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truehoops Henry Abbot talks with Tony Brown
Good interview with Bucks' assistant Tony Brown on the Bucks, how he got into coaching, and the NBA:
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In 1994 you did something a lot of players I think would like to do but failed at, which is to step from a playing career to a coaching career. How did you pull that off?
Well, I played for the Bucks in the early 90's with Larry Krystkowiak, and the head coach at the time was Del Harris, and on his staff was Frank Hamlin, Mike Dunleavy.
And during the course of that season, you know, they would say little things because I was always asking questions about game planning and stuff like that and they would say, you know, you might have a shot at coaching in this league, you got to think about it. You're getting close to the end of your career, you might want to consider it.
So I said, you know what, let me think about it. The last couple of years I was playing in Italy, and during the summers I would always talk to Mike Dunleavy. Hey, I'm still interested in doing that. So he said let me know when you're done, and I'll give you a job. And sure enough, he gave me a job.
Started out in the ground level, video editing. Got out and did some college and high school scouting. Worked my way up to advanced scouting. So my three years there were very beneficial.
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A lot more on Redd, Bogut, Yi, playing defense at
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truehoops Henry Abbot talks with Tony Brown
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