Looking Back at Mike Brown's Year One Impact in Cleveland The Last Time
How much of an impact is it reasonable to expect Mike Brown could make in year one for a Cleveland Cavaliers team that finished with the NBA's third-worst record in 2012-13?
While asking myself this question over the weekend, I thought back to the last time Brown was in his first season as head coach of the Cavs.
Flipping through the online pages of Basketball-Reference...
Cavaliers Receive Permission To Interview Lakers Player Development Coach Phil Handy
The Cleveland Cavaliers have received permission to interview Los Angeles Lakers player development coach Phil Handy.
Handy was hired by the Lakers after the NBA lockout in 2011.
Mike Brown has two spots to fill on his coaching staff.
Dion Waiters: Mike Brown says I’m a starter in this league
I just met with Coach Brown. Everything we talked about so far is great. We shared stories about one another. I can’t wait to get out there and play for him. He said that he loved my game and that I have a lot of potential to be a special player in this league. He loves a person who plays with a chip on his shoulder—the type of attitude I have, he loves every minute of it. He...
NBA Rumors: Cavs want to re-sign Ellington, may decline Miles and Speights
With Mike Brown looking to take hold of the Cleveland Cavaliers heading into 2013-14, it appears that Wayne Ellington appears to be one of the only reserves in the plans going forward.
In a recent report from Bob Finnan of The News-Herald, the Cavaliers appear geared to present Ellington with a qualifying offer that will allow the team to match any offers he gets in the restricted...
NBA notes: Lakers approach huge summer
Mike Brown got fired.
Mike DAntoni was hired.
Dwight Howard arrived injured and Steve Nash may have been worse. And we all know about Kobe Bryant and his torn Achilles tendon.
So is it any surprise the Los Angeles Lakers were the NBAs biggest disappointment? Is it really a shocker they were swept in the first round of the playoffs by the San Antonio Spurs?
Actually, even when...
The Diff: Regression to the mean and the Cavaliers
For my entire archive of The Diff at WFNY, check out this tag. Last week’s edition tackled an aggregate of 60 mock drafts from around the Internet, which obviously didn’t prove that fruitful when the Browns took Barkevious Mingo (projected by only 3 mock drafts). Oh well.
Back in my second-ever version of The Diff, on Jan. 23, I wrote over 3,000 words on six specific franchise...
“Cleveland Cavaliers’ hire of Mike Brown doesn’t rule out LeBron James’ return in 2014″
ESPN’s Chris Broussard might be completely ******* insane about some things, but when it comes to reporting important LeBron James news, he’s pretty much aces, at least because he’s the guy who had the LeBron to Miami scoop before anyone else in 2010. So witness the latest report from Broussard on the LeBron implications of the Cavs recent re-hire of head coach Mike Brown....
What's next for the Cavs?
New coach, new philosophy, and most likely, some new personnel.
Thats what the Cavaliers face as they enter their first offseason in the era of Mike Brown 2.0. Brown is a defense-first leader, a man who believes every opposing possession should be a grind.
Not everyone on the Cavs current roster fits such a profile, and thats OK. Every successful team has a wide range of individual...
Lakers, Kobe crutch off court after sad end to season
Can you even remember the hype now? The magazine covers?
The Los Angeles Lakers season ended with Kobe Bryant on crutches, Dwight Howard in the shower and their original coach, Mike Brown, coaching the Cleveland Cavaliers.
October was a long time ago, man.
Did you ever imagine you'd hear the Staples Center like that? Lifeless during a playoff game? It sounded like a lively...
Lakers, Kobe crutch off court after sad end to season
Can you even remember the hype now? The magazine covers?
The Lakers season ended with Kobe Bryant on crutches, Dwight Howard in the shower and their original coach, Mike Brown, coaching the Cleveland Cavaliers.
October was a long time ago, man.
Did you ever imagine you'd hear the Staples Center like that? Lifeless during a playoff game? It sounded like a lively church service...
Cleveland Sports Insiders 2.2: Draft recap
The NFL Draft is now officially in the rearview mirror, and the Cleveland Browns have five new players to show for it.
Cleveland Sports Insiders returns to the air tonight, and Steve and Jim will be sure to offer their thoughts on the Browns' selections, which include Barkevious Min (No. 6 overall), defensive back Leon McFadden (No. 68), safety Jamoris Slaughter (No. 175)...
The fix! How Mike Brown got back to the Cleveland Cavaliers*
Mike Brown is back in the NBA as the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers! How wonderful is that? I get to see Mike Brown on the sideline again.
Nothing makes me happier than seeing Mike Brown pacing the sideline, with that confused, yet puzzled-happy look on his face. It’s the exact same look you have when you’re not sure if you left your lights on in the car, but you’re...
Cleveland: It was all good just a week ago
Cleveland: it was all good just a week ago…..not that things were ever great in Cleveland, but as Jay-Z once said, it was all good just a week ago. The Cavaliers put me out of my misery by ending their season and then firing Byron Scott who had as much control of the team as Antonio Cromartie does having safe sex. Ohio resident bro Nick Swisher was starting to heat up and the Indians...
Dan Gilbert Admits Firing Mike Brown Was A Mistake
The Dan Gilbert 20/20 Hindsight Tour is in full swing now after the Cleveland Cavaliers owner re-introduced former/now current head coach Mike Brown on Wednesday — three years after firing him following consecutive 60-win seasons. Gilbert met with Brown (whose most recent gig was a messy stint with the Los Angeles Lakers) and Cavs general manager Chris Grant on Sunday for what...
Cavs Owner Dan Gilbert on Firing Mike Brown: “It was a Mistake”
It takes a big man to admit he made a mistake, even more so when he has to do it in public.
Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, was forced to fall on his sword and admit that firing Mike Brown was an error in judgement after the recently re-hired coach was dismissed following three consecutive 60-win seasons, per the Akron Beacon Journal.
“Yeah, it was a mistake,” Gilbert...
Dan Gilbert on firing Mike Brown in 2010- “Yeah, it was a mistake.”
Mike Brown was introduced (again) as the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers today. As part of the press conference, Cavaliers majority owner Dan Gilbert answered the question that everyone had on their mind- namely was it a mistake to fire coach Brown three years ago-
“Yeah, it was a mistake. For sure it was a mistake.” Gilbert stated right away.
“In hindsight it was a mistake...
Three years the wiser, Cavaliers admit past mistakes and set the stage for the future
The second verse will not be the same as the first. While it will be easy to cast a wide narrative net of repeat performance or straw-man trope of remarriage and second honeymoons, the Cleveland Cavaliers hiring of Mike Brown to help guide them in their continued quest of rebuilding toward contention is saddled on horse of growth, but also one of change.
Having classified the last...
NBA coach: Brown ideal for young Cavs
CLEVELAND -- Not long ago, I had a conversation with an NBA coach. Neither of us had any inclination Mike Brown would return to the Cavaliers.
But the coach said something that stuck with me when Brown was officially hired to lead the Cavs on Thursday morning.
Mike has only been in situations where he was expected to win a championship almost immediately, the coach said. I personally...
Bobcats fire Dunlap; Cavs bringing back Brown
In two rather surprising coaching moves this week, the Charlotte Bobcats have fired Mike Dunlap and the Cleveland Cavaliers are bringing back Mike Brown.
Dunlap only lasted one season with the Bobcats, going 21-61, the second worst record in the league behind Orlando. Despite Charlotte’s awful performance this year, I disagree with the decision to let Dunlap go.
Funny enough...
Bobcats fire Dunlap; Cavs bringing back Brown
In two rather surprising coaching moves this week, the Charlotte Bobcats have fired Mike Dunlap and the Cleveland Cavaliers are bringing back Mike Brown.
Dunlap only lasted one season with the Bobcats, going 21-61, the second worst record in the league behind Orlando. Despite Charlotte’s awful performance this year, I disagree with the decision to let Dunlap go.
Funny enough...
John Kuester to re-join Mike Brown in Cleveland
The band is getting back together. Former Cavaliers assistant coach and Detroit Pistons head coach John Kuester will reportedly rejoin Mike Brown in Cleveland.
Mike Brown adding ex-Pistons coach/Cavs assistant John Kuester to staff, and keeping Jamahl Mosley from Byron Scott’s staff, source says.
— Sam Amico (@SamAmicoFSO) April 24, 2013
FOX Sports Ohio’s Sam Amico reports...
FOX Sports Ohio to air Cavaliers press conference live
P R E S S R E L E A S EFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 24, 2013
FOX Sports Ohio to Air Cleveland Cavaliers Press ConferenceToday, April 14 at 2:30pm
Cleveland Cavaliers to introduce Mike Brown as new Head Coach
CLEVELAND, OH FOX Sports Ohio will televise the Cleveland Cavaliers press conference live today at 2:30pm.
The Cavaliers...
NBA News: Cavaliers announce hiring of Mike Brown as head coach
The Cleveland Cavaliers have named seven-year NBA veteran head coach and Cavaliers all-time winningest head coach Mike Brown as the team’s new head coach, confirming reports which leaked late Tuesday afternoon.
“I am more than excited about Mike Brown’s return to the Cleveland Cavaliers,” said team majority owner Dan Gilbert. ”Mike has done nothing but win in this league...
While We’re Waiting… What can Brown do for you? Again.
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“Brown is known as a defensive guru, and while he’s mostly held up to that ideal, it’s also important to point out that his Cavalier teams were stocked with defensive...
Mike Brown to return for another Cavaliers run
via Akron Beacon Journal
The Zen master was admittedly a long shot. It would take a lot to pull him out of retirement, money or otherwise. Cleveland may not have had much to offer. Thus, the Cavs have decided, if you can’t take the best, go with the familiar. Mike Brown, still considered as a successful Cavs coach, is set to return to Cleveland.
per Akron Beacon Journal
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