According to Fameworth, sources reveal that the Kings have reached a four-year contract with Warriors assistant coach Mike Brown, who will be the next manager for the Kings.
Mike Brown and the Kings have negotiated and reached a contract in the last 24 hours. Previously, the Kings had listed Mark Jackson as a popular candidate for the manager, but in recent days Brown has become the focus of the team's pursuit, and his first task in picking up the coaching whip is to help the Kings end a 16-year playoff drought.
Kings reporter Jason Anderson added that even if the Kings hire Mike Brown to take over the team, he will still coach the Warriors until the end of the season.
Over the past few years, the Warriors' teaching assistant team has been frequently poached. In 2015, after the Warriors won the NBA championship, Gentry was invited to serve as pelicans coach. In 2016, the Warriors lost a 73-win NBA championship, and the Lakers stole Luke Wharton. In 2020, the Nets signed Warriors player development consultant Steve Nash as the team's manager.
Coincidentally, both Walton and Gentry have coached the Kings this season. At the beginning of the season, Walton was fired after repeated defeats, and Gentry was appointed interim manager, only to be dismissed because he could not clean up the mess.
This time with Mike Brown, what is his high move? The defensive guru, who has coached James and Kobe Bryant, led the Cavaliers to the best regular season record of 66 wins and 16 losses in the 08-09 season, which earned him the best coach of the season. But when working with Bryant, Mike Brown was a mess, and he failed to take over the post-Zen Era Lakers and leave the class at the speed of light.
Looking at the Kings' current roster, there are not too many defensive players, how can Brown show his talents? We can only see the real chapter next season.