Answering the burning Mike Brown questions that loom over his Knicks hiring
Q: Doesn't this feel … meh?
A: Yeah, that's what happens when the team takes aim at other candidates first — in this case, people under contract — and the end result is a coach who already has been fired four times. If you told us during the conference finals that the Knicks would can Tom Thibodeau and hire Mike Brown, we'd have shouted, 'Bullspit.' But it happened. And it's understandable if the initial response is 'meh.'
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3 Mike Brown encourages his players in the first half during an NBA Western Conference semifinal game at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City in May 2017.
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Q: Is Brown really a better fit for a championship team than Tom Thibodeau? If so, how?
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