Yesterday Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike Brown was fired. This got us to thinking what exactly do we know about Mike Brown, how did he get fired from two teams (LA Lakers/Cleveland Cavaliers) while having arguably the best two players of our current generation?
Mike Brown was a defensive minded blue collar coach who spent stints with the San Antonio Spurs and Indiana Pacers learning the ropes. He then won the Golden Ticket to coach Lebron James in Cleveland. After leading the Cavs to the NBA finals and the best record in the league, he was named coach of the year, and then promptly fired when Lebron took the NBA hostage during his free agency disaster. After a year off he was struck by lightning twice when he landed the Los Angeles Lakers coaching gig. Tough to follow Phil Jackson, but he guided them to the playoffs. Then after 5 games, BAM! Jerry Buss came in and gave him the Brett Meyers and dropped a “Boom, outta here“. Let’s dissect why.
His teams were markedly improv...
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PLAYERS:
Kobe Bryant,
Mike Brown,
Dwight Howard,
Steve Nash,
Maurice Williams,
LeBron James
TEAMS: Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers, Utah Jazz, Miami Heat
TEAMS: Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers, Utah Jazz, Miami Heat
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