New Report Adds Fuel to Speculation NY Knicks Could Fire Mike Brown Soon
A new report shows that even coaches for rival teams are confused by some of Mike Brown’s decisions with the […]
Troy Taormina-Imagn Images A new report shows that even coaches for rival teams are confused by some of Mike Brown’s decisions with the New York Knicks ‘ starting lineup. After winning 51 games and reaching the Eastern Conference Finals last spring, the Knicks made the bold — and likely rash — decision to fire head coach Tom Thibodeau. Feeling they had gone as far as they could with the veteran coach, who had an impressive run overseeing the roster.
When they could poach a top coach from another team, the Knicks’ brain trust chose former Cleveland Cavaliers and Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown to be Thibodeau’s successor. Yet with three games left in the regular season, the team has as many wins as they did a year ago, and more frustration heading into the NBA Playoffs. There are questions about the Knicks’ defense and Brown not adjusting his system to get more out of All-Star forward Karl-Anthony Towns .
Another issue that has bugged fans and analysts is Brown’s resistance to altering the starting lineup when the team has struggled. He gave up on a lineup with Towns and Mitchell Robinson in the front court in November and has never gone back to it. It is a decision that has perplexed some around the game.
Rival coach blasts ‘stubbornness’ of NY Knicks head coach Mike Brown Petre Thomas-Imagn Images “It’s championship or bust mode for that team. I don’t know how Mike Brown has not at least given some other lineups a look with all the trouble they’ve had,” a rival assistant coach told Heavy’s Sean Deveney . “It’s a fine line between having the courage of your convictions and just being plain stubborn with it.