The pressure is on, but Brown doesn't have to watch his back in year one.
The New York Knicks' coaching search went on for weeks before they settled on Mike Brown, who was fired by the Kings a couple of months into the 2024-25 season. He's tasked with maximizing the team's talent, one of the reasons cited as to why the organization fired Tom Thibodeau.
Brown inherits a roster that made it to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals, one win away from its first NBA Finals appearance since 1999.