NBA: Sacramento Kings’ Brown unanimous coach of the year
On this file photograph taken on December 13, 2022 head coach Mike Brown of the Sacramento Kings reacts in the course of the first quarter towards the Philadelphia 76ers at Wells Fargo Middle. (GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
LOS ANGELES – Sacramento’s Mike Brown was named the NBA Coach of the Yr on Wednesday, changing into the primary unanimous winner of the award after guiding the Kings again to the playoffs.
Brown additionally gained the award in 2009 with the Cleveland Cavaliers, guiding a group that gained 66 video games as LeBron James was named the league’s Most Precious Participant.
He was sacked by the Cavs one 12 months later, finally touchdown briefly with the Los Angeles Lakers.
In his first 12 months on the helm in Sacramento he circled a franchise whose 17-year playoff drought was the longest in NBA historical past and the longest lively drought in main US professional sports activities.
The 53-year-old acquired 100 out of 100 doable first-placed votes, a primary in balloting for the award.
Brown arrived in Sacramento after six seasons as an assistant to Steve Kerr with the Golden State Warriors — simply up the street in San Francisco.
“These honors don’t come round usually, so that you’re very appreciative of them,” Brown mentioned throughout an interview on broadcaster TNT’s programme asserting the award.
“Inside The NBA” after being named the winner of the award.
Lengthy identified for prioritizing protection, Brown developed the younger Kings group into an offensive drive.
The Kings led the league in scoring with a mean of 120.7 factors per recreation within the common season.
They have been second in discipline objective share at 49.4 and third in assists per recreation at 27.3
Their 48-34 report is an 18-game enchancment on final season, after they completed 30-52.
Now the Kings are up 2-0 of their first-round playoff sequence towards the reigning champion Warriors after successful the primary two video games on their house ground.
Brown claimed the award forward of Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder coach Mark Daigneault, who led his rebuilding membership to a 40-42 report and a play-in berth, and Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla.
Mazzulla, at 34 the youngest lively head coach within the NBA, led Boston to the second-best report within the NBA after he was thrust into the job days earlier than coaching camp when Ime Udoka was abruptly suspended for violating group guidelines.
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