A history lesson for the new folks in Charlotte

Terry Holland, in this morning’s piece by Ron Green Jr., which certainly is worth the read: “The burgeoning number of ACC basketball games on television had a tremendous impact on game attendance, particularly for Davidson with its small alumni base. The television exposure began to give every ACC team a recruiting edge over even the best Southern Conference teams, like Davidson. So what Bob McKillop has done in an even tougher environment is the greatest coaching 'resurrection' since Lefty did it in the 1960s.”

And a funny juxtaposition from Larry Brown: “There was nothing about that job that wasn’t appealing. It was just some things that happened that didn’t quite work out.”

One of those sentences is necessarily untrue.

Try again?

Columnist in Minnesota

Oops: Larry Brown became a head coach at Davidson, then jumped to the ABA. A commenter to the rescue: How many games did Larry Brown win at Davidson, Jim? Answer: None, he never coached in one. He left before the season even started.

Larry Brown

On Stephen after today’s workout: I heard people rave about the way he shoots the ball. The most impressive thing to me is how he passes the ball. He’s a great passer.” Video. Pictures. Gastonia. AP. Dunk. Arnott: Watch Curry in the video. You won’t see him miss a shot, because he didn’t miss any.

Today in Charlotte

To play at home?

DraftExpress: Larry Brown is reportedly extremely high on Stephen Curry, and may be willing to trade up in order to get him. Apparently he views him as being able to play either guard position, even alongside Charlotte’s current group of point guards, Raymond Felton and D.J. Augustin.