Warriors associate head coach Mike Brown is prepared to accept the Kings head coaching job if they offer it to him, Jason Anderson of the Sacramento Bee reports.
The former Cavaliers and Lakers head coach sees Sacramento as a “good job,” according to his agent, Warren LeGarie. “Mike is willing to take the job based on the fact that he knows he’ll be supported and have a chance to win,” LeGarie said.
Brown came to Sacramento on Thursday to meet with team representatives. The two other finalists for the job, Steve Clifford and Mark Jackson, had their second interviews with the Kings earlier this week.
The job is attractive to Brown in a number of ways.
“First and foremost, he likes the people who are working there,” LeGarie said. “He loves the arena. He thinks that’s a natural resource that will help attract players because you’ve always got to have a place where the fans are involved and the facilities are terrific. And he believes the team has enough talent to give them a real solid chance of becoming a playoff contender.”
We have more Pacific Division news:
- Warriors forward Draymond Green has been fined $25K for directing an obscene gesture toward Memphis fans during Game 2, according to the NBA (Twitter link). Green flipped both middle fingers toward the crowd as he left the playing court for medical assistance after sustaining an eye injury during the first quarter on Tuesday.
- Green practiced in full on Thursday and he expects to play for the Warriors in Game 3, Anthony Slater of The Athletic tweets. His right eye remains swollen and he met with a plastic surgeon/ophthalmologist on Wednesday.
- Robert Covington‘s agreed-upon two-year extension dramatically escalates the Clippers’ projected tax bill, ESPN’s Bobby Marks tweets. That figure jumps from $17.8MM to $54.9MM.
Hope Mike Brown takes this job for the right reasons, and not to collect a paycheck. This could be his last opportunity.
That’s insane that Covington is basically costing the bald ibm guy 30 million a year. Most all stars do not make that much Covington is a bench guy. The clippers and prolly the nets will have 500 million dollar payrolls someday soon.
Look at his per 100 and advanced metrics… Roco played the best ball of his career during that stretch.. at age 31. Lot of money spent on a guy who basically posted career best numbers this late into his career. Especially when you factor in taxes.
Yes that increased tax is about 35 million and Covington cost the bald guy about 55 million in total. But it’s not about Covington really.., whoever they give 24 million to, whether it’s one guy or two guys or several guys, the total bill with taxes will be 55 million dollars.
There’s a couple owners in the league now who don’t mind putting their money where their mouth is.
It’s great to see this instead of the Old Donald Sterling days when he complained that “he had to buy the players socks.” That’s a literal quote from a trusted source.
The way I take it, if the Kings were supposed to make an anouncement sometime today, which hasn’t happened as of yet, and Mark jackson is in LA Interviewing, that must mean he already knows he didn’t get the job and has moved on, thus, leaving Mike Brown as the leading candidate.