My first choice was to work it out with Larry Brown. I needed Larry and I gave him 50 million bucks. This is a situation that I'm in and I'll handle it and I'll make it work.

Larry Brown thought Steve Francis was a Larry Brown type of player.

I made 50 million bucks yesterday. That's a flameout I could get used to.

I believe in the players and what I've put together and we'll make it work.

I think I learned it from Larry Brown.

My thought has always been completion. Maybe you have to rebound better, shoot better, hit free throws, handle the ball, defend better. You have to do all those things in the course of a game.