According to reports, Knicks will close on Mike Brown to replace Tom Thibodeau as a coach head

The New York Knicks are approaching Mike Brown as a coach’s head, according to Espn’s Shams Charania. The move arrives just over a month after fireing Tom Thibodeau following the clearance season of the team in 25 years.

Brown led the King Sacramento for two over seasons and signed an extension of the three-year contract in June 2024. After a 13-18 departure last season, the kings shot Brown in December.

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One twice coach of the NBA of the year and four times NBA champion as assistant, Brown has a career record of 454-304 as a coach head with seven appearances in the playoffs. He led the Cleveland Cavaliers to the NBA finals in 2007.

The work of the Knicks will be the fifth of Brown as head coach of the NBA. Together with the kings, he led the Los Angeles Lakers and had two periods with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He also worked as assistant of the Washington Wizards, San Antonio Spurs, Indiana Pacers and Golden State Warriors.

Brown was a candidate for Knicks work in 2020 before the franchise eventually hired Thibodeau.

Brown’s intake comes at the end of a process that began with numerous waste. The Knicks asked to speak with the Dallas Maverks, Quin Snyder of the Atlanta Hawks, Billy Donovan of the Chicago Bulls, Ime Udoka of the Houston Rockets and Chris Finch of the Minnesota Timberwolves but were rejected.

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The assistant of T’Wolves Micah Nori and Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins interviewed even before the team landed on Brown.

The Knicks enter the 2025-26 season leaving a regular season of 51 victories, their highest victory in over a decade and a race to the playoffs that has seen them each the finals of the Eastern Conference.