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New York Times - To the uninitiated, the expression was little more than an ominous-sounding catchphrase, an N.B.A. truism passed from city to city: Larry Brown is hard on his point guards.
The Knicks heard it from the day Brown was hired as their coach in July. For the past week and a half, they have lived it. And now Stephon Marbury and Jamal Crawford know what Chauncey Billups and Allen Iverson were talking about.
For nine days here, Brown prodded, chided and occasionally cursed. No player was exempt, but none were scrutinized more closely than the ball-handling guards.
"Those two have the toughest job, because Coach is hardest on those guards," forward Malik Rose said, referring to Marbury and Crawford. "And as they go, we're going to go."
Brown's reputation with point guards is well established. A former point guard himself, he wants the ball moving and the offense humming. He wants everyone involved. For shoot-first, scoring-minded guards, the adjustment is difficult, as Billups learned in Detroit and Iverson did in Philadelphia.
The burden is now on Crawford and Marbury
New York Times - To the uninitiated, the expression was little more than an ominous-sounding catchphrase, an N.B.A. truism passed from city to city: Larry Brown is hard on his point guards.
The Knicks heard it from the day Brown was hired as their coach in July. For the past week and a half, they have lived it. And now Stephon Marbury and Jamal Crawford know what Chauncey Billups and Allen Iverson were talking about.
For nine days here, Brown prodded, chided and occasionally cursed. No player was exempt, but none were scrutinized more closely than the ball-handling guards.
"Those two have the toughest job, because Coach is hardest on those guards," forward Malik Rose said, referring to Marbury and Crawford. "And as they go, we're going to go."
Brown's reputation with point guards is well established. A former point guard himself, he wants the ball moving and the offense humming. He wants everyone involved. For shoot-first, scoring-minded guards, the adjustment is difficult, as Billups learned in Detroit and Iverson did in Philadelphia.
The burden is now on Crawford and Marbury
