The New York Knicks liked Mike Brown’s experience with championship teams, after he worked for four of them.
That sounds good to a franchise that’s been stuck on two titles for more than 50 years but believes its time to win another is now.
The Knicks hired Brown on Monday, turning to the two-time NBA Coach of the Year after firing Tom Thibodeau.
The Knicks offered the job to Brown last week and announced Monday that he would be taking over the team that reached the Eastern Conference finals last season for the first time in 25 years. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
They decided to fire Thibodeau despite that playoff success and eventually picked Brown, who wasn’t out of work long after getting fired by the Sacramento Kings during last season.
“Mike has coached on the biggest stages in our sport and brings championship pedigree to our organization,” Knicks president Leon
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