Compared with the frequent joining, transfer, and trading of NBA stars, compared to the player circle, the NBA coaching circle is actually not very mobile, in the past the so-called famous coaches are nothing more than Popovich, Larry Brown, Sloan, Pat Riley and others, but the coaching circle is also more "stubborn", that is, when the head coaches are frequently fired, they seem to be difficult to be trusted, and they are once again responsible for the head coach of the NBA team, but Mike Brown is a clear stream.
Those familiar with James and Mike Brown know that everyone used to call Brown "bread", and after entering the Cavaliers as head coach in 05-06, Brown is a typical example of sitting on the ace at the beginning, because due to James, Brown's rookie season coaching win rate exceeded 60%, and in the 08-09 season led the team to a 66-16 record, with a win rate of 80.5%, and also won the best coach with such an outstanding performance.
That season, James averaged 28.4 points, 7.6 rebounds, 7.2 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.1 blocks per game, shooting 48.9% + 34.4%. It is not an exaggeration to say that Mike Brown "hugged" James' thigh at that time, because Brown was more of a defensive coach at that time, mainly relying on James' superstar basketball on the offensive end, and after James left, Brown also coached the Lakers and returned to the Cavaliers, but was fired without stirring up any waves.
Since then, everyone's impression of Brown is only that he will appear on the Warriors' bench from time to time, and after joining the Kings as head coach in May '22, according to the official announcement of the Coaches Association, Mike Brown was also named the head coach of the year this season, this time to get the best coach, Mike Brown spent 14 years. Compared to himself 14 years ago, Mike Brown can clearly be called a famous coach now.
Because under the coach of Mike Brown, the Kings have achieved an excellent 48-34 record this season, and ended the team's 16-year playoff drought (the longest playoff drought in the North American professional league), in addition to ESPN statistics, the Kings scored 118.6 points per 100 rounds (offensive efficiency) this season, the highest since the 1996-97 season. The Kings averaged 120.7 points per game this season, the highest record since the Denver Nuggets in 1983-84, from a coach who was complained that the offensive superstar could only defend, to now leading the team to the first offensive efficiency performance in history, Brown spent 14 years, maybe this is also the "two-way redemption" between him and the Kings, I don't know what you think of this? Feel free to share your views.