charlotteobserver.com - 10/14/2009
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(By Rick Bonnell, rbonnell@charlotteobserver.com)
Charlotte Bobcats coach Larry Brown says the NBA game is flawed in ways that transcend whether replacement referees are making the calls. Brown will be relieved when this ...
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digitalsportsdaily.com - 10/14/2009
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Via Press Release Memphis Grizzlies head coach Lionel
Hollins and Charlotte Bobcats head coach Larry Brown have...
each been fined for improper conduct towards game officials, the NBA announced today. Hollins has been fined $25,000 for publicly criticizing game officials following the ...
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Larry Brown fined $60,000
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... Rick Bonnell of The Charlotte Observer: "Charlotte Bobcats coach Larry Brown says the NBA game is flawed in ways that transcend whether replacement referees are making the calls. Brown will be relieved when this labor dispute is resolved and the veteran officials return. But he's seen a pattern the past few years -- too many whistles, too many contrived rules -- that rob basketball of its natural flow. 'Until we figure out a way to get more shots and have more of a flow up-and-down the court -- which is the beauty of the game -- it's gonna be tough' to ...
Larry Brown Wishes the Game Were More Up-Tempo
FanHouse —
by Tom Ziller Filed under: Bobcats, NBA CoachesIn a Charlotte Observer story this morning, Bobcats coach Larry Brown tells beat writer Rick Bonnell that certain NBA rules have strangled the game's beauty. Brown most recently blew up at a replacement referee who wouldn't look him in the eye, but the coach is now putting on the pose that the game is not entertaining fans because of ... illegal defense rules? Brown tells Bonnell that the league needs to force the game into a more "up-and-down" style, to reignite ...
Larry Brown Wishes the Game Were More Up-Tempo
FanHouse —
by Tom Ziller Filed under: Bobcats, NBA CoachesIn a Charlotte Observer story this morning, Bobcats coach Larry Brown tells beat writer Rick Bonnell that certain NBA rules have strangled the game's beauty. Brown most recently blew up at a replacement referee who wouldn't look him in the eye, but the coach is now putting on the pose that the game is not entertaining fans because of ... illegal defense rules? Brown tells Bonnell that the league needs to force the game into a more "up-and-down" style, to reignite ...
Larry Brown Wishes the Game Were More Up-Tempo
FanHouse —
by Tom Ziller Filed under: Bobcats, NBA CoachesIn a Charlotte Observer story this morning, Bobcats coach Larry Brown tells beat writer Rick Bonnell that certain NBA rules have strangled the game's beauty. Brown most recently blew up at a replacement referee who wouldn't look him in the eye, but the coach is now putting on the pose that the game is not entertaining fans because of ... illegal defense rules? Brown tells Bonnell that the league needs to force the game into a more "up-and-down" style, to reignite ...
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... Coach Brown wants new rules,
“more flow” — too bad Bobcats must
play with status quo.
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charlotteobserver.com 10/15/2009 — (By Rick Bonnell, rbonnell@charlotteobserver.com)
I have to say I was flabbergasted by the amount the NBA fined coach Larry Brown and the Charlotte Bobcats Wednesday. The league is ...
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Larry Brown became the first major target in the NBA's zero-tolerance policy toward criticizing its replacement referees. The Bobcats coach was hit with $60,000 in fines on Wednesday and the Charlotte organization was fined another $60,000 after ...
