Knicks To Hire Mike Brown As Head Coach

[RealGM Wiretap]

The New York Knicks will hire Mike Brown as their next head coach as both sides work through contract details. Brown will replace Tom Thibodeau as head coach of Knicks' team coming off a trip to the Eastern Conference Finals. Brown met with James Dolan as the final part of the process on Tuesday.

Brown is available after he was fired by the Sacramento Kings in December.

The Knicks could also hire James Borrego as Brown's top assistant. Borrego interviewed with the Knicks for the head coaching job. Rick Brunson is expected to be retained as an assistant coach on the staff.

Jason Kidd was initially identified as the Knicks' preferred candidate, but Dallas Mavericks were not amenable to allowing him to leave the franchise.

Via Shams Charania/ESPN

[Bigstein09]

You know there’s a perfectly good Johnnie Bryant right there!

[RipCityKJ]

The Knicks went one step forward then 3 steps backwards.

[closg00]

NBA FO’s are so incestuous and lacking in imagination, all they can do is look around for recognizable names.

[TheCage4]

In what they keep saying is going to be a “wide open East,” the Knicks may actually do worse

Classic.

[pushfloater]

They got a brotha in there, but the wrong one

[bullsaficianado]

Thibs is a better coach so this make no sense.

[Invictus88]

If they would have just used an interim coach for the time being then they could have signed Doc Rivers once he becomes available again in the next year....

[Barcs]

Good thing they fired Thibs!

[Barcs]

The Knicks went one step forward then 3 steps backwards.

Typical **** knicks. Every time they have a good thing going, they blow it up instead of building on it. Every single **** time....

[Sactown4Life]

Can't wait for all Sac fans to starting saying 'I told you so' when he does well with them. Haha, a solid coach but a lateral move compared to Thibs, don't think he's the right coach to take them all the way. He's lacking in strategy, tactics, and crucial game decisions.

[Sinistar6]

Props to JB on job. Sad for Thibs but he is going to be just fine. This little break is going to add a decade to his life then he can come back and coach the out of some lucky team. Even though he is better than this for my own selfish purposes I would love to pick his team in March madness.

[MegaK]

Yo dis dude too fast bro. Yo ain't no one's gonna take dude with donut on face serious when he talk about being in the shape. They gonna be like let me get some dat cheese cake bro. Where u hide it at, can I has a piece, yo it my birthday too bro.

[MitchB3]

They got a brotha in there, but the wrong one

lol

[MitchB3]

The Knicks GM really sat here and improved the team depth, and then proceeded to hire a coach who's just happy to be here.

[Hans1984]

lol