Sacramento’s Mike Brown was named the NBA Coach of the Year 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 staff that gained 66 video games as LeBron James was named the league’s Most Valuable Player.
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 obtained 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 around often, so you’re very appreciative of them,” Brown mentioned throughout an interview on broadcaster TNT’s program “Inside The NBA” after being named the winner of the award.
Long recognized for prioritizing protection, Brown developed the younger Kings staff into an offensive power.
The Kings led the league in scoring with a median of 120.7 factors per sport within the common season.
They had been second in subject purpose share at 49.4 and third in assists per sport at 27.3
Their 48-34 file 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 in opposition to the reigning champion Warriors after successful the primary two video games on their dwelling flooring.
Brown claimed the award forward of Oklahoma City Thunder coach Mark Daigneault, who led his rebuilding membership to a 40-42 file 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 file within the NBA after he was thrust into the job days earlier than coaching camp when Ime Udoka was abruptly suspended for violating staff guidelines. — Agence France-Presse
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