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SMU is expected to have a decision from Larry Brown over the next few days on whether or not he wants to be the school's next men's basketball coach, sources said. ESPN.com

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Despite engaging SMU in contract talks, Brown hasn't stopped his pursuit of the Portland Trail Blazers' vacant general manager position, sources said. Brown's true desire is to coach the Blazers, but he's trying to get team president Larry Miller to take him seriously as a front-office executive. There has been contact between the two sides, but mostly one-sided from Brown, sources said. Brown is still trying to land a formal face-to-face meeting with Blazers officials, and clearly he hoped the leverage from an SMU offer might help him. Yahoo! Sports

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Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown is making progress in contract talks to become coach at Southern Methodist University, sources told Yahoo! Sports. No agreement was imminent on Monday night, but Brown's representatives were discussing financial parameters of a long-term deal. Brown, 71, has already begun working to assemble a coaching staff with assistance from Kentucky coach John Calipari and Creative Arts Agency agent William Wesley. Yahoo! Sports

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One of Calipari's assistants, former NBA point guard Rod Strickland, has been discussed as a candidate to join Brown if he gets the SMU job, sources said. Brown knows he needs a significant pool of money to invest in top-tier assistant coaches. Yahoo! Sports

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Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown looks like he could be the next to lead SMU’s men’s basketball program, according to a source. Brown met with SMU officials Sunday in Dallas to discuss the position, which has been open since SMU fired Matt Doherty on March 13 after six seasons. Dallas Morning News

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Steve Kauffman: For the record I do not represent Larry Brown. But so many NBA players who played for him, have told me NOBODY taught them more about BB! Twitter

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SMU finally appears to be narrowing in on its next men's basketball coach. Marquette associate head coach Tony Benford interviewed in Dallas on Saturday, according to a source. Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown is scheduled to be in town to meet with SMU officials Sunday, according to another source. Dallas Morning News

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As he's done in recent weeks, Brown publicly confirmed his interest in the vacant SMU gig during an appearance on NBA TV. "I’d like to coach or be involved in basketball in some capacity. ... I would certainly be interested in SMU, but in the time being, I’ve got bigger fish to fry," Brown said, referring to his temporary position as an NBA TV analyst. Dallas Morning News

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Jeff McDonald: Pop heartily endorses Larry Brown for SMU job. Would Pop ever consider return to college himself? "Nope." Why not? "You have to recruit." Twitter

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Larry Brown is scheduled to be in Dallas to discuss taking SMU's open men's basketball coaching job Sunday. Tony Benford, the Marquette associate head coach and the other serious candidate for the position is expected to be in town today. Dallas Morning News

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Arash Markazi: I doubt Larry Brown was in the running for the Clippers' job but he's one of many interesting candidates they'll have. Twitter

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Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown is finally in the mix at SMU, and it's serious, according to a source. Dallas Morning News

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Brown, 71, said weeks ago that he would be interested in the job and is eager to get back into coaching after SportsDay first reported Brown's interest in SMU, according to sources. Meanwhile, SMU athletic director Steve Orsini went after an array of successful sitting head coaches such as Marquette's Buzz Williams and Long Beach State's Dan Monson, and struck out. With pressure building to make a hire a month after Matt Doherty was fired, SMU is also believed to also have interest in Marquette assistant Tony Benford. Dallas Morning News

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Larry Brown just told me: ''I disagree w/Van Gundy that Kentucky couldn't beat an NBA team. I think they could beat about 15 NBA teams.'' Twitter

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Larry Brown returns the call, and wants to make something clear before he conducts an interview with a reporter he has known for more than 20 years. “I’m not campaigning for any job, and I don’t want to come across that way,” the Hall of Fame coach says. Portland Tribune

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The next season, with Chandler and Felton gone and four regulars missing the preseason due to injuries, the Bobcats started 9-19. Majority owner Michael Jordan – a fellow Tar Heel – fired the coach. “After they let Tyson go and Raymond go without getting anything back, I knew it was going to happen,” Brown says. “I knew the direction they were going in. I love Michael. I was kind of shocked, but it happens. “We’d gotten rid of two of the greatest guys and teammates, we started off badly and Michael let me go. That disappointed the hell out of me, but hey, that’s our profession. That’s his choice. It got me time to spend with my family and to travel and watch guys coach.” Portland Tribune

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Amid a report that he's shown interest in SMU coaching vacancy, Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown said Wednesday that he'd like to return to basketball in some form. Brown told ESPN.com's Dana O'Neil that he has not been contacted by the Mustangs but declined to answer whether he had reached out to the school. The Brown-SMU link was reported earlier by the Dallas Morning News. "I'm not going to be politicking for a job right now," the 71-year-old Brown said. "I'd like to get back involved in the game in some capacity. Whether that's as a coach, assistant, running a team or just as a resource, I don't care. ESPN.com

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"Everyone has been calling me today," Brown told O'Neil on Wednesday. "I don't want people to be feeling sorry for me, like I'm looking for a job. I'd like to get back involved, yes, but I'm not sitting here politicking." ESPN.com

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How could there not be a basketball hoop? Look at who owns the home. Look at the nomadic narrative of the man’s life. Basketball is Larry Brown’s siren, and has been since the 1950s and he was a kid living over Hittleman’s Bakery in Long Beach, L.I., learning hard, asphalt lessons from Red Holzman and friends on the court of nearby Central School. The siren may be calling Brown harder, more persistently, than ever before, right now, in his 15th month of being a Hall of Fame coach without a team. “It’s been hard, oh man,” Brown says. “I’ve been active every day of my life, doing something I love. I don’t know if it’s an emptiness, (but) it’s a heck of an adjustment.” New York Daily News

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“He needs to coach like he needs oxygen,” Wright says. “He needs to be part of something. It’s what drives him. He just loves it so much.” New York Daily News

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