Mike Brown is an NBA champion coach with the New York Knicks after winning the NBA title on June 13. The move follows his earlier, controversial departure from the Sacramento Kings, which fired him roughly 18 months before his current championship run. After the Kings decided he could not get the team over the “hump,” Brown went to the Knicks and later became their head coach for this title season.
Multiple outlets note that New York did not appear to have Brown as an immediate or obvious first choice when the Knicks searched for a new coach last spring. Following the firing of Tom Thibodeau, the team was linked to a wide range of candidates across the league before Brown ultimately took the job.
Brown’s background includes participation in five championship runs in total. Four of those rings were earned as an assistant coach, and the fifth came as head coach of the Knicks. The coverage frames the Knicks’ decision as the culminating point of Brown’s experience and prior success within championship-caliber teams.
