MAY 9: Brown has been officially named Sacramento’s new head coach, the team announced in a press release.
“Mike has consistently demonstrated his ability to lead winning teams throughout his long and successful coaching career,” GM Monte McNair said in a statement. “He has worked with some of the best players in the NBA and is one of the league’s premier defensive minds. I am excited to bring his extensive experience to Sacramento.”
MAY 8: The Kings have agreed to hire Warriors associate head coach Mike Brown as the franchise’s next head coach, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Brown will sign a four-year contract, Wojnarowski reports.
Brown holds head coaching experience with the Cavaliers and Lakers from 2005-14. Prior to joining Cleveland, Brown spent time with Washington, San Antonio and Indiana as an assistant for eight years.
Brown’s record as an NBA head coach is 347-216 (.616), including a 272-167 (.620) mark during his first five years in Cleveland. During that stretch, he led the Cavs to eight playoff series victories, a Finals appearance, and a 42-29 playoff record.
Brown, the NBA’s Coach of the Year in 2008/09, has been with Golden State as an assistant on Steve Kerr‘s staff since 2016, which includes title runs in 2017 and 2018.
The Kings are coming off a season where they finished 30-52, which was the fourth-worst record in the Western Conference. They currently own the longest playoff drought in NBA history at 16 straight seasons.
Sacramento was said to be seeking a defensive-minded coach who has experience turning a lottery team into a playoff club. Brown meets that criteria.
The team chose Brown over former NBA coaches Steve Clifford and Mark Jackson, who were both finalists for the position.
The Hornets and Lakers now have the only vacant head coaching jobs in the league. Brown marks the Kings’ ninth head coach in the last decade.
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Vivek really is obsessed with the Warriors. Another coach they’ll fire in two years.
No Mike is a really good coach I think he’ll be there for a long time but just depends if the bad kings don’t scapegoat him if he doesn’t turn them into a playoff team quickly.
If the Kings are bad?
I like Mike Brown but dude is getting fired and it won’t be his fault. Someone has to coach the awful team the front office will inevitably assemble though.
the kings are warriors simps which is crazy cuz other than this most recent regime the warriors have been a dogsh1t franchise
When you have 9 coaches in a decade its probably not the coaches that are the problem.
I really think this is a great hire for the Kings. Lucky in a way. The future is looking brighter every day for this team. A better coach and with Vivek letting a GM actually do the job and make the decisions. I think McNair will turn out to be a really good GM.
You are dreaming.
McNairs pipe dream of Domas leading this team to a play in spot will not be forgiven. Haliburton is a stud in the making. Kings might never make the playoffs again and as a Sac fan, who cares? Not like the last 16 years have had any hope, why start now?
How is this letting McNair do his job when Vivek was heavily involved in the decision to hire Brown?
When will this KINGS organization learn ……… it’s not the WARRIORS coaching staff that makes them win, it’s Steph, Klay, Draymond, Wiggins all the other players.
Give coaches some credit for Wiggins, GP2, Poole, Porter, etc.
Maybe the Wars can get Luke Walton back?
He’s probably still on his couch getting paid by the Kings.
As a die hard Kings fan, I hope Brown works out but I think they’re still paying Gary St. Jeans contract
I think both the Warriors and the Kings are still paying St Jean.
And maybe the Lakers as well?
Mike Brown has excelled as a Warriors assistant and is deserving of another hc opportunity. Hopefully, he will learn from his previous opportunities and walk the talk. As for Kings, Mike Brown is like 5th-6th Warriors assistant they are hiring. Good luck to Kings and Mike Brown.
Second…?
Kings have to get Malik Monk in FA.
He was great with DeAaron Fox at Kentucky and after finally finding himself at the nba he would be a terrific fit in Sacramento with him. Fox Monk Barnes Sabonis Mitchell good little team developing
Not a good hire, another one bites the dust. The fans in Sac deserve a decent team.
Kings fans do deserve better. Unfortunately the guy that saved their franchise from relocation is also sabotaging it.
we get what we deserve
Arnold! My boy!,
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
– Unknown
The Cincinnati Reds of the NBA. Fans deserve better.
1899 CLE Spiders!
Quick check you could have made: Reds have winning records in ’20 & ’21, has an alltime winning record, is the oldest pro franchise, had allstars at every position in the 70s, and more WS titles than just then.
Why make such a dumb comparison? Lose a bet?
Good points all, x man. Probably didn’t word it very well. As a lifelong Reds fan, my point was that both fan bases deserve better ownership than they are currently getting.
Real Reds fans are STILL sticking with the team this year.
baltimore orioles of the nba
A great fun topic is WHO Mike Brown will try to poach from Warriors both players and staff. :)
Stay away from GP2, Porter, Looney, and POOLE!! :)
I don’t think the Kings can poach anyone of consequence from the Warriors. Except for perhaps a one-year minimum veteran guy like Porter or Bjelica, everyone else is either long-term locked up or controllable. Coaches though, could be a different story. Maybe that’s a possibility?
GWRS: Coaches… I know a guy ;)
And Branham.
GP2 and Looney are unrestricted FA after this season. Poole will be restricted FA after next season.
Big Luxuary tax if W max GP2 early birds (up to 10M$) …
Haven’t the Kings learned yet to get an experienced coach? When you have D’Antoni and Mark Jackson available, you don’t miss out on those guys who have established a culture of winning. Another year, another year they won’t even sniff the playoffs
Combined, D’Antoni and Jackson have just as many NBA Championships as a coach as Brown does- 0.
Also, Mike Brown has a pretty extensive coaching resume, making him far from inexperienced. He’s also won on the NBA level.
Brown’s been a winner everywhere, for many years.
Read the article before posting.
16 years and counting
Yes but there’s a guy on this site who claims the kings were screwed in 2003. All failure is based on that one series where the refs favored the Lakers.
There’s no non-retreads that can get a hire even on the least desirable jobs?
Exactly!! Unlike the Lakers job this is one where you bring in a brand new fresh face. A Quin Snyder type when he started with the Jazz, or any of the many younger guys who have been hired and done a nice job when given the chance. Erik Spoelstra.., you know the names of guys without experience that teams have brought in and have done well. Kings should have done the same thing.
Mike Brown better have a good offensive coordinator as an assistant because he has never been a good offensive coach. His successes have been on teams with LeBron and Kobe. He has neither here. I liked Marc Jackson because he showed he could turn a young losing team into a young winning team. Isn’t that what the Kings wanted? Kerr took over a well taught team in GS and that was Jackson’s work. Maybe Brown is the answer, but only time will tell.
Big Luxuary tax if W have top max GP2 early birds (up to 10M$) to retain him…
both parties deserve better
You cannot include his cavs time. Lebron just wants a yes man as coach. He knows he knows his own IQ is horrible so he pretends he’s something. No IQ lebron out there blaming Vogel and Westbrook. At least Westbrook tries every game and shows up every game. Just a stat padder
Eric Musselman 2006–2007
Reggie Theus 2007–2008
Kenny Natt 2008–2009
Paul Westphal 2009–2012
Keith Smart 2012–2013
Michael Malone 2013–2014
Tyrone Corbin 2014–2015
George Karldagger 2015–2016
Dave Joerger 2016–2019
Luke Walton 2019–2021
Alvin Gentry 2021–2022
Mike Brown 2022-
Since 2006 11 coaches in 15 seasons.
Many were winning coaches elsewhere….it just seems Kings should look at upper management more.
I truly think they need a resurrection and I thought what Mark Jackson brings to the table would have been a way better fit to bring them from the graveyard to a winning attitude – I thought he did wonders for the Warriors when they were bottom feeders for a long time.
While I think Brown is a good coach with a all-time superstar on the roster – I think Kings needed some major change with the likes of Jackson.
Really wish people would give it up already about Halliburton. He’s gone! He wasn’t doing anything remotely as amazing as some here keep droning on about. He is a less athletic / smaller Ben Simmons who can simply shoot! 14/5/5 is a good line… it’s not oh my god the sky is falling because he’s gone good! Sabonis is a stud and when thing ends up turning around with him in the forefront I sure as sh*t hope you all remember that he was one of the reasons. You guys are the ones who never said a bad word about Webber also when Richmond was traded… yea right. Typical kings fans with the attitude that they know everything because.. well they are kings fans! And the kings fans are the best!! Because we’ll…. Well we say soooo!!! Like other cities don’t go hard for their teams … I’m bitter … trust me I know. Let this thing play out guys, because the constant bitching about everything is getting old
They just gotta let the process play out now. Only time will tell.