-685 (.562) record is seventh all-time in the NBA coaching ranks for victories, having passed Cotton Fitzsimmons (832) and Jack Ramsay (864) this past season, and is fourth among active coaches. His 31-year coaching resume includes enshrinement in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame with the Class of 2002, three ABA Coach of the Year awards, the 2001 NBA Coach of the Year honor, a trip to the 2001 NBA Finals and a 1988 NCAA championship. This summer, Brown will serve as the head coach of USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team in the 2003 FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament, which will take place from August 20-31 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The 2002-03 campaign marked the fifth-straight season that the Sixers contended in the playoffs. After the team entered the All-Star Break with a 25-24 record, Brown guided his squad to nine-straight wins, and put them in a position to challenge for the top spots in the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference. He won back-to-back NBA Coach of the Month recognition for February and March, his fourth and fifth such honors (November 2000 with Philadelphia, February 1994 with Indiana and March 1992 with the LA Clippers).
Brown recorded his first victory as head coach of the Sixers on Nov. 12, 1997, in Houston and led the Sixers to a nine-win improvement in his first season, tying the seventh-best single-season improvement in team history. In 1998-99, he guided the Sixers to their first winning season since 1990-91 as well as to the NBA Playoffs, becoming the first coach in NBA history to guide six different franchises to the playoffs. He followed that with a second-consecutive playoff appearance in 1999-2000. Brown then signed a multi-year contract with the Sixers on March 24, 2000.
2000-01 was a milestone season for Brown and the Sixers, as the team recorded its best year in nearly two decades. Brown led the 76ers to 56 wins, the most for the franchise since 1984-85 and helped tie him for his best NBA winning percentage (San Antonio, 1989-90, .683) as a coach. On April 6, he passed Gene Shue (784) for ninth place on the all-time NBA coaching victory chart. On the same night, the Sixers clinched the Atlantic Division crown for the first time since 1989-90. The next game on April 9, he led Philadelphia to the top spot in the Eastern Conference. Individually, the 2000-01 campaign was certainly one of Brown's best: he was named the NBA's Coach of the Year and made a trip to the NBA Finals, the first such accomplishments in his then 18 years as an NBA coach.
Additional honors for Brown in 2001 included being named the NBA's IBM Coach of the Month for November. He was the Eastern Conference head coach in the 2001 All-Star Game and guided the East All-Stars to a come-from-behind win, while Allen Iverson was named the game's MVP award. Brown was also selected as a finalist for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Hustle and defense have been trademarks of a Larry Brown-coached team. Traditionally, his teams are unselfish and come to compete every night. In the NBA, he has finished first in his division six times (1976-77 and 1977-78 with Denver; 1989-90 and 1990-91 with San Antonio; 1994-95 with Indiana; and 2000-01 with Philadelphia). Prior to joining the Sixers, the 62-year-old Brown spent four seasons (1993-94 to 1996-97) as head coach of the Indiana Pacers and compiled a record of 190-138 (.579 winning percentage). He took the Pacers to the playoffs three times, including the Eastern Conference Finals twice. Before joining Indiana, Brown was the head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers, San Antonio Spurs, New Jersey Nets and Denver Nuggets, who he helped transition from the ABA to the NBA in 1976-77. He took the Spurs to the postseason twice (1990 and 1991), the Clippers twice (1992 and 1993), the Nets once (1982) and the Nuggets twice (1977, 1978).
Brown spent four seasons in the ABA, earning Coach of the Year honors three times. After two seasons with Carolina and four with Denver, Brown returned to the college ranks in 1979 as head coach at UCLA. The Bruins went to the national championship game in Brown's first year as coach. After a two-year stint as coach of the New Jersey Nets (1981-83), Brown would spend the next five years as head coach at the University of Kansas, where he won the national championship in 1988.
As a coach, Brown draws on his playing days where he was a member of the 1964 gold medal U.S. Olympic basketball team. In the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, Brown added another honor to his resume as an assistant coach on the gold medal Team USA. He is the only U.S. male to both play and coach in the Olympics. The three-time ABA All-Star holds the ABA record with 23 assists in a game and was the Most Valuable Player of the ABA All-Star Game in 1968.
WOW
I BELIEVE ITS THE SMART MOVE BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NEXT YEAR
THIS MIGHT GET UGLY W/ THE RACE CARD
I KNOW THOMAS WOULD OF FELL IN HIS FACE NEXT YEAR BUT BECAUSE BIRD DIDNT GIVE HIM THE CHANCE- THE RACE CARD MIGHT COME UP WHEN RICK GETS HIRED
IT WAS REALLY A SMART MOVE AFTER O NEIL RESIGNED. WHO KNOWS IF HE WOULD OF WENT TO SPURS INSTEAD OF PLAYED FOR CARLYLE
I BELIEVE ITS THE SMART MOVE BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NEXT YEAR
THIS MIGHT GET UGLY W/ THE RACE CARD
I KNOW THOMAS WOULD OF FELL IN HIS FACE NEXT YEAR BUT BECAUSE BIRD DIDNT GIVE HIM THE CHANCE- THE RACE CARD MIGHT COME UP WHEN RICK GETS HIRED
IT WAS REALLY A SMART MOVE AFTER O NEIL RESIGNED. WHO KNOWS IF HE WOULD OF WENT TO SPURS INSTEAD OF PLAYED FOR CARLYLE
GREAT MOVE by the pacers.
thomas is a flat out joke of a coach. if he was white there would have been a TON more criticism heaped on him - but because he is black - and so few coaches in any league are that - he gets some sort of "kid gloves" treatment.
i can't wait for the world's biggest blowhard - the reverend hypocrite jesse jackson - to do what he does best - stick his big fat nose somewhere it has no business being. give jesse no more than 48 hours and he plays the racial card to the extreme.
if jesse was really concerned about people in general - how come when rick carlisle got canned - jesse was NOWHERE to be found. oh, yeah, i forgot - carlisle is white - meaning he is of NO INTEREST to jesse.
thomas is a flat out joke of a coach. if he was white there would have been a TON more criticism heaped on him - but because he is black - and so few coaches in any league are that - he gets some sort of "kid gloves" treatment.
i can't wait for the world's biggest blowhard - the reverend hypocrite jesse jackson - to do what he does best - stick his big fat nose somewhere it has no business being. give jesse no more than 48 hours and he plays the racial card to the extreme.
if jesse was really concerned about people in general - how come when rick carlisle got canned - jesse was NOWHERE to be found. oh, yeah, i forgot - carlisle is white - meaning he is of NO INTEREST to jesse.
What does Bird and Freider have in common? the quote from my hero that They both are chickensH!t SOBs !! WTF is that leader BS by Bird whom has one meeting with Isiah via phone call after he got the president job! O'Neal is friggin' pissed and should've got rid that damn drafting clown,Walsh.
come on
it was never going to work
bird and isaiah HATE each other
it was isaiah who said bird would of been just a average player if he wasnt white
at least isaiah could go back to the cba
oops he ruined that league
isaiah did alot of backstabbing moves in toronto
payback
he was a great player w/ a attitude
at his size he needed that chip and he had a great career
BUT HE CANT COACH
it was never going to work
bird and isaiah HATE each other
it was isaiah who said bird would of been just a average player if he wasnt white
at least isaiah could go back to the cba
oops he ruined that league
isaiah did alot of backstabbing moves in toronto
payback
he was a great player w/ a attitude
at his size he needed that chip and he had a great career
BUT HE CANT COACH
