Brown having career year with Hornets

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Jazz notes: Brown having career year with Hornets By Phil Miller The Salt Lake Tribune Article Last Updated: 03/11/2007 01:18:20 AM MST The Jazz knew they traded two point guards last summer to acquire Derek Fisher. They didn't realize they were sending away three of them. But three days after Devin Brown signed with the Hornets just before Christmas, he was pressed into handling an emergency assignment he had never faced as a pro. Bring the ball up and pass it to the open man, coach Byron Scott told him. You're running the show. "Coach Scott knows my game, so he just said, 'We're going to ask you to do a lot of things,' " said Brown, included with fellow point guards Keith McLeod and Andre Owens in the deal with Golden State for Fisher. "You might guard anybody from one to four, do whatever we need. You'll never know from night to night what you might be asked. And the first thing is, point guard." Chris Paul had suffered an ankle injury, and the Hornets were desperate. Brown surprised them - the Hornets were 8-9 without their star guard - but he didn't surprise himself. "During the summer, I was handling the ball all the time," said Brown, who returned to Salt Lake for the first time on Saturday. "So it's one of those things where you just become used to it. I just went out and didn't think about it. I just played." Brown played so well - his averages of 11.8 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.9 assists are all career highs - he kept his starting spot when Paul returned. And as the league's lowest-paid starter , he's also one of the NBA's bigger bargains. The Jazz never quite knew how to use him, coach Jerry Sloan said. "I look back now, maybe I didn't give him the opportunity he could have had," Sloan said. "We kind of searched for how to play him." Sloan said he's not surprised Brown has adapted. "He doesn't turn the ball over, and that's the first thing a point guard [needs]. Give them credit for using him that way." Even a fellow point guard is happy for Brown. "He's had a career year. I thought he was a good player last year, but he's definitely elevated his game a lot this year," said Deron Williams. 另一部份談 Chandler , 略 http://www.sltrib.com/jazz/ci_5411514 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 219.135.156.90