Mike Brown wins NBA Coach of the Year Award
by John Bena (aka CavsBlogger) on Apr 20, 2009 12:57 PM CDT
in 2009 NBA Playoffs
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What we hope will be the first of many post-season awards for the Cavaliers, Mike Brown has been named NBA Coach of the Year, according to ESPN --
Mike Brown is the NBA's coach of the year after leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to their greatest regular season.
He was honored Monday after guiding the club to a franchise-record 66 wins, a second Central Division title and the No. 1 overall seed in the postseason. Cleveland leads the Detroit Pistons 1-0 in the first round of the playoffs.
Brown joined the Cavs in 2005 after two seasons as an assistant with Indiana. Bill Fitch in 1976 is the only other Cleveland coach to win the coaching award.
Brown has created a tightly knit team led by LeBron James. The 38-year-old coach also has given more power to his assistants.
New Orleans coach Byron Scott won the award last year.
Congratulations to Brown and the rest of the Cavaliers for a tremendous honor!
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Congratulations
to Mike Brown. Amongst the coaches he is well deserving of this title.
by kptb on Apr 20, 2009 1:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
was there any doubt here
Mike Brown is a hell of a coach and I am glad that my team has him, next on the list is for Lebron to get the MVP award, and thats a slam dunk on that one. Then the NBA championship is next.
Cavs in 6 over the Lakers in the Finals!
by cbright99 on Apr 20, 2009 2:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Great statement from Dan Gilbert, from the AP wire story —
“Mike Brown is one of these rare people that has nearly every tool in his tool box,” Gilbert said in a statement. "He is smart, hard working, and selfless. He is curious and hungry to learn. He is philosophically driven and derives his decision making from his strong philosophy.
“Mike Brown is a critical element as to why our franchise is growing into the kind of success we all envisioned and hoped to achieve. There is no man more deserving and it proves to the world that, yes, nice guys can indeed, finish first.”
Il faut d'abord durer.
by CU Adam on Apr 20, 2009 2:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Refs gave Boston in the game
after Chicago had a 5 point lead.
That series will go 7. Boston is in serious trouble.
by Hardcore Legend on Apr 20, 2009 8:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Congrats, Mike!
Bill Simmons can suggit.
by JulioBernazard on Apr 20, 2009 9:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Mike Brown deserved this award
congratulations
If you want a success story just take a look at mine.
by LighTz707OuT on Apr 21, 2009 1:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Here is a great article by Chris Broussard from ESPN about the lack of respect Mike Brown has recieved throughout his coaching career (such as, anybody can coach a team with LeBron James). He writes about how Brown has always taken the Cavs further than they should have gone in the playoffs and he should be credited for the great season the Cavs are having this year (and have had in the past). He thinks Browns has taken way too much criticism, even in Cleveland, and people don’t realize what a great job he’s done building the Cavs in to a defensive and rebounding team around LeBron.
by Buckeye Brad on Apr 21, 2009 1:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
count me as a prior critic…mostly b/c of the (apparent) complete lack of offensive structure, and the inconsistent rotations. couple that w/, like, 30mpg of eric snow, and i think i was justified in being skeptical of brown.
but he’s really shown me (not that it matters) something this year. his improvement as a coach has been obvious, and the results bear that out. of course he’s lucky to have lebron, but he gets more out of lebron in all aspects of the game than most coaches get out of their superstars. the guy is a stud coach, and i hope he’s in cleveland for a long long time.
by DontCallMeJoey on Apr 21, 2009 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Same here. ESPN has another good article (this one by John Hollinger) about Mike Brown’s advances as a head coach over the past four year (and talks about Chicago’s Vinnie Del Negro, who is where Brown was when he started coaching). He makes a good point, that people always talk about a player’s improvement with experience but they never talk about a coach improving. But Brown is a great example of a guy who has learned from past mistakes and has become a much better coach. Of course, giving him better players to surround LeBron has helped (no more Eric Snow) but his decision to hand over the offense to an assistant showed he was learning and growing as a coach. I really hope he stays in Cleveland a long time — LeBron seems to really like him, which is important of course.
by Buckeye Brad on Apr 21, 2009 8:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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