# \[The Athletic\] 迈克·布朗与尼克斯在神奇的总决赛之旅中共同实现救赎
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**Created:** [2026 年6 月 8 日 11:11 UTC](https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/47336 "2026-06-08T11:11:38Z")
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#### 发布日期： [2026 年6 月 8 日 11:11 UTC](https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/47336/1 "2026-06-08T11:11:38Z")
By James L. Edwards III | The Athletic, 2026-06-08 09:15:00
要理解迈克·布朗 (Mike Brown) 是如何来到纽约执教[尼克斯](https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/47374)的，你首先得明白主教练这个职业的脆弱性。
主教练往往是第一个承担指责、最后一个获得赞誉的人。他们是最容易被推出来的替罪羊。写一张支票，给球迷群体推销一位新主帅，远比引进一位新的明星球员要容易得多。在大多数情况下，教练们在某些时刻必须做到比“足够好”还要更好。
布朗和尼克斯对此都深有体会。这也是他们产生交集的原因。布朗于2024年在萨克拉门托被解雇，究其原因，竟然是因为他的工作做得_太出色_了，从而拉高了外界的期望值。在他执教的首个赛季，球队拿下了48胜。接下来的赛季是46胜。这是国王自2004-06赛季以来，首次连续两个赛季胜场数达到40场。然而，在布朗执教的第三个赛季中期，由于国王开局表现慢热，他惨遭解雇。
一个沦为笑柄长达二十年的球队，竟然想着去寻找更好的出路。自那以后，萨克拉门托再也没有打出过胜率过半的赛季。
去年夏天，纽约也做出了类似的豪赌，他们相信换掉主教练是推动球队更进一步所需的唯一改变。在汤姆·锡伯杜 (Tom Thibodeau) 的执教下，尼克斯同样从人们茶余饭后的笑料变成了备受尊重的强队。其巅峰是去年闯入东部决赛，这是该队25年来首次获此殊荣。然而，在球队于六场大战中不敌印第安纳步行者后不久，决策层便解雇了锡伯杜。据联盟消息人士透露，尼克斯想要一位合作者，一个愿意进行尝试并带来不同声音的人。
这就是布朗与纽约联姻的起点。照这个势头发展下去，谁知道这段蜜月期何时才会结束。
仅仅一个赛季，布朗就带领尼克斯自1999年以来首次杀入NBA总决赛，对手正是圣安东尼奥马刺——在21世纪初，正是这支球队给了布朗担任助理教练的机会。纽约距离总冠军仅差两场胜利。当布朗接下这份工作时，走到这一步似乎是一项必须完成的硬性任务。这也是纽约在漫长的选帅过程中释放出的信号。如果纽约在季后赛中功亏一篑，布朗可能会同样迅速地丢掉工作。然而相反的是，尼克斯在通往总决赛的道路上，打出了可以说是NBA历史上最具统治力的季后赛表现之一。
对于一个已经做好了可能再也无法担任主教练准备的人来说，这成绩相当不错。
“首先，我必须感谢（国王老板）维维克·拉纳戴夫 (Vivek Ranadivé) 给我这个机会。显然，结果并不尽如人意，”布朗说道，在2022年被萨克拉门托聘用之前，他自2014年起就再没担任过主教练。“当我被解雇时，我真的没想太多。我和妻子去了澳大利亚悉尼观看UFC 313。我们去了墨西哥的巴亚尔塔港。我们去了圣巴特岛……我当时只想好好放松一下。
“如果有机会出现，那太好了。如果没有，我也觉得很幸运、很满足、很感恩。我的职业生涯已经很不错了。我希望在未来的某个时候，能再次获得担任主教练或助理教练的机会。我只是顺其自然，没有想太多。”
去年夏天，当尼克斯联系布朗时，他们也向其他几支球队询问了其主教练执教的可能性。这并非罕见，但考虑到尼克斯联系的球队数量之多，这种情况确实少见。纽约敲响了芝加哥（比利·多诺万 (Billy Donovan)）、休斯敦（伊梅·乌度卡 (Ime Udoka)）、达拉斯（杰森·基德 (Jason Kidd)）等好几支球队的大门。所有人都婉言谢绝了纽约的请求，于是这支球队发现布朗成为了他们的首选候选人。（说来也怪，这三位教练中的两位——多诺万和基德——在本赛季结束时已经不再执教那些球队了。）
只有尼克斯管理层自己知道，在选帅工作开始时，布朗是否名列前茅。但他们确实知道，布朗在担任史蒂夫·科尔 (Steve Kerr) 助手以及在勇士任职期间，作为合作者和沟通者获得了极高的评价。他们还知道布朗有执教巨星的经验，因为他曾担任过勒布朗·詹姆斯 (LeBron James) 和科比·布莱恩特 (Kobe Bryant) 的主教练，并且在斯蒂芬·库里 (Steph Curry) 和金州勇士开创王朝时也是教练组的一员。这深深吸引了纽约。
布朗并不介意自己是不是第一选择。在远处，他看到的是一支有夺冠机会的球队，一支由杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson) 和卡尔-安东尼·唐斯 (Karl-Anthony Towns) 领衔、刚刚闯入东部决赛的经验丰富的队伍。他渴望这种压力。
“我尊重（球队总裁）莱昂·罗斯 (Leon Rose) 的选帅流程，”布朗在去年七月说道。“我觉得自己是一个注重细节的人，做任何事情都力求彻底。在这里也是一样。在整个过程中，我只是展现了真实的自己。我和（詹姆斯）多兰 (James Dolan)，当然还有莱昂及其团队进行了非常愉快的交流。我的全部想法就是想和（莱昂）建立一种伙伴关系。我想和大家一起努力。单打独斗是不可能成功的。
“显然，这个结果让我非常兴奋，因为我坐上了自己梦寐以求的位置。”
布朗大约花了五场比赛的时间，才觉得自己是这支球队的主教练，而不是刚来的新人。承载着极高期望的尼克斯在赛季开局仅取得2胜3负的战绩。布朗试图推行的传切进攻在球员身上并不奏效。那种试图将一切进攻逼向中路的防守体系也同样运转不灵。他还做出了让乔什·哈特 (Josh Hart) 替补出场的决定，而这位老将前锋在上赛季作为首发时一直是球队最可靠的支柱。
布朗不得不进行自我反思。他必须去调和球员的个性。正是在那段艰难的时期，一切开始重新变得顺理成章起来。
“大家都非常欢迎我，我们也一致同意要保持公开和坦诚，”布朗说。“我们以2胜3负开局，当时我们进行了一些非常深入的交流。”
帮助布朗度过最初低谷的部分原因在于他的教练组，其中有几位在上赛季锡伯杜执教时就在队中。布朗非常依赖他们，通过他们来摸清球员的想法并做出相应的调整。他们经常集体对决策进行投票。布朗拥有最终决定权，但如果他很清楚大多数教练组成员都认为需要做出这一两处调整，布朗就会倾听。在与联盟内部人士的交流中，布朗最优秀的品质之一就是他不想成为房间里最聪明的那个人。这正是吸引尼克斯的合作流程的一部分。这不再是一言堂了。
在摸索阵容的过程中，布朗摒弃了许多东西。他开始运行与纽约上赛季类似的进攻战术。他将防守转变为更传统的“ICE”防守（即延阻防守，将持球人逼向边线和底线）。尼克斯在锡伯杜执教时也是这么做的。布朗倾听了球员的意见，也倾听了教练组的意见。
不过，布朗的合作态度并仅限于此。如果你仔细观察纽约的比赛，你可能会发现，在一场比赛中，好几次会出现布朗的某位助理教练在战术板上画战术的情况。而锡伯杜在暂停期间极少咨询助理教练的意见。布朗带着让每个人都有发言权的想法来到这里。听不听取决于他，但他往往倾向于接受并采纳他人的建议。
“他不会得意忘形，也不会垂头丧气，”哈特在谈到布朗时说道。“从倾听其他教练和球员意见的角度来看，他让自己保持着‘可执教性’。他将我们的建议融入到了我们的战术中。他一整年都是这样。这就是你对教练的期望；你不希望他情绪起伏太大。他在自己的角色中感到非常游刃有余。”
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布伦森时刻保持的一种心态是“不要害怕失败”。他在布朗身上也看到了这种心态。
整个赛季，布朗都在不断尝试不同的阵容，就像他在进攻和防守原则上所做的那样。布朗在赛季的大部分时间里给了二轮秀新秀莫·迪亚瓦拉 (Mo Diawara) 一个轮换位置，随着出场次数的增加，他的进步显而易见。布朗有时也会倚重二年级控卫泰勒·科勒克 (Tyler Kolek)。这位控球后卫在尼克斯于12月夺得NBA季中锦标赛（NBA Cup）冠军的过程中发挥了重要作用。布朗在赛季开始时也将老将乔丹·克拉克森 (Jordan Clarkson) 放入了轮换阵容，但由于后者连续表现不佳，在交易截止日临近时将其撤出了轮换。然而，在3月的犹他之夜，当尼克斯被实力孱弱的爵士痛击时，布朗将克拉克森从板凳席上叫起，重新将他投入战斗，基本上就是对他说：“去解决这个问题！”这是布朗的助理教练之一莫里斯·奇克斯 (Maurice Cheeks) 极力敦促主教练考虑的举动。布朗采纳了。在那场比赛中，纽约一度落后多达18分。克拉克森在26分钟内砍下27分。最终尼克斯大胜17分。
季后赛首轮，兰德里·沙梅特 (Landry Shamet) 因膝伤影响基本掉出了轮换。在下一轮对阵费城的比赛中，布朗重新启用了他，就像克拉克森一样，沙梅特此后就再也没有离开过轮换阵容。尼克斯之所以能夺得季中锦标赛冠军，部分原因在于一套由布伦森、科勒克和克拉克森组成的阵容配合默契。在那天晚上之前，这套阵容几乎没有一起打过球，而且在仅有的配合时间里效果也并不好。
在本赛季的大部分时间里，尼克斯都摒弃了布朗最初的进攻计划。直到在季后赛首轮以1-2落后于亚特兰大老鹰。布朗回归了他的战术本源，但这一次他让队员们欣然接受了他最初想要推行的传切进攻。这种战术以唐斯在肘区策应传球为特色，多名球员进行无球掩护，其他球员进行空切。这减轻了布伦森在几乎每一次进攻中都试图通过运球单打突破对手的负担。
纽约随后以16分的优势赢下了第四场比赛，将大比分扳平。自那以后，尼克斯已经取得了季后赛12连胜，其中有10场比赛赢了对手两位数，还有几场大胜30分以上。
布朗创造了一个以灵活性为基础的环境。球员们时刻做好了准备，因为有太多队友在坐冷板凳后重新获得机会的先例。根据对手的不同，进攻端可以展现出多种风格。防守端也展现出了多年未见的凝聚力。
“这展现了迈克对我们的信心和信任，他相信我们能解决问题，”布伦森说。“他自己也不害怕失败。这种不惧失败的心态对我们很有好处，因为它能让我们继续战斗，而不去担心结果。我们可能会在场上防得很出色，但对手却投进了一个难度极高的球。我们可能整场比赛都打得很好，但却在终场哨响时输掉比赛。”
“我们不害怕失败，我认为这是我们身上一个非常了不起的特质。”
56岁的布朗兑现了他上任时所说的一切承诺。在此过程中，他还让他的老板们看起来像个天才。解雇锡伯杜，加上外界极高的期望，原本感觉像是一个随时会产生反噬的局面。然而相反的是，尼克斯如今挺进了总决赛。
许多教练都曾尝试过，但大多数都失败了。布朗却并非如此，这是因为他愿意让参与其中的每一个人，都在这个故事的结局中拥有发言权。
_由生成式 AI 翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。_
> **点击查看原文：Mike Brown and the Knicks found redemption together on magical NBA Finals run**
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> # Mike Brown and the Knicks found redemption together on magical NBA Finals run
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> To understand how Mike Brown ended up in New York coaching the [Knicks](https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7343693/2026/06/08/knicks-spurs-nba-finals-game-3-score-results-takeaways/), you must first understand the fragility of his profession.
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> Head coaches are often the first to blame and the last to receive praise. They’re the easiest scapegoat. It’s easier to cut a check and sell a new head coach to the fanbase than it is to acquire a new star player. Coaches, more often than not, at some point, have to do better than good enough.
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> Both Brown and the Knicks have experience with this. That’s how they became intertwined. Brown was fired in Sacramento in 2024 because, ultimately, he did _too good_ a job and raised the bar. In his first season, 48 wins. The next was 46. It was the first time the Kings had won 40 games in back-to-back seasons since 2004-06. Midway through Brown’s third season, though, he was fired after the Kings got off to a slow start.
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> A franchise that had been a laughingstock for two decades thought to explore greener pastures. Sacramento hasn’t had a winning record since.
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> New York made a similar bet last summer, believing a new coach was the only change needed to propel the franchise even further. Under Tom Thibodeau, the Knicks, too, went from the butt of jokes to respectability. The peak was last year’s trip to the Eastern Conference finals, the organization’s first in 25 years. Decision-makers pulled the plug on Thibodeau shortly after his team fell in six games to the Indiana Pacers. Per league sources, the Knicks wanted a collaborator, someone willing to experiment and bring a different voice.
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> This is where the marriage between Brown and New York begins. And at this rate, who knows when it’ll end.
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> Brown, in one season, has the Knicks in the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999, facing the San Antonio Spurs, the organization that gave Brown an opportunity as an assistant coach in the early 2000s. New York is two wins away. Getting to this point felt like a mandate when Brown took the job. That was the vibe coming out of New York during its extensive coaching search. Brown could have been out of a job just as quickly if New York had fallen short in the postseason. Instead, the Knicks have put together, arguably, the most dominant postseason run the NBA has seen en route to the NBA Finals.
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> Not bad for a guy who had come to grips with the possibility of not being a head coach again.
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> “First of all, I have to thank (Kings owner) Vivek Ranadivé for giving me an opportunity. Obviously, it didn’t work out,” said Brown, who hadn’t been a head coach since 2014 before being hired by Sacramento in 2022. “When I got fired, I really didn’t think much of anything. My wife and I, we went to Sydney, Australia, to see UFC 313. We went to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. We went to St. Barts … I just wanted to have fun.
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> “If an opportunity came up, great. If it didn’t, I felt lucky, blessed and fortunate. I had a good run. I hoped at some point I’d get another opportunity as a head coach or assistant coach. I just rolled with it and didn’t think much about it.”
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> Last summer, when the Knicks called Brown, they also called several teams to inquire about the availability of their head coaches. It’s not uncommon, but it was rare given the volume of teams the Knicks reached out to. New York knocked on the door of Chicago (Billy Donovan), Houston (Ime Udoka), Dallas (Jason Kidd) and several others. All kindly declined New York’s request, and the franchise found itself staring at Brown as the lead candidate. (Oddly enough, two of those three coaches — Donovan and Kidd — are no longer with those teams at the end of this season.)
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> Only the Knicks’ front office knows if Brown was high on the list when the search began. They did know that he came well-recommended as a collaborator and communicator from his time as an assistant with Steve Kerr and the Warriors. They also knew that Brown had experience coaching stars, as he was once the head coach of LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and was part of the staff when Steph Curry and Golden State were a dynasty. That appealed to New York.
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> Brown didn’t care if he was the first choice. From afar, he saw a team with a chance to win a championship, a veteran team led by Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns that just made it to the Eastern Conference finals. He wanted the pressure.
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> “I respect (team president) Leon’s (Rose) process,” Brown said back in July. “I feel like I’m a detailed guy, thorough with everything I try to do. It’s no different here. I was just myself throughout the process. I had great conversations with (James) Dolan and, obviously, Leon and his group. My whole thing is that I want to form a partnership with (Leon). I want to do this together. It’s impossible to do it on your own.
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> “The outcome, obviously, is exciting for me because I’m sitting in the seat that I wanted to be in.”
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> It took about five games for Brown to feel like he was the head coach and not the new kid on the block. The Knicks, with sky-high expectations, started the season with a 2-3 record. The movement offense Brown was trying to implement wasn’t working for his players. The defense that wanted to push everything middle wasn’t, either. He had made the decision that Josh Hart would come off the bench, after the veteran forward had been ol’ reliable last season with the starters.
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> Brown had to look in the mirror. He had to massage personalities. It was during a rough patch that everything started to feel second nature again.
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> “Everyone was real welcoming, and we all agreed to be open and honest,” Brown said. “We started 2-3 and had real conversations at that time.”
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> Part of what got Brown through that initial dip was his coaching staff, which featured several voices who were with the team last year under Thibodeau. Brown would lean on them heavily, using them to get the pulse of the players and tweaks that could be made. They would often vote on decisions as a group. Brown would have the final say, but if it was obvious to him that the majority of his staff believed a change or two needed to be made, Brown would listen. In talking to people around the league, one of Brown’s best qualities is that he doesn’t want to be the smartest guy in the room. That’s part of the collaborative process that attracted the Knicks to him. It was no longer a dictatorship.
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> In figuring out his squad, Brown scrapped a lot of things. He started running an offense similar to what New York ran a season ago. He switched the defense to a more traditional “ICE” coverage, which means funneling ballhandlers to the sideline and baseline. The Knicks did that under Thibodeau, too. Brown listened to his players. He listened to his staff.
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> Brown’s collaboration doesn’t stop there, though. If you watch New York closely, you’ve probably seen that there are several instances throughout a game where one of Brown’s assistant coaches is drawing up a play in the huddle. Thibodeau rarely consulted with his assistants during timeouts. Brown came in with the idea to give everyone a voice. It was up to him to listen or not, and he more often than not tended to receive and apply the input of others.
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> “He’s not too high, not too low,” Hart said of Brown. “He allows himself to be coachable in the sense of listening to other coaches and players. He has our input instilled into what we do. He’s been the same all year long. That’s what you want as a coach; you don’t want him to get too high or too low. He has a real comfort in his role.”
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> One mentality that Brunson carries with him at all times is “Don’t be afraid to fail.” He sees that mentality in Brown, too.
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> Brown experimented with lineups all season long, just like he did with offensive and defensive principles. Brown gave a second-round rookie in Mo Diawara a rotation spot for a large chunk of the season, and he improved noticeably as his reps increased. Brown also leaned on second-year point guard Tyler Kolek at times. The point guard played a big role in the Knicks winning the NBA Cup in December. Brown also started the season with veteran Jordan Clarkson in the rotation, only to take him out around the trade deadline when he started to stack poor performances. Then, one March night in Utah, when the Knicks were getting beaten by the lowly Jazz, Brown pulled Clarkson off the bench and tossed him back into the fire, basically telling him, “Go fix this!” It was a move that one of Brown’s assistant coaches, Maurice Cheeks, urged the head coach to consider. Brown obliged. New York trailed by as many as 18 points in that game. Clarkson scored 27 points in 26 minutes. The Knicks won by 17.
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> Landry Shamet was largely out of the rotation during the first round of the playoffs, as a knee injury had hampered his play. Brown dusted him off in the next round against Philadelphia and, like Clarkson, Shamet hasn’t left the rotation. The Knicks won the NBA Cup in part because a lineup featuring Brunson, Kolek and Clarkson played well together. That lineup had barely played together before that night, and it wasn’t very good when it did.
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> For much of the season, the Knicks had scrapped Brown’s initial plans for the offense. That was until New York found itself down 2-1 in the first round to the Atlanta Hawks. Brown reverted back to his roots, but this time got the guys to embrace the movement offense that he wanted to initially implement. It featured Towns in the pinch post as a passer, several players setting off-ball screens and others cutting. It took the burden off Brunson to try to beat his man off the dribble every other possession.
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> New York would go on to win Game 4 and tie the series behind a 16-point victory. Since then, the Knicks have won 12 straight playoff games and have won 10 of their games by double digits, multiple by 30-plus points.
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> Brown has created an environment founded in flexibility. Players stay ready because there are several examples of teammates getting another shot after sitting on the bench. The offense can play several styles depending on the opponent. The defense is as tied together as it has been in many seasons.
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> “It shows the confidence and trust Mike has in us to figure things out,” Brunson said. “He’s not afraid to fail either. Having the mindset of not being afraid to fail is good for us because it allows us to continue to fight and not worry about the result. We might go out there, play good defense and then they hit a tough shot. We may play a great game all game and then lose at final buzzer.
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> “We’re not afraid of failure, and I think it’s a big-time thing about us.”
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> The 56-year-old Brown has done everything that he said he would do when he got the job. He’s made his bosses look like geniuses in the process. The firing of Thibodeau, combined with those expectations, felt like a situation waiting to backfire. Instead, the Knicks are in the NBA Finals.
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> Many coaches have tried and most have failed. Not Brown, and it’s because he’s been willing to have everyone involved have a say in how this story will end.
By James L. Edwards III, via [The Athletic](https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7317807/2026/06/08/knicks-mike-brown-coach-nba-finals-spurs/)
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### 作者：  [@TheAthletic](https://chinaspurs.com/u/TheAthletic)
#### 发布日期： [2026 年6 月 8 日 15:31 UTC](https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/47336/2 "2026-06-08T15:31:15Z")
# 热评
> [@Andrea N.](#):
>
> 我是旧金山球迷……我们爱迈克·布朗 (Mike Brown)。虽然我们为他能得到一份主教练的工作而感到高兴，但当他离开我们时真的很痛苦。自那以后，球队就没那么强了。我们每天都在想念他。
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> > [@Jim P.](#):
> >
> > @Andrea N. 而且他真的是个非常好的人。你能看出来勇士队的球员们有多么爱戴和尊重他。
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> > [@10933662](#):
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> > @Andrea N. 当国王队解雇他时，史蒂夫·科尔 (Steve Kerr) 表达了他的震惊……
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> > [@612731](#):
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> > @Andrea N. 克利夫兰球迷在此……这里的许多人也爱迈克·布朗。他是个极有风度的人。
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> > [@Kris M.](#):
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> > 文章中的很多例子都是史蒂夫·科尔做过的事，尤其是这一个：
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> > > > 布朗上任时的想法是让每个人都有发言权。听不听取决于他，而他往往倾向于接受并采纳他人的意见。
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> > [@Steve Y.](#):
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> > 我曾希望他能回到勇士队，并在时机成熟时接替科尔。我想很多人都忘了，在杜兰特加盟的第一年，当科尔背部出现问题时，他执教了11场季后赛并取得了全胜；然后在2022年的季后赛中，当科尔感染新冠时，他临时接管了一场比赛（又是一场胜利）。
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> > [@Kevin O.](#):
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> > @Andrea N. 不要低估布朗对达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 的了解有多么重要。福克斯是个好球员，但就像他在萨克拉门托在布朗手下打球时一样，福克斯在重大比赛的关键时刻会犯下致命错误。显然，布朗已经指导了尼克斯队，让他们注意福克斯的关键习惯。
> [@Kevin G.](#):
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> 这是一种了不起的方法。看起来布朗深受球员和教练们的尊重。他确实曾在一些传奇的教练组工作过。如果他们能完成最后一步，他将跻身传奇之列！尼克斯加油！！
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> > [@brians58now](#):
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> > 我是个有着40年球龄的马刺死忠球迷，但我依然乐见尼克斯夺冠。当年在威利斯·里德 (Willis Reed)、克莱德、布拉德利、德布斯切尔、卡齐·拉塞尔 (Cazzie Russell) 和“珍珠”厄尔的时代，我住在纽约的叔叔曾带我去麦迪逊广场花园看尼克斯的比赛。那时候菲尔·杰克逊 (Phil Jackson)（没错，就是那个菲尔·杰克逊）还是替补出场。我永远不会忘记尼克斯球迷的那种狂热劲头。在纽约，人们真的疯狂热爱篮球！
> [@FUJR U.](#):
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> 好人，也是好教练。懂人情世故——情商简直爆表。
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> > [@Sasha B.](#):
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> > @FUJR U. 确实。在迈克待在萨克拉门托期间，我对他有了相当深入的了解。我个人对国王队老板解雇我们拥有的最好的教练之一感到无比愤怒。现在我支持他，作为他的球迷，也为了向所有人证明他能赢得一切。我不是尼克斯球迷，但因为教练的关系，我对那些家伙的了解超过了其他任何球员。迈克（和他的妻子）是我见过的最好的人之一。
> [@anthony M.](#):
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> 你能想象如果尼克斯当时没有去象征性地询价那些正在执教其他球队的大牌教练，纽约媒体甚至球迷会是什么反应吗？想象一下，如果他们在没有任何广泛搜寻迹象的情况下就直接签下布朗？他们会被媒体和球迷喷出翔来。他们当时已经不得不应对解雇锡伯杜带来的强烈反弹了。我很确定他们知道自己无法从其他球队挖走那些教练。所以我敢肯定迈克在他们的名单上位置很高，但他们在雇用他之前想把所有细节都落实到位。我认为这是一个聪明的举动。
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> > [@Vincent B.](#):
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> > @anthony M. 我完全同意，而且我很高兴有人注意到了媒体和球迷针对解雇锡伯杜所制造的前所未有的舆论反弹。
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> > [@doctoro44](#):
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> > @brians58now 是的，锡伯杜确实能最大程度地激发球员的潜力，但这也是问题的一部分。他只死用7个人，把他们往死里用。这一直是他的名声，而且名副其实。他的死板和固执在某种程度上是有害的。我喜欢锡伯杜建立的以防守为基础、作风强硬的文化。然而，有些教练能把你带到一定的高度，却无法带你跨过终点线。你请他们来建立文化，然后请下一个人来微调并完成最后的夺冠任务。锡伯杜可以极大地提升你的球队，但他短轮换和消耗性的风格会导致球队最终功亏一篑。
> [@John B.](#):
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> 这家伙在常规赛期间不是写了整整一篇文章来猛烈抨击布朗的执教表现以及尼克斯的整套运作吗？字里行间充满了极度的讽刺？
> 讽刺的是，他当时讽刺的那些事情，现在基本上都成真了。
> 他在什么地方承认过自己错了吗？还是在装作那篇文章根本不存在？
> [@Gregory T.](#):
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> 迈克·布朗真的是个非常好的人，很高兴他那些年能在史蒂夫·科尔的教练组里。支持他拿到作为主教练的第一座总冠军奖杯。
> [@Mark T.](#):
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> 当他执教骑士队时，我就一直很喜欢他。感觉那是一份无法承受的重担，但他却优雅地承担了下来。我非常高兴他能来到这里，并希望他能作为世界冠军纽约尼克斯队的主教练赢得他的第一枚戒指。
> 我希望在他开始执教之前能对他有更多的了解。他太谦逊了，我对他过去的经历一无所知。
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> > [@Peter M.](#):
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> > @Mark T.
> > 早在接手尼日利亚国家队的工作之前，布朗就在国际篮球界打下了基础。他的父亲是美国空军，曾被派驻到日本和德国。他在维尔茨堡打过高中篮球，在那里被一位美国教练看中，并帮他联系了亚利桑那州的一所社区大学。随后他去了圣迭戈州立大学，并获得了商学学位。
> > 他执教生涯的起点是在丹佛掘金队担任无薪视频分析实习生，当时丹·伊斯尔 (Dan Issel) 还是主教练。在丹佛，他结识了比克斯塔夫，后者给了他第一份NBA助理教练的工作。
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> > [@10918433](#):
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> > @Mark T. 他热爱哈雷戴维森摩托车，还有什么需要多了解的呢 😁
> [@Charles L.](#):
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> 我是前纽约人，也是尼克斯球迷。自上世纪70年代以来，也就是尼克斯在73年夺冠之后、勇士在75年夺冠之前，我就是勇士球迷了。一直关注着这两支球队。😇
> 迈克·布朗传统上是勇士队在2016年总决赛“崩盘”之后取得成功不可或缺的一部分（……我一直坚信，去追求单赛季“胜场”纪录造成了体能枯竭，并导致了总决赛中的关键伤病）。
> 迈克将科尔和勇士队的人球移动打法吸收并极其出色地应用到了这支尼克斯队身上。这种打法永远改变了篮球运动——参见《纽约时报》2016年10月25日的文章《勇士队打出华丽篮球》。
> [@Charles F.](#):
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> 写得漂亮，詹姆斯 (James)！对布朗教练的剖析非常到位。他是个很有风度且非常讨人喜欢的人。
> [@Matt W.](#):
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> 迈克不仅是一位伟大的教练，而且是一个真正的好人。我们在梅萨社区大学上学时是朋友。当时他在打篮球，而我正在尝试加入棒球队。通过一位和迈克一起打篮球的密友，我们一拍即合，他是我见过的最谦逊的人之一。
> 如果他能赢得总冠军，他配得上这份回报。
> [@Cem S.](#):
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> 这家伙毫无傲气，人们常常把这误认为是愚笨。真是一个了不起的人。
> [@carol.weis07](#):
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> 好文章，让球迷们深入了解了这位新教练是如何看待尼克斯管理层、他的教练组以及球员的。给他的助教和球员们“发言权”是团结球队的绝妙方式。通过建立这种合作关系，可以让每个人都在自己的角色中成长并取得成功。这要归功于布朗在对阵老鹰队的系列赛中彻底改变进攻战术的魄力，这极大地改善了他们的进攻，让他们距离NBA总冠军仅差两场胜利。这就是一位不畏惧大场面的教练。
> [@Billy B.](#):
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> 在尼克斯总比分1比2落后亚特兰大时，我还曾极力主张解雇布朗。我显然只是关注篮球超过了60年，其实什么都不懂。祝布朗教练好运，尼克斯冲啊。
> [@10950657](#):
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> 从某种意义上说，他真是个幸运的家伙，他那种好脾气和乐于协作的举止正好契合这支球队。我怀疑没有多少争冠级别的球队能让像布朗这样的新教练直接“即插即用”。
> [@Matt M.](#):
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> 布朗是一位伟大的教练。遗憾的是，他过去不得不去应对像勒布朗和科比这样从不想做出妥协的爱哭鬼“球星”。他已经证明，在面对像库里和布伦森这样无私的球员时，他的战术方案是可以赢球的。恭喜教练！
> [@Marc S.](#):
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> 在尼克斯聘请布朗教练时，明确是为了让他们拿到总决赛的胜利，当时我持怀疑态度。布朗曾多次获得年度最佳教练奖，也曾作为助教赢得过总冠军，但他从未带领另一支球队赢下过总决赛。
> 教练们通常在什么时候赢得他们的第一个总冠军？进入25-26赛季，布朗已经担任了12年的主教练（将部分执教的赛季算作完整赛季）。对于那些赢过总冠军的教练（共有38位不同的教练）来说，平均在他们执教的第6年就能夺冠。在经历徒劳后实现救赎的纪录保持者是拉里·布朗 (Larry Brown)，他在执教的第22年赢得了他的第一个总冠军。紧随其后的是红衣主教奥尔巴赫 (Red Auerbach) 和比尔·菲奇 (Bill Fitch)，他们在执教的第12年夺冠。迪克·莫塔 (Dick Motta) 和迈克·马龙 (Mike Malone) 则在执教的第11年夺冠。
> 在教练行业，NBA似乎并不青睐坚持和资历。老狗学不会新把戏？尼克斯这支历史悠久的大市场球队，并不想在一个崭露头角的新教练身上冒险——他们想要一个被证明过的人选。但历史表明，“被证明过的人选”通常行不通。
> 如果尼克斯能够坚持住并结束这个系列赛，进入执教第13个年头的布朗教练将成为NBA历史上首次夺冠的教练中执教年限第二长的教练。
> [@Scott Seward L.](#):
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> 17年的勇士队当时是15胜0负，如果不是因为一场裁判判罚诡异的比赛，本可以打出16胜0负。
> [@dmiller](#):
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> 林书豪 (Jeremy Lin) 在与斯科特·范佩尔特 (Scott Van Pelt) 交谈时的观点非常准确：在布朗手下，替补球员不仅能获得有意义的出场时间，而且打得很自由，不用总是担心被换下。如果没有及时、充满自信的替补发挥，尼克斯走不到这一步。最近是沙梅特和罗宾逊，但麦克布莱德、克拉克森等人在上场时也展现出了同样的态度。主力球员在关键时刻也更有活力，伤病也更少，这是关键。
> [@Anonymous U.](#):
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> 迈克·布朗是个非常出色的教练。如果裁判放手让唐斯打，并且布伦森找回他的投篮手感，尼克斯将会完成横扫。
> [@adeyemo1](#):
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> 别忘了，他还执教过尼日利亚男篮国家队！！
> [@Katie E.](#):
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> 将唐斯移到组织中锋的位置，让进攻变得流畅，也让马刺队的防守苦不堪言。单凭这一招就是天才之举。
> [@K R.](#):
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> 我认为最大的改变是布朗对替补阵容的使用。
> 锡伯杜整年都只用那相同的7个人，把他们往死里用。
> [@harry.albert623](#):
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> 尼克斯今年对阵马刺已经赢了5场中的4场，现在马刺必须对尼克斯做同样的事，在5场中赢下4场。
> 这可不是一件容易的任务，但尼克斯今晚必须拿出背水一战的姿态来打。我们当然不想把我们在圣安东尼奥辛苦拿下的客场胜利再送回去。
> 继续踩紧油门。
> [@Vincent B.](#):
>
> 在纽约，我认为头条新闻应该是《在失去锡伯杜之后，布朗终于赢得了媒体和球迷的支持吗？》。
> 我从来不记得有哪次解雇尼克斯教练会伴随着整整一年的负面批评，这种批评在球队1比2落后老鹰队时达到顶峰，直到他们在6场比赛中击溃对手才结束。更引人注目的是，锡伯杜在这里的五个赛季中从未受到过任何批评，只得到了玫瑰花瓣和爱意的簇拥，并被认为是将球队从垃圾桶里拯救出来的唯一功臣。
> 所以，当我“算一笔账”时，布朗最初根本不在我们的考虑范围内（这让他的当选让每个人都感到困惑），而且“对锡伯杜的爱”是我们听到的唯一情歌，当尼克斯将奖杯带回这个星球上的“篮球之都”时，布朗不仅会获得救赎，而且他会有点像一个刚从监狱里释放出来的人。一个对他认可被锁闭的监狱！
> [@10795962](#):
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> 迈克·布朗做得非常好，并且做到了需要做的事情：将2到3名替补球员融入到比赛节奏中。去年，首发五人在赛季结束时已经完全筋疲力尽了。然而，我拒绝庆祝或讨论这个系列赛，因为虽然在53年后它看起来形势大好，但在终场哨声响起之前，我什么都不信。
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> > [@Andrea N.](#):
> >
> > San Franciscian here… we love Mike Brown. It was painful when he left us although we were happy for him to get a head coaching job. The team hasn’t been as strong since. We miss him every day.
> >
> > > [@Jim P.](#):
> > >
> > > @Andrea N. And just a great person. You could see how much the Warriors players loved and respected him.
> >
> > > [@10933662](#):
> > >
> > > @Andrea N. Steve Kerr expressed his shock when the Kings let him go…
> >
> > > [@612731](#):
> > >
> > > @Andrea N. Clevelander here… many here too love Mike Brown. He’s a class act.
> >
> > > [@Kris M.](#):
> > >
> > > So many of the examples in the article are things Steve Kerr did, particularly this one:
> > >
> > > > > Brown came in with the idea to give everyone a voice. It was up to him to listen or not, and he more often than not tended to receive and apply the input of others.
> >
> > > [@Steve Y.](#):
> > >
> > > I was hoping he’d make his way back to the Warriors and take over for Kerr when the time came. I think a lot of people forget that he coached 11 playoff games in the first Durant season when Kerr had back issues,winning them all, then in the 2022 run, took over for Kerr in one game (another win) when Kerr had Covid.
> >
> > > [@Kevin O.](#):
> > >
> > > @Andrea N. Don’t underestimate the importance of Brown’s knowledge of De’Aaron Fox. Fox is a good player but as he did in Sacramento under Brown, Fox makes critical mistakes at key moments in big games. Clearly Brown has coached up the Knicks to be aware of Fox’s key tendencies.
>
> > [@Kevin G.](#):
> >
> > This is an amazing approach. Seems like Brown is well respected by the players and coaches. He has certainly worked on some legendary staffs. He will be among the legends if they can finish the job! Go Knicks!!
> >
> > > [@brians58now](#):
> > >
> > > I’m a diehard 40 year Spurs fan, and I’d still love a Knicks championship. My uncle in NYC took me to a Knicks game at MSG in the days of Willis Reed, Clyde, Bradley, DeBussschre (sp?), Cazzie Russell, and Earl the Pearl. Phil Jackson (yeah, same guy) came off the bench in those days. I’ll never forget the INTENSITY of Knicks fans. They LOVE THEIR HOOPS in New York!
>
> > [@FUJR U.](#):
> >
> > Good person & coach. Has feel for people - emotional intelligence off the charts.
> >
> > > [@Sasha B.](#):
> > >
> > > @FUJR U. Indeed. I got to know Mike pretty well during his time in SacTown, I personally was mad as hell at Kings owner dor firing one of the best coaches we had. Now i am rooting for him, as his fan and to show them all rhat he can win it all. I am no Knicks fan but bcs of Coach I got to know those guys better than any other players. Mike (and his wife) just some of the best people I have ever met
>
> > [@anthony M.](#):
> >
> > Can you imagine the NY Press and even the fan base if the Knicks didn’t at least inquire about those big name coaches that were presently coaching other teams? Imagine if they just hired Brown with no evidence of a wide search? They would have been destroyed in the media and by the fans. They already had to deal with the backlash that came from firing Thibs. I’m pretty sure they knew they were not going to pry those coaches from their teams. So I’m sure Mike was high on their list, but they wanted to dot those I’s and cross those T’s before hiring him. I think it was a smart move.
> >
> > > [@Vincent B.](#):
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> > > @anthony M. I definitely agree and I’m so glad somebody else recognized the unprecedented backlash the Media and fans orchestrated about Thibs firing.
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> > > [@doctoro44](#):
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> > > @brians58now Yes, Thibs gets the most out of his players, but that’s also part of the problem. He locks onto 7 guys, and runs them into the ground. That’s always been his reputation, and it’s justified. His rigidity and stubbornness is detrimental at a certain point. I love that Thibs establishes a defense-based, hardnosed culture. However, some coaches can build you to a certain point, but can’t get you across the finish line. You bring them in to set culture, then bring in the next guy to tweak it and finish the job. Thibs can greatly improve your team, but his short rotation and punishing style causes them to fall short.
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> > [@John B.](#):
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> > Didn’t this guy write that whole article savaging Brown’s work as a coach and the Knicks whole thing during the regular season? Life, hella sarcastic?
> > Ironic that basically all the things he was sarcastically saying have now all come to fruition.
> > Did he acknowledge how wrong he was anywhere? Or is he acting like that article didn’t happen?
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> > [@Gregory T.](#):
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> > Mike Brown is a truly great dude, loved having on Steve Kerr’s staff all those years. Rooting for him to get his 1st title as a head coach.
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> > [@Mark T.](#):
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> > I always liked him when he coached the Cavs. Felt like an impossible burden to carry but he carried it with grace. I’m very happy for him to be here and hopefully to win his first ring as the head coach of the World Champion New York Knicks.
> > I wish I knew more about him before he went into coaching. He’s so self effacing I really know nothing about his origins.
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> > > [@Peter M.](#):
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> > > @Mark T.
> > > brown had a foundation in international hoops long before taking the job for the Nigerian national squad. his father was u.s. air force and deployed to both Japan and Germany. he played high school hoops in Wuertzburg, was scouted there by a yank coach who connected him with a community college in Az. he went on to san diego st and earned a business degree.
> > > his start in coaching was non paying video intern for Den back when Issel was the coach. Den is where he connected w. Bickerstaff, who gave him his first nba asst. coach job.
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> > > [@10918433](#):
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> > > @Mark T. He loves Harley Davidsons, what more is there to know 😁
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> > [@Charles L.](#):
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> > Ex-NYer and Knicks fan here. GSW fan since the 70s, post Knicks championship in '73, and prior to GSW’s '75 championship. Always followed both teams.😇
> > Mike Brown was an integral part of The Dubs success after the 2016 ‘breakdown’ in The Finals (… always been convinced that going for the single season 'wins’record, created an energy drain and led to key injuries in The Finals).
> > Mike has adopted and brilliantly applied the Kerr / Dubs ball and player movement game to these Knicks. That approach changed basketball forever - See ‘The Warriors Play The Beautiful Game’ - NYTimes, October 25, 2016
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> > [@Charles F.](#):
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> > Nicely done, James! Real good insight into Coach Brown. He is a classy guy and very likable.
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> > [@Matt W.](#):
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> > Mike is not just a great coach, but a genuine good person. We were friends back in our college days at Mesa Community College. He was playing basketball and I was trying out for baseball. We hit it off through a close friend who played basketball with Mike, and he was one of the most humble persons I ever met.
> > He deserves his rewards should he win it all.
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> > [@Cem S.](#):
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> > This guy has zero ego and people often mistake it for him being daft. What a great person.
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> > [@carol.weis07](#):
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> > Good article that gives fans an insight into how the new coach views Knicks management, his coaching staff, & the players. Giving a ‘voice’ to his coaches and players is a brilliant way to unite your team. By creating this partnership allies everyone to grow and succeed in their roles. Credit Brown with the audacity to totally change the offense during the Hawks series that has dramatically improved their offense and leaves them two games away from being the NBA champions. Talk about a coach who is not afraid of the moment.
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> > [@Billy B.](#):
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> > I was advocating for Brown’s release after the Knicks were down 2 to 1 to atlanta. I’ve only followed basketball for over 60 years obviously I know nothing. Good luck coach Brown go Knicks.
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> > [@10950657](#):
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> > What a lucky guy in the sense that his nice guy and collaborative demeanor actually fits with this team. I doubt too many championship level teams can just have a new coach like Brown to plug and play like that.
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> > [@Matt M.](#):
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> > Brown is a great coach. It is a shame he had to deal with crybaby “stars” like Lebron and Kobe who never wanted to buy in. He has shown that with selfless players like Curry (as an assistant coach) and Brunson, his game plan can win. Congrats Coach!
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> > [@Marc S.](#):
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> > At the time the Knicks hired Coach Brown, expressly to bring them a Finals victory, I was skeptical. Brown had won several Coach of the Year awards, had won championships as an assistant, but never took another team to win the finals.
> > When do coaches win their first championship? Brown has head-coached for 12 years, coming into 25-26 (counting partial seasons as full). For coaches who have won (there are 38 different coaches), the average is that they won by their 6th year. The champion for redemption after futility is Larry Brown, who won his first championship in his 22nd year. It then drops to Red Auerbach and Bill Fitch, who won in their 12th year. Dick Motta and Mike Malone won in their 11th year.
> > It doesn’t appear that the NBA rewards perseverance and longevity in coaching success. Old dogs, new tricks? The Knicks, a venerable, big-market franchise, weren’t taking a chance on a new, upcoming coach - they wanted a proven commodity. But history says that “proven” doesn’t usually work.
> > Coach Brown, going into his 13th year, would be the second-longest tenure as a first-time winning coach in NBA history if the Knicks can hang on and finish this series.
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> > [@Scott Seward L.](#):
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> > 17 GSW was 15-0 and would have been 16-0 if it weren’t for a weird officiating game
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> > [@dmiller](#):
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> > Jeremy Lin’s take when talking w/ Scott Van Pelt was spot on: bench players not only see meaningful minutes under Brown, they play freely, not looking over their shoulder. Knicks don’t get this far without timely, CONFIDENT bench play. Recently it’s been Shamet and Robinson, but McBride, Clarkson, etc. have showed the same approach when in the game. The starters are also fresher down the stretch and w/ fewer injuries, which is key.
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> > [@Anonymous U.](#):
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> > Mike Brown is a darn good coach. And if the refs let KAT play and Brunson gets his shooting back on track, the Knicks will sweep.
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> > [@adeyemo1](#):
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> > Don’t forget that he also coached the Nigerian Men Basketball team!!
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> > [@Katie E.](#):
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> > Moving KAT to the point center position has made the offense flow and the defense of the Spurs suffer That move alone is genius
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> > [@K R.](#):
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> > I think the biggest change has been Brown’s use of the bench.
> > Thibs just played the same 7 guys all year and ran them into the ground.
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> > [@harry.albert623](#):
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> > The Knicks have beaten the Spurs 4 of 5 this year and now the Spurs have to do the same to the Knicks win 4 of 5.
> > Not an easy task but the Knicks have to play tonight like their backs are against the wall. We certainly don’t want to give back one of those hard earned road games we got in SA.
> > Keep the foot on the gas pedal.
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> > [@Vincent B.](#):
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> > Here in NY I think the headline should be Has Brown Finally Won Over The Media and Fans From The Loss Of Thibs?
> > Never do I remember the firing of a Knicks Coach to be followed with such negative criticism of it all year long that rose when the team went down two games to one to the Hawks and did not end until they destroyed them in 6 games. What made it even more noticable was the fact that Thibs never received any criticism and only got pelted with rose petals and love the five seasons he was here and given singular credit for rescuing the team from the trashcan.
> > So, when I " do the math " the fact that Brown was never on our radar screen in the first place ( which made his choice puzzling to everyone ) , and "Thibs Love " was the only love song we heard Brown will not only get redemption when the Knicks return the trophy to " The Capital Of Basketball " on the planet , but he will be sort of like a man getting released from prison. A prision where recognition for him was on lockdown!
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> > [@10795962](#):
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> > Mike Brown has done a great job and has done what needed to be done: integrating 2 or 3 bench players into the game’s flow. Lats year the first five players were totally drained by the end of the season. However, I refuse to celebrate or talk about the series since after 53 years it looks good, but until the final buzzer sounds I do not trust anything.
via [The Athletic](https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7317807/2026/06/08/knicks-mike-brown-coach-nba-finals-spurs/#comments)