What will Larry Brown and Michael Jordan do together with the Charlotte Bobcats next NBA Season?

Iverson was THAT CLOSE from getting his mentor back to his bench. Unfortunately, Larry Brown opted to go with MJ.

As expected, former New York Knicks head coach Larry Brown takes over as the new head coach of the struggling Charlotte Bobcats after missing basketball hysteria only the 2008 NBA playoffs can bring.

Larry Brown replaces Sam Vincent, who was fired after spending the whole 2007-08 NBA basketball season with the Charlotte Bobcats. This marks the 9th NBA coaching job for the Hall of Fame coach.

Brown agreed to a four-year contract joining Michael Jordan, NBA part owner and Executive of the Charlotte Bobcats, with both being former students from the University of North Carolina.

''I think I've coached almost everybody in the NBA, but I'm going to challenge everybody to do their best,'' Larry Brown said. ''That's what Michael is about and that's what I'm about.''

The Charlotte Bobcats are in their fourth year in the NBA and Larry Brown will be giving this struggling franchise instant credibility. He is one of only five NBA coaches with more than 1,000 wins and the only coach to lead teams to NBA and NCAA titles.

Brown's stint in the NCAA has pulled off remarkable turnarounds just like when he took the UCLA Bruins to the NCAA Final Four and when he won an NCAA title with the Kansas Jayhawks, although most of his experience has been in the NBA.

Larry Brown improved teams in Denver, San Antonio, Indiana and Philadelphia and won an NBA title with the Detroit Pistons back in 2004.

Brown, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2002, will now try to get the Jason Richardson-led Bobcats into the playoffs and help Michael Jordan taste success for the first time in two stints running NBA teams.

''I told Michael, 'I'm not coming here unless I know you're fully committed,''' Larry Brown said. ''He told me that last year and he told me it again. You know how competitive he is. He wants to win. I can get to him at anytime, and he's surrounded himself with people that I really respect and like.''

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