Larry Brown is a Douche...The Continuing Series

In my daze from the Bruins getting waxed and then me taking out my frustrations on the sportsbooks the following Sunday, I missed this little bit of news: The Knicks signed Qyntel Woods and released Matt Barnes in the process. I thought Barnes had been a decent contributor to the Knicks, so I wondered why they'd let him go. I thought perhaps he was injured. I emailed an NBA outsider and got this response:

Not really. He was IR’d with “sore foot”, but it was just an excuse injury. The rumor mill says that Larry Brown was trying to foster a stronger sense of camaraderie in the locker room and that Matt just didn’t fit in and was a bit of a loner.

So he brought in Qyntel Woods to arrange dog fights in an effort to bring the team together.

This is my one complaint about LB. He’s a cantankerous bastid and as a result is able to bring out the best on other bastids (Iverson, Sheed, Coleman). However, he turns his back on the good guys he coaches (David Robinson, Danny Manning).

If you read LB’s bio, you find out his dad was a distant and verbally abusive bastid, so it’s really a sad case of propagation. Definitely not a John Wooden coach. It’s fun to hear Piston interviews this year, ‘cause every single one will include the player saying how much more fun it is to play this year. You can’t play sad!

Not much else to add to that. Barnes should catch on somewhere else, as he's a decent low-post contributor. I wish Larry Brown's dad had frequented strip clubs too, as that could have made for much better Knick cheerleaders.