NBA coaches react with dismay over firing of 2-time coach of the year Mike Brown
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NBA coaches react with dismay over firing of 2-time coach of the year Mike Brown

Associated Press  

ORLANDO, Fla. — Not even two years ago, Rick Carlisle publicly lauded Mike Brown for the job he did on the way to winning the NBA’s coach of the year award. “The firing of Mike Brown today was just shocking to me and I’m sure all the people in our profession — men and women,” said Carlisle, the Indiana Pacers coach and longtime president of the National Basketball Coaches Association. Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone — who was fired by Sacramento owner Vivek Ranadive in December 2014, and Brown was the sixth coach to hold that job in the decade since Malone’s departure — did not hold back in his reaction to the news, saying the firing was done with “no class.” “As an NBA head coach, ultimately, you’re going to get the blame,” Malone said. And I know how good he is, and I know how he cares, and I know how he’s helped pave the way for so many of us that are in this game right now.” Brown was the unanimous winner of the NBA’s coach of the year award in 2022-23, after his first season in Sacramento saw the Kings make the playoffs for the first time since 2006.

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