There’s nothing new about Larry Brown implying his players have quit on him, but after last night’s 105-90 loss to the Wizards, Quentin Richardson joined the chorus claiming the Knicks have given up. From the New York Daily News’ Frank Isola.
“I played for the Clippers and we were bad, but I don’t remember being around anything like this,” Richardson (above) said following Washington’s 105-90 victory last night. “I never lost games like this. It seems like we don’t care.”
Malik Rose, who last week called the season an embarrassment, was visibly upset throughout the game and took his frustration out by kicking the scorer’s table. Earlier this season, Richardson wanted to take his frustration out on Stephon Marbury before being restrained by teammates.
“I can’t even explain it, man,” Richardson said. “I’ve had a horrible season but I’m going to come out and play hard. You can tell I want to win, you can tell I care about the way we’re losing and the whole situation. It just feels bad because you don’t feel that the whole team feels that way.”
Nate Robinson’s relationship with Brown is deteriorating. After being criticized for taking ill-advised shots, Robinson attempted just one shot in 26 minutes last night. Robinson’s defiant behavior was similar to what Marbury did during a game against Orlando in December.
“I told (Nate) it’s just as selfish not taking an open shot as it is not passing the ball,” Brown said
Let’s be honest: Larry Brown needs to be fired. He has been an unmitigated disaster.
Hey, the Knicks aren’t the only team giving up. Indiana last night blew another big fourth-quarter margin, a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter against the Bulls, 90-73, on its way to losing 102-96. Hilarious that the Pacers, with 32 seconds left, down by three, and having given the ball away when Anthony Johnson pulled a Webber while having trouble getting the inbounds pass in, elect to play defense rather than foul and get the ball back. Play defense? You hadn’t done that the previous 47 minutes and 28 seconds, so why start now? Sheesh.
Seeing it’s Larry’s first year as Knicks coach, and considering 90% of the players he inherited are selfish crybabies who wouldn’t know a pair of balls if they were surgically sewn between their legs, I say keep Larry and get rid of as many of the babies as possible. Hell, if Dolan doesn’t give a fuck how much he spends getting these whiners, why in the world should he care if he gets little back monetarily, especially if it means getting some players who actually CARE ABOUT WINNING?!?
No matter how many faults you can find with Brown as a coach, two things cannot be denied: He’s been highly successful in the past; and this current batch of dumbasses have won nothing.
You mean you’d rather see Larry go, and look on the court next season and see Starfishbury? Jerome James? Nate Robinson? Jalen Rose? Eddy Curry? Quentin Richardson? That’s just sick. Sick, I tell you.
Fire Larry Brown, hire Dusty Baker.
if that was any other coach on the bench, like say herb williams, they’d be fired! I thought brown was some great teacher, have you seen any of their players improve at all this season. I’m just glad he has been exposed as overrated. But i’m sure he’ll find a way to get ‘fired’ and collect the rest of his contract while moving on to another big money deal while someone else cleans up the bricks.
Yeah, Dude, you’re right. It’s one man, Larry Brown, who’s overrated. Those tall guys on the court who are actually supposed to show up each night and be a team–yeah, they’re not to blame at all.