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Brown dines over Knicks offer
By Chris Sheridan (The Associated Press)
NEW YORK - Larry Brown and Herb Williams planned to break bread together Monday night, one of the last steps before Brown decides whether he wants to become head coach of the New York Knicks. Brown could inform the team of his decision as early as Tuesday. "If I get involved, it'll be a go," Brown's agent, Joe Glass, said Monday. The dinner with Williams, the Knicks' interim coach, came one day after owner James Dolan and team president Isiah Thomas visited Brown at his home in East Hampton, N.Y. Monday represented the seventh consecutive day there was contact between the Knicks and Brown since the 64-year-old coach completed his acrimonious departure from the Pistons. Detroit gave Brown a $7 million severance settlement for the final three years on his contract, and the Knicks are reportedly prepared to offer Brown from $10 million to $12 million per season. "There is no timetable," Glass said in a telephone interview. "Everyone is proceeding in their own manner." The meeting between Dolan, Thomas and Brown lasted more than two hours, and none of the principles commented on what was discussed. But the job appears to be Brown's for the taking. Monday night's meeting presumably included a discussion of what role Williams would have under Brown and whether it would include a spot on the bench as one of Brown's assistants. Brown has said he would be uneasy about nudging Williams out of a head coaching position, and Monday's meeting provided Brown with a chance to get that message across to Williams in person. Williams' head coaching contract expires July 31, though his assistant coaching contract has one season remaining. "Situations are always going to work out," Williams told WNBC-TV while playing in a golf tournament Monday in suburban New York. "You know, a job is a job. You have to approach it that way, you know, that's what you get paid to do, so you step in and you do the job. You don't think about anything else." The Texan strives to present all information fairly, accurately and completely.
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