In 2003-05, LeBron James averaged 20.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists in the first two years, and the best rookie, and 27.2 points, 6.0 rebounds and 7.4 assists in the second year, and the All-Star + second team in the league, but he was the ninth in the Eastern Conference

2003-05, LeBron James entered the league in the first two years,

averaged 20.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists in the first year, the best rookie,

averaged 27.2 points, 6.0 rebounds and 7.4 assists in the second year, All-Star + League second team,

, but he was the ninth in the Eastern Conference for two consecutive years, missed the playoffs .

and in the 2005-06 season, Cavaliers ranked third in the Eastern Conference with 50 wins and 32 losses.

James 1.4 points, 7.0 boards, 6.6 assists, and the league first team + mvp selected second.

In addition to LeBron himself evolving again, the biggest change of the Cavaliers is that the head coach has changed from old coach Paul Silas (Brandon Malone also coached 18 games later) to Mike Brown .

is just like Tyron Lu when he was in the Cavaliers, and his tactic is "giving the ball to James".

When Mike Brown coached LeBron at the time, he was also considered a "like coach" of . The biggest strength of is to rack your brains, do your best, and use various languages ​​to praise James.

"LBJ is the best player in history, I promise."

"He (LeBron) is the smartest player, a basketball encyclopedia."

"He is a natural workaholic and our leader. Without him we can't get here."

But in fact, he has always been regarded as a "first-class defensive expert" in the league.

Before he came, the Cavaliers' defensive efficiency ranked 19th and 14th in the league, and after he came, the Cavaliers' efficiency ranked 9th, 4th, 10th, 3rd and 6th in the league.

"He is the kind of coach who won't let you play if you don't defend. When he came to Cleveland , we became one of the strongest defensive teams in the league, and it's like this every year."

said this was LeBron James.

Yesterday, the Sacramento Kings coached by Mike Brown "slaughtered" the Los Angeles Lakers 133-86 in the preseason. Including the 105-75 win in the first preseason, they won Lakers 77 points in both games.

This year's preseason Kings won all four games, and the only ones in the league can do this are them and the Philadelphia 76ers.

" He has brought us a winner's character and is looking forward to what we can achieve in the new season."

Now the King's only All-Star Little Sabonis , said sincerely after the game.

1. Defensive master

If you know Mike Brown's NBA resume before he became the head coach, you will basically not think that he is a stick that "only knows how to lick James".

After obtaining a degree in business administration at San Diego University in 1993, he applied for the Denver Nuggets coaching staff, starting from the primary video editor, scout, team trainer, and all the way to assistant coach.

coach was the team's famous Dan Iser . This old man with a bad temper was very serious about work, but he appreciated the young Brown very much. Later he recalled:

"He is very good at studying and very hardworking. The most important thing is that he really loves this job."

0 In the first year of working, Brown witnessed the Nuggets eliminated the Western Conference's No. 1 Supersonics 3-2 in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs, completing the first "black eight" in NBA history.

Uncle Mu, who is in the inside, averaged 6.2 blocks per game, slammed Payton and Camp , thus establishing the position of defense in Mike Brown's mind.

"Offensiveness may fluctuate due to the player's condition, but defense depends on your attitude and commitment."

This is the concept that Mike Brown has always adhered to in his coaching later.

In 2000, he was appreciated by Popovich and entered the Spurs coaching staff. Later we all knew that it was the "Western Point Military Academy" of the NBA head coach.

In fact, Brown and Bobo are brothers, both of them were once players under Coach Hank Egan.

Popovich played for Egan when he was studying and playing at the Air Force Academy. 20 years later, Egan coached Mike Brown at the University of San Diego.

1999, Egan helped the team win the first championship in team history as a member of the Spurs coaching staff. Later, he recommended Mike Brown to Popopo,

" They can complement each other. Greg (Popovich) is wild, but Mike (Brown) is more pragmatic and persistent. "

2003, Mike Brown, as a coach, also won a championship ring in the Spurs, and then he resigned to Popopopo as the Pacers to help his other friend Rick Carlisle .

None of them expected that they would directly confront each other as finals opponents in four years.

Carlisle is also a true defensive master and champion coach. 2001-03 He created a strong team for the Detroit Pistons with "Big Ben-Billups" as the core, rebirthing the "Bad Boy Legion" of Pistons .

and then headed to the Pacers, and quickly brought the team that was about to retire in Reggie Miller , with 61 wins and 21 losses in the league.

And Mike Brown is one of his "think tank".

Although this powerful Pacers quickly collapsed due to the "Auben Hill Palace" incident in the 2004-05 season, Mike Brown has become one of the best assistant coaches in the league at that time, and it will be a matter of time before coaching a team.

But when the Cavaliers officially announced that he would take charge of the coaching staff in 2005, many people were still surprised.

Because the first thing he has to face is LeBron James, who is destined to become the signature of the league in the future.

2. Who else has coached James and Kobe ?

If it is not considered the old K coach who coached Dream Team , Mike Brown is the only NBA coach who has coached Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.

2005-06 season, under his training, the Cavaliers became a strong Eastern Conference team with both offense and defense. Former All-Star Center Big Z, "Thieves Coach" Larry Hughes , as well as the first generation "LeBron Shooter Guard" Damon Jones , Pavlovic, Marshall.

, a group of helpers with poor talent, rushed to third place in the Eastern Conference next to James. LeBron made the playoffs for the first time and began his journey to become the king of the NBA playoff record.

06-07 Eastern Conference Finals, they defeated the Detroit Pistons who eliminated themselves the "East Championship Goalkeeper" of the previous year 4-2. In the fifth game, James contributed his first classic playoff performance in his career, making 48 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, and one person took charge of the Cavaliers' last 30 points, including a 25-pointer in a row.

Mike Brown said after that game:

"I said nothing during the timeout, just let the guys continue to play like this. James knows how to lead us to victory."

08-10 Three seasons, Brown coached the Cavaliers to win 45, 66 and 61 wins, second only to the "big three" Celtics and Kobe's Lakers. They are popular in the East every year, and people expect them to reach the finals to reach the "23Vs24" duel. Every year, people expect James to break out of the East and ascend to the top of the throne like Jordan back then.

, however, all failed.

2008 Eastern Conference Semi-finals 3-4 Celtics,

2009 Eastern Conference Semi-finals 2-4 Magic,

2010 Eastern Conference Semi-finals 2-4 Celtics.

While James was "educated" every year, Mike Brown also became a "superstar's licking dog" from the league's best coach (08-09) to the "superstar's licking dog" without any coaching art.

So when James made the "decision 1.0" in 2010, he was also swept out by the Cavaliers, and he really thought he was the vassal of the superstar.

But he quickly found a job. A year later he went to Los Angeles to replace the disheartened Zen master who failed to win three consecutive championships.

coaches the Lakers and Kobe Bryant.

but he didn't catch up with the good times. At that time, the Lakers' 08-10 championship team was seriously aging, and Brown could not replicate his tough coaching style in the Cavaliers here. More importantly, the West is no longer the world of the Lakers. The rise of the third young master, the Thunder , the comeback, and the newly-winning Mavericks , are all more champions than them.

although led the team to win 41 wins and 25 losses in the 2011-12 shrinking season and won third place in the Western Conference. But in the semi-finals, the young and strong Thunder were defeated 1-4.

In the summer of 2012, the Lakers gathered Kobe Nash Howard Gasol Artest's "Hall of Fame-level" starter, but the team lacked athletic ability and poor defense, which was exactly the same as the Lakers last season.

was fired after 1 win and 4 losses at the beginning and was lucky enough not to experience that bad season throughout the whole process.

However, he became the only legend in the NBA who has coached Kobe and LeBron successively.

3. After the Warriors were dormant for six years, they picked up the coaching stick again

and left the Lakers, Mike Brown briefly returned to the Cavaliers in the 2013-14 season, but his record of 33 wins and 49 losses did not conquer the team's management. After James returned in 2014, the Cavaliers did not keep him, but hired the "European Tsar" David Pratt .

Then it seems that he was abandoned by the mainstream. No team believes that he can turn decay into magic again, and the head coach position is not suitable for him.

Since 2016, he joined the Warriors coaching staff and became the think tank of Steve Cole .

He got three championship rings here and became Steve Cole's best helper. In the past six years, he has replaced , Cole , coached 14 games, 13 wins and 1 loss.

In the fourth and fifth games against the Grizzlies in this Western Conference semi-finals this year, Cole was unable to coach due to positive COVID-19, and Mike Brown was ordered to lead the team to win the crucial fourth game in the face of danger, giving the Warriors a 3-1 lead. Although he gained his first defeat in the fifth game, and it was a 95-134 defeat.

Brown's performance in the Warriors has once again won the favor of NBA teams. The Sacramento Kings, who has not entered the playoffs for 16 years, hired him as the head coach of the new season before the end of this year's playoffs.

All-Star Center Sabonis Jr. , Lightning defender "Little Fox" Darren Fox, Warriors champion Harrison Barnes , and this summer league MVP No. 4 pick Kegan Murray.

After years of dormant, this young team especially needs a serious and solid old-school coach who can live in harmony with the players to lead.

Preseason Kings won all four games, and their defense had immediate results. Only one of the four victories allowed the opponent to score more than 100 points, and they were the Suns who were the first in the league and played in the main players last season. They won a big victory against other opponents, and they averaged 26.5 points per game in four games.

Although the preseason record does not explain all the problems, most teams regard it as a training ground. Although

is now in the fiercely competitive West, this long-time weak king cannot cause too much storm, and entering the playoffs is a great victory.

Although Sabonis and Fox are not considered first-tier stars in the league.

But at least from the current state, the young king showed a completely different competitive temperament and competitive spirit from before.

Maybe in the new season, the Kings and Mike Brown can use their wonderful performance to justify themselves.