Phil Jasner of the Philadelphia Daily News reports that Larry Brown made a comment on Tuesday. It wasn't a big announcement, but it was something the Sixers wanted to hear.

In a pre-game interview with a New York radio station, Brown said "If I'm back anywhere next season, it will be with the 76ers."

For whatever reason, the Sixers coach didn't say that during the grueling seven-game Western swing when rumors had him being a candidate to coach the Denver Nuggets or even resigning before the conclusion of the trip.

"Really, that's what I've said all along," Brown said last night, before the Sixers turned back the Minnesota Timberwolves, 96-91. "The guy asked me a question, I said I intended to coach only here.

"I might not coach any more, either. That's a possibility, too. But I want to coach as long as I'm physically able, and if that's what I do I want to do it here."