The Knicks are in win-now mode with a brand new head coach. And Mike Brown is prepared for the strain that comes together with it.
“Nobody has any bigger expectations, first of all, than I do,” Brown stated Tuesday throughout his introductory press convention on the crew’s follow facility in Tarrytown. “My expectations are high. This is the Knicks. I talked about Madison Square Garden being iconic. I love and embrace the expectations that come along with it. So, I’m looking forward to it.”
Brown is trying past simply ending the Knicks’ 52-year championship drought, nonetheless.
“Our goal, starting with Mr. [James] Dolan to Leon [Rose] to the players, all the way down to the fans, is to build a sustainable, winning culture that produces championships. That’s why I’m here,” stated Brown, who’s received 4 NBA titles as an assistant coach.
The Knicks agreed to rent Brown final week after firing Tom Thibodeau within the days following the crew’s elimination by the Pacers within the Japanese Convention finals, their first look within the convention finals in 25 years.
Brown, Taylor Jenkins, Micah Nori, James Borrego and Daybreak Staley all spoke to the Knicks about their head teaching job after the crew was denied permission to talk with the Mavericks’ Jason Kidd, Rockets’ Ime Udoka, Timberwolves’ Chris Finch, Bulls’ Billy Donovan and Hawks’ Quin Snyder.
Brown, 55, was most lately the top coach of the Kings, with whom he earned Coach of the 12 months honors in his first season two years in the past.
Sacramento fired him 31 video games into the 2024-25 season after they had been 13-18.
He first turned a head coach in 2005 with the LeBron James-led Cavaliers and reached the NBA Finals in 2007.
