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Speeding up his courtship of Larry Brown, New York Knicks president Isiah Thomas met Thursday night with the 64-year-old unemployed ex-Detroit Pistons coach.
The meeting began in the evening near Brown's summer home in East Hampton, N.Y., and a Knicks spokesman said the only two participants were Thomas and Brown.
It was unclear whether the Knicks already were prepared to offer a contract to Brown, who reached a severance agreement with Detroit on Tuesday.
Thomas, a former Pistons star and captain, has made no secret of his desire to hire Brown, who would be coaching his eighth different NBA team if he accepts the job. Brown has expressed reservations in recent days about possibly nudging New York interim coach Herb Williams out of a job, and one of the challenges for Thomas will be to address Brown's concerns on that matter.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/basketball/nba/07/21/brown.ap/index.html
The meeting began in the evening near Brown's summer home in East Hampton, N.Y., and a Knicks spokesman said the only two participants were Thomas and Brown.
It was unclear whether the Knicks already were prepared to offer a contract to Brown, who reached a severance agreement with Detroit on Tuesday.
Thomas, a former Pistons star and captain, has made no secret of his desire to hire Brown, who would be coaching his eighth different NBA team if he accepts the job. Brown has expressed reservations in recent days about possibly nudging New York interim coach Herb Williams out of a job, and one of the challenges for Thomas will be to address Brown's concerns on that matter.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/basketball/nba/07/21/brown.ap/index.html
