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EducatedBet…Larry’s Back!

Well-traveled Larry Brown has reached an agreement to return to the NBA as coach of the Charlotte Bobcats, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Monday.

The Bobcats have called an afternoon news conference for what they termed a “major basketball announcement.” The 67-year-old Hall of Famer will be taking over his ninth NBA team, and it will be his first coaching job since a messy exit from the New York Knicks in 2006. Brown will replace Sam Vincent, fired on Saturday after going 32-50 in his one season. Brown won the NBA championship with Detroit in 2004 and the NCAA title with Kansas in 1988.

He resigned last week as executive vice president of the Philadelphia 76ers, and Glass indicated Brown wanted to return to coaching. The move means Jordan has turned to a fellow former North Carolina Tar Heel to try to get the fourth-year Bobcats into the playoffs for the first time. Jordan and Brown both played for former North Carolina coach Dean Smith. I am not sure if I like this move by the Bobcats.

Brown is a great coach but in his last job he did not do a good job in New York so I am kinda intrigued to see how this job goes and how long he lasts. The Bobcats have a lot of young players on there team right now so they need to bring in a couple vets to help move the team along…and with Larry leading the helm I am sure there will be a bunch of vets looking to head to Charlotte. So only time will tell if Larry Brown can lead the Bobcats to there first ever playoff series and victory, but I do not think that it will be next season!

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