Nomad Brown Dreams

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Larry Brown, never to live down his nomadic reputation, admitted he was interested in the Dallas job before Jim Cleamons was hired because of the possibility of a dual coach/ executive position.

“I’ve always dreamed about having a team and running it, trying to do it the right way,” said Brown. “It will happen some day.”

Some in Los Angeles say Brown could end up back with the Clippers someday since his family prefers California and Clippers owner Donald Sterling and Brown are friends.

Brown’s name was automatically floated for the UCLA job, but watch for Nets coach John Calipari. Friends of Calipari, already having run out Vincent Askew and down on big free-agent acquisition Robert Pack, say Calipari has interest after this season in UCLA.

Even with Gheorge Muresan back, the Bullets have Chris Webber starting at center. And Webber does find himself in the center of things. Webber, although he denied it, was said to be involved in a disturbance at a Washington club last week, resulting in police being called. It was the police that responded to the call who ran into a speeding Juwan Howard, who failed a sobriety test. Webber then showed up at the scene of Howard’s test and, police said, was abusive to police…. There Continuing concern in Atlanta for Alan Henderson, who remains at the Mayo Clinic undergoing tests for a mysterious virus. Henderson’s father is a cardiologist and has been working with doctors.

Back in 1985, when Patrick Ewing was being touted as “the next Bill Russell” while being criticized for his unpolished offense, who would have guessed he would top 20,000 points? He needs six tonight in Orlando to do it. He also can reach 10,000 rebounds by the end of next season.

Kings slip by

Greg Anthony missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer, allowing visiting Sacramento to beat Vancouver 84-83.