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4/20/2009  2:28 PM
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CLEVELAND -- Mike Brown was honored as the NBA's coach of the year Monday after leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to their greatest regular season.

He guided the club to a franchise-record 66 wins, a second Central Division title and the No. 1 overall seed in the postseason. Cleveland leads the Detroit Pistons 1-0 in the first round of the playoffs.

Preaching trust to his players since training camp, Brown has created a tightly knit team led by superstar LeBron James.

The 38-year-old coach also has given more authority to his assistants, a sign of his maturity as a coach and confidence as a leader.

Brown joined the Cavs in 2005 after two seasons as an assistant with Indiana. Bill Fitch in 1976 is the only other Cleveland coach to win the coaching award.

Brown received 55 first-place votes and earned 355 total points from a panel of 122 sports writers and broadcasters. Houston's Rick Adelman finished second with 151 points and Orlando's Stan Van Gundy was third with 150.

New Orleans coach Byron Scott won the award last year.

Cleveland owner Dan Gilbert called Brown a "natural leader" and credited him with much of his team's success.

"Mike Brown is one of these rare people that has nearly every tool in his tool box," Gilbert said in a statement. "He is smart, hard working, and selfless. He is curious and hungry to learn. He is philosophically driven and derives his decision making from his strong philosophy.

"Mike Brown is a critical element as to why our franchise is growing into the kind of success we all envisioned and hoped to achieve. There is no man more deserving and it proves to the world that, yes, nice guys can indeed, finish first."

Won't be long until LeBron is announced as MVP.

Then the Cavs will win the East title.

And then... that'll probably be it.

[Edited by - K22 on 2009-04-20 2:28 PM]
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4/20/2009  2:44 PM
well put.
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4/20/2009  3:14 PM
He's giving the trophy to LeBron right?
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4/20/2009  3:24 PM
Posted by nyk4ever:

He's giving the trophy to LeBron right?

As soon as D'Antoni split up his Knicks paychecks among Nash, Marion and Amare.
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4/20/2009  3:34 PM
Posted by Pharzeone:
Posted by nyk4ever:

He's giving the trophy to LeBron right?

As soon as D'Antoni split up his Knicks paychecks among Nash, Marion and Amare.

Well they should split up theirs for MikeD too because none of them came close this year to putting up the same stats that got them those contracts
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4/20/2009  4:02 PM
pharezone, why are you obsessed with lebron in cleveland are you from there or something? comparing lebron:mike brown to nash/amare/marion: d'antonio ha! are you joking? as nyk4ever just said, its an inverse relationship. nash/amare/marion were allstars b/c of d'antoni, mike brown is the coach of the year b/c of lebron.
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4/20/2009  5:22 PM
Posted by nyk4ever:
Posted by Pharzeone:
Posted by nyk4ever:

He's giving the trophy to LeBron right?

As soon as D'Antoni split up his Knicks paychecks among Nash, Marion and Amare.

Well they should split up theirs for MikeD too because none of them came close this year to putting up the same stats that got them those contracts

I'm sorry, I thought Marion and Nash were all-stars before Mr. Pringles set on the scene and Amare was named rookie of the year of Yao.
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4/20/2009  5:33 PM
Posted by BigSm00th:

pharezone, why are you obsessed with lebron in cleveland are you from there or something? comparing lebron:mike brown to nash/amare/marion: d'antonio ha! are you joking? as nyk4ever just said, its an inverse relationship. nash/amare/marion were allstars b/c of d'antoni, mike brown is the coach of the year b/c of lebron.

I am just being realistic about this notion that Lebron needs NY to become a global icon. I just hope Lebron is feeling sympathetic enough to choose New York.

Seeing how Nash and Marion were both all-stars before the 04-05 season I don't see how D'Antoni made them become one. Amare was name ROY before he even knew D'Antoni.

[Edited by - pharzeone on 04-20-2009 5:34 PM]
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4/20/2009  5:37 PM
Kobe's got LA... D Wade's got Miami... KG's got Boston... Come to NY, Lebron.
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4/20/2009  7:04 PM
Posted by TMS:

Kobe's got LA... D Wade's got Miami... KG's got Boston... Come to NY, Lebron.

Will we be saying "DRose has Chicago" in the near future ?
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4/20/2009  8:05 PM
Congrats to Brown - well deserved. He came to Cleveland with the notion to get his team to play very good d. He did and it worked.
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4/20/2009  10:21 PM
Inbound it to Lebron...Lebron dribble up...Lebron do whatever he wants...BUCKET...win...coach of the year.
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4/20/2009  10:22 PM
Posted by orangeblobman:

Inbound it to Lebron...Lebron dribble up...Lebron do whatever he wants...BUCKET...win...coach of the year.

pretty much
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4/20/2009  10:55 PM
Posted by Pharzeone:
Posted by BigSm00th:

pharezone, why are you obsessed with lebron in cleveland are you from there or something? comparing lebron:mike brown to nash/amare/marion: d'antonio ha! are you joking? as nyk4ever just said, its an inverse relationship. nash/amare/marion were allstars b/c of d'antoni, mike brown is the coach of the year b/c of lebron.

I am just being realistic about this notion that Lebron needs NY to become a global icon. I just hope Lebron is feeling sympathetic enough to choose New York.

Seeing how Nash and Marion were both all-stars before the 04-05 season I don't see how D'Antoni made them become one. Amare was name ROY before he even knew D'Antoni.

[Edited by - pharzeone on 04-20-2009 5:34 PM]

nash also won back to back MVPs playing for d'antoni, and amare and marion both averaged absolutely freakish numbers that got them max contracts.
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4/20/2009  11:18 PM
Posted by BigSm00th:
Posted by Pharzeone:
Posted by BigSm00th:

pharezone, why are you obsessed with lebron in cleveland are you from there or something? comparing lebron:mike brown to nash/amare/marion: d'antonio ha! are you joking? as nyk4ever just said, its an inverse relationship. nash/amare/marion were allstars b/c of d'antoni, mike brown is the coach of the year b/c of lebron.

I am just being realistic about this notion that Lebron needs NY to become a global icon. I just hope Lebron is feeling sympathetic enough to choose New York.

Seeing how Nash and Marion were both all-stars before the 04-05 season I don't see how D'Antoni made them become one. Amare was name ROY before he even knew D'Antoni.

[Edited by - pharzeone on 04-20-2009 5:34 PM]

nash also won back to back MVPs playing for d'antoni, and amare and marion both averaged absolutely freakish numbers that got them max contracts.

Amare was going to get max money even if Pringles was coaching the Bennetton Luggage Employee varsity team. Hmm... seeing how Marion signed his max contract two years before Pringles even arrived in Phoenix may put a damper on your theory. Just my guess. So maybe Nash should give some of MVP bonus to Pringles for inflating those stats from all-star to MVP level but little else.
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4/20/2009  11:20 PM
Dood players need good coaches, and good coaches need good players to maximize their success.
If they are not finding each other - then you have NY Knicks...
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4/20/2009  11:39 PM
Posted by arkrud:

Dood players need good coaches, and good coaches need good players to maximize their success.
If they are not finding each other - then you have NY Knicks...

vs. Mike Brown or Coach Overrated OG vs. Coach Overrated Redux.
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