Larry Brown

Ht. 5-9
Wt. 160
College - North Carolina
ABA Teams: New Orleans (1967-68), Oakland (1968-69), Washington (1969-70), Virginia (1970-71), Denver (1970-71 to 1971-72).

Veteran of five ABA seasons as a player. Performed in three ABA All-Star Games. MVP of first ABA All-Star Game in 1968. Quarterbacked Oakland Oaks to ABA Championship in 1968-69. Led ABA in assists in 1967-68, 1968-69, and 1969-70. Finished ninth in assists in 1970-71 and third in assists in 1971-72. Ended playing career as ABA's career assist leader (2,509 in 376 games). Coached for four years in the ABA with Carolina (1972-73 to 1973-74) and Denver (1974-75 to 1975-76). Four-year record of 299-107 for a stellar .682 winning percentage. Named ABA Coach of the Year three times (in 1972-73 with Carolina and both years with Denver). Had a 79-5 home record with Denver in the ABA.

From Jim O'Brien's 1970-71 Complete Handbook of Pro Basketball:
Smallest player in the league, but one of its smartest operators . . . has led league in play-making all three seasons of league . . . superb free-throw shooter and will get into double figures most of the time . . . college teammate of Doug Moe's and also teamed up with him in New Orleans and Oakland in ABA's first two seasons . . . they know how to work together and this will be a plus with the Squires . . . assistant coach at alma mater when ABA came into being
GP Min FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TReb AST PF Stl Blk Pnts RPG APG PPG
Career ABA Totals 376 11309 1384 3357 .412 48 209 .230 1413 1737 .813 1005 2509 1059 - - 4229 2.7 6.7 11.2
ABA Playoff Totals 47 1710 218 508 .429 5 29 .172 229 270 .848 156 320 158 - - 670 3.3 6.8 14.3
ABA All-Star Totals 3 62 8 18 .444 2 3 .667 7 9 .778 6 15 5 - - 25 2.0 5.0 8.3

In the Fall of 1976, the Nuggets played their very first games in the NBA. In November 1976, Bill Hirsch interviewed Nuggets coach Larry Brown to get Brown's first impressions of the league with the "ugly-colored brown ball."

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