Mike Brown can have a second assembly with the New York Knicks for his or her head teaching job and has emerged as a robust candidate, sources informed ESPN’s Shams Charania on Monday.
Brown, 55, was the unanimous alternative for NBA Coach of the Yr in his first season with the Sacramento Kings in 2022-23, when he helped Sacramento finish the longest playoff drought in NBA historical past at 16 seasons. Brown had a 107-88 file in two-plus seasons in Sacramento with a successful file in each of his full seasons earlier than being fired in December, lower than midway by his third season.
He beforehand had two stints as coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers and spent one-plus season because the Los Angeles Lakers coach. He has a 455-304 profession file and has made the playoffs in seven of his 9 full seasons. He received Coach of the Yr twice, additionally getting the award in Cleveland in 2008-09.
Brown interviewed for the Knicks job in 2020 and made a robust impression earlier than New York employed Tom Thibodeau. Now he’s vying to interchange Thibodeau, who was fired after he led the workforce to the Jap Convention finals for the primary time in 25 years.
Brown is certainly one of three candidates to interview for the Knicks’ teaching job, together with former Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins and Minnesota Timberwolves assistant Micah Nori.
The Knicks even have expressed curiosity in former Charlotte Hornets coach and present New Orleans Pelicans assistant James Borrego, sources informed Charania.
Earlier than the Knicks formally started interviews, a number of groups rejected requests by New York to interview their head coaches, together with the Dallas Mavericks (Jason Kidd), Houston Rockets (Ime Udoka) and Timberwolves (Chris Finch).