Larry Brown, reached by telephone by The Associated Press on Tuesday, is on the verge of becoming the Knicks' head coach.

"I wouldn't have met with the owner and with Herb if I didn't think this would move forward," Brown said. "I just can't go any further than that."

Team president Isiah Thomas said he was in a meeting with team owner James Dolan and Madison Square Garden president Steve Mills this morning and could not comment on whether Brown had given the Knicks definitive acceptance.

Shelly Brown, Larry Brown's wife, is saying that the process could be near completion by the end of the day.

"Knicks management is meeting, and we're waiting to hear from them. We're all on board," she said.

Shelly Brown also expressed similar sentiments to the NY Post: "Just some little things have to be tied up before saying 'yes.'  I'm starting to get excited, I hope it works out."

Brown appears to be on the verge of accepting the Knicks' head coaching job.  Contract negotiations with his agent, Joe Glass, could yield an agreement in principle today, with Brown announced at a press conference before the week is over.

"The people here are terrific," Shelly Brown said. "I liked Jim very much. Isiah, we've known him for a while, he's a good guy and he's been honest. That could be nice. We want to make sure everyone is on the same page. They are. We don't want to find out afterwards they're not. We want to make sure the expectations are in check."