The New York Knicks surprised some around the NBA when they fired head coach Tom Thibodeau after reaching the Eastern Conference Finals, but his replacement had nothing but praise for him on Tuesday.

TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK – JULY 08: Head coach Mike Brown speaks to media during his introductory press conference at Knicks Training Facility on July 08, 2025 in Tarrytown, New York.

Brown was hired as the Cavs’ new head coach on June 2, 2005, for the first time. He came back in 2013, but that’s another story. Twenty years ago, Brown became an NBA head coach for the first time. Twenty-years later,

The Knicks and Suns have a reported interest in assistant coach Darvin Ham, but there is an issue in relation to the Bucks.