Anthony Bennett vs Darko Milicic.

[Brock Landers]

@tremonthustler1 mentioned the Olympics, you may have been too young bike then, but Larry Brown kept LeBron glued to the bench, and played Odom/Marbury/Jefferson/Marion over LeBron, Wade and Amare.

I think it was because bron was 18 years old and didn't have an nba ready jump shot at that time, I remember him airballing quite a few 3s during that campaign

 

[Malta]

I think it was because bron was 18 years old and didn't have an nba ready jump shot at that time, I remember him airballing quite a few 3s during that campaign

He was 19, and immediately after that he averaged 27/7/7 for a season if it were about shooting there's no rational reason why Richard Jefferson should have been playing. The starting 5 should have been, Wade, Melo, LeBron, Duncan and AI.

Larry Brown was just the worst coach imaginable for the Olympics, he tried to play inside out even though the team didn't have the shooting to do it. They had a team that should have been pressing all game and forcing turnovers, yet they played some slow it down shyt, teams doubled Duncan on the block and when he passed it out nobody could hit a jumper. A smart coach would have played Melo & LeBron at the 4, instead this dumbass went with Boozer and Odom while Duncan is on the floor, meaning spacing was just complete ass, especially with the short line and trapezoid lane.

 

[42 Monks]

I thought Okafor's problem was that he had some recurring back injury

I love you brought this up. Because Larry Brown was clowning this dude for staying in shape and working on his body like a professional athlete is supposed to.

http://blogs.charlotte.com/inside_the_nba/2009/04/brown-on-okafor-naz-and-more.html

Candid to the end, Charlotte Bobcats coach Larry Brown said at his post-season news conference Friday that he’d love for center Emeka Okafor to love basketball more.

As in, use the off-season to become a better player, not just a better-conditioned athlete.

“I always tease that he has an ‘A’ in stretching, Pilates and yoga. I’d like him to have an ‘A’ in basketball,’’ Brown said Friday.


Okafor is well-known for his post-game stretching regimens and off-season conditioning experiments. Brown said he’s impressed that Okafor hasn’t missed a game in two seasons. However, Brown and the front office would like Okafor to spend more of his summer fine-tuning basketball skills.

“He’s got to work at his game,’’ Brown described. “There’s no better guy than him. I want him to have a passion (for basketball) because it ends so quickly.’’

Brown suggested Okafor might over-think: “He analyzes everything he does. I think he’s just got to play.’’

Brown addressed numerous topics Friday.

And this was the low-key in front of the cameras shyt.

He was trying to make Okafor into everything he wasn't, and because he couldnt, he started picking apart everything he could. Its his MO

 

[The_Third_Man]

I don't buy the "Larry Brown ruined darko career" excuse. If he was good enough, the Pistons/Magic/Grizzlies would've stuck with him until he was ready. He just wasn't good to be the 2nd pick.

Jermine O'Neil didn't get playing time in his first 4 years in the league. He still managed to become an all-star.

 

[42 Monks]

I don't buy the "Larry Brown ruined darko career" excuse. If he was good enough, the Pistons/Magic/Grizzlies would've stuck with him until he was ready. He just wasn't good to be the 2nd pick.

Jermine O'Neil didn't get playing time in his first 4 years in the league. He still managed to become an all-star.

Jermaine was playing behind who?

Larry Brown was too happy to skullfukk a kid and you can look around the league and find examples of how hindered development ending up in worsened or outright ruined careers. George Karl literally had to negotiate with Carmelo Anthony to come to a bargain on how much defense he would play and how many jumpers he would shoot - you think Larry Brown would've gone that same road? He would've turned Melo into Vin Baker.

 

[OGBobbyJohnson]

Just realized Bennett isn't even in the league now