It has often been said that the worst thing that could happen to Larry Brown was winning a championship.  This is a man who loves the struggle.  If he ever won it all, he'd have nothing left to complain about.

Well, kudos to Coach Brown.  He left a winning situation where mature, dedicated athletes bought into his system of defense and teamwork (obviously, who would want all that?), and went to coach the Knicks.  Oh, yes...the Knicks.

Thanks to Isiah Thomas, this New York team has one of the most baffling, dysfunctional, and overpaid rosters in sports.  There's the best (shoot-first, loud-mouthed, moderately-effective) point guard in the league.  Then they have Anfernee "didn't-he-retire-a-few-years-back?" Hardaway.  And don't forget poor, poor Quentin Richardson who went from a team where he was an integral piece and where his team made him look better than he really is, to a team where he just doesn't fit in. 

Just in the last few months, we have seen some even more brilliant moves.

Jerome James, whom I affectionately refer to as "the train wreck", was one of the most ill-advised free agent signings of this year. I can't get over how Coach Brown has benched James in favor o####uy with a potentially fatal heart condition.  That's gotta sting.

The most recent signee is Qyntel Woods.  A complete nut job.  He is the personification of the spoiled, demanding, entitlement minded athlete completely out of touch with reality.  His rap sheet includes charges for drugs, fighting and animal abuse (among other things.)  Woods and Brown are PERFECT for each other. 

With all this drama, what else could Coach Brown ask for?

"I think I cause a lot of problems here," said Ron Artest on Saturday about Indiana.  "They probably could win more games without me."

Did anyone else just hear Larry Brown's heart skip a beat?

I'll bet Isiah Thomas is already on the phone.  There's always room in New York for more trouble-makers that can help a team lose games.