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 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.

Mike Brown and Nets second-year head coach Jordi Fernandez share a long-standing bond, starting from Fernandez’s time as a player development intern at IMPACT Basketball in Las Vegas.