Mike Brown is entering the first year of his tenure as head coach of the Knicks with the goal of winning an NBA championship. There will likely be growing pains, relationships to build, and trust to earn along the way. It will take a collective effort to get where they hope to go. All that said, one game early next year will hold some extra weight for Brown, the Knicks' trip to play the Sacramento Kings on January 14.
Brown coached the Kings from the start of the 2022-23 season through 31 games of the 2024-25 season, before ultimately being fired by the organization after starting the year 13-18.