Here’s what Mike Brown had to say when asked to grade his performance in his first season as Phil Jackson’s replacement as the Lakers’ coach:
“I feel like I could have done a lot better. The toughest part is, and I’m not using this as an excuse because everybody had the same time (but) it was tough because you didn’t have time to practice the way you normally would. I know there were a lot of thigns I felt rushed on. To give myself a true evaluation would be hard. I had a great staff. They helped out a lot. They did well. Could we have done better? Yeah, we could have done better.”