Congrats Larry Brown on 1,000!

[Jersey Devil]

I just wanted to congratulate Larry Brown on his 1,000 career professional coaching victory last night vs. the Clippers.

According to ESPN.com,

"Brown, in his fourth season with the Sixers, is 1,000-707 when his NBA totals are added to his ABA record with Carolina and Denver. He also has coached Denver, New Jersey, San Antonio, the Los Angeles Clippers and Indiana. He ranks third on the career list behind Lenny Wilkens of the Toronto Raptors and Pat Riley of the Miami Heat.

Brown also coached at UCLA and Kansas and has a career coaching record of 1,176-768."

The 76ers are off to an amazing start so far this year, thanks to Brown (and that AI guy!). For my sake, I hope this trend of winning continues until they win it all! (Boy am I a homer.) But again, congratulations Larry Brown, it's quite an accomplishment.

[Spike]

Yeah, I've always liked Larry Brown.

You know he's one of the few guys that I can think of off hand that's actually succeeded coaching in the N.B.A. and coaching in the college game (he won a National Championship at University of Kansas). Where guys like Rick Pitino, John Calipari, P.J. Carlesimo and the like have failed Brown hasn't.

Kudos to him for that and the 1,000th win.

[Marc]

Hands down to Brown for bringing the Sixers back to being contenders. Can you remember a few years ago? The Sixers were in the dweller of the league - now they are title contenders and favorites. Only an excellent coach can do that, which Brown is.