New York Knicks, Mike Brown
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Knicks head coach Mike Brown showed why his system could lead to success in the playoffs in his first season in New York.
Mike Brown did something in the first half of the New York Knicks' season-opener that Tom Thibodeau would've never done.
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Mike Brown has Tom Thibodeau rolling in his grave with key lineup adjustment
When the New York Knicks chose Mike Brown over Tom Thibodeau to become head coach for the 2025–2026 season, fans were left with plenty of questions. Would the offense become more spaced out? Could the bench improve from last season? And just how different would Brown’s approach be from Thibodeau’s?
Former Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau reportedly felt betrayed after his firing, as New York begins a new era under Mike Brown.
Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison surprised the sports world when he traded Luka Dončić last season. Then he shockingly ended up with the No. 1 pick in this year's draft, which landed him Cooper Flagg, the youngest draftee to go first overall since LeBron James in 2003.
Mike Brown brings a very different style of play to a Knicks team fresh off an Eastern Conference Finals appearance, where they were outmatched and outworked by a deeper and younger Pacers team.
The lights will be bright Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden. The Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks meet on opening night at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN. Both teams enter the season bruised, patched together,
Great things are expected of Mike Brown after he replaced Tom Thibodeau as the head coach of the New York Knicks . Brown took the Cleveland Cavaliers to the 2007 NBA Finals in only his second season as head coach. He was also the Sacramento Kings' head coach when they snapped their NBA-worst 16-year playoff drought.