Sources: Knicks to meet with Brown for 2nd time

Mike Brown volition person a 2nd gathering with the New York Knicks for their caput coaching occupation and has emerged arsenic a beardown candidate, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania connected Monday.

Brown, 55, was the unanimous prime for NBA Coach of the Year successful his archetypal play with the Sacramento Kings successful 2022-23, erstwhile helium helped Sacramento extremity the longest playoff drought successful NBA past astatine 16 seasons. Brown had a 107-88 grounds successful two-plus seasons successful Sacramento with a winning grounds successful some of his afloat seasons earlier being fired successful December, little than halfway done his 3rd season.

He antecedently had 2 stints arsenic manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers and spent one-plus play arsenic the Los Angeles Lakers coach. He has a 455-304 vocation grounds and has made the playoffs successful 7 of his 9 afloat seasons. He won Coach of the Year twice, besides getting the grant successful Cleveland successful 2008-09.

Brown interviewed for the Knicks occupation successful 2020 and made a beardown content earlier New York hired Tom Thibodeau. Now helium is vying to regenerate Thibodeau, who was fired aft helium led the squad to the Eastern Conference finals for the archetypal clip successful 25 years.

Brown is 1 of 3 candidates to interrogation for the Knicks' coaching job, on with erstwhile Memphis Grizzlies manager Taylor Jenkins and Minnesota Timberwolves adjunct Micah Nori.

The Knicks besides person expressed involvement successful erstwhile Charlotte Hornets manager and existent New Orleans Pelicans adjunct James Borrego, sources told Charania.

Before the Knicks formally began interviews, respective teams rejected requests by New York to interrogation their caput coaches, including the Dallas Mavericks (Jason Kidd), Houston Rockets (Ime Udoka) and Timberwolves (Chris Finch).