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PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia coach Larry Brown is
taking some time off to recover from his coaching duties at the Olympics and will
not accompany the 76ers on preseason road trips to Mexico City and
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Assistant coach Randy Ayers will be in charge of the team during
those two games.
Brown was an assistant coach for the U.S. Olympic team that
captured the gold medal in Sydney last month. He flew home Oct.
2 for media day and jumped right into the Sixers' preseason
workouts.
"It's a long year," said Billy King, Philadelphia's general
manger, who suggested the break. "The end goal is to have him as
fresh as possible."
Brown began his Olympic coaching duties Aug. 25 and traveled
to Sydney for the tournament. The grueling travel and coaching
schedule took its toll on him.
"He's just tired," King said. "People don't realize how
difficult that trip was."
The 60-year-old Brown will coach the team in its preseason game
in New York against the Knicks on Thursday night. The team will
then travel without him to Mexico City to play the Washington
Wizards on Saturday, and then go to Chapel Hill for a game against
the Toronto Raptors on Monday.
Brown is scheduled to rejoin the team for its game in Washington
on Oct. 20.
Ayers was a head coach at Ohio State from 1989-1997, compiling a
124-108 record.
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