[The Epoch Times, April 15, 2023](Comprehensive report by Epoch Times reporter Wang Yezhi) NBA Sacramento Kings head coach Mike Brown (Mike Brown) was recently elected the 2022-2023 season of the American Basketball Coaches Association’s head coach of the year. This season is Brown’s first season coaching the Kings. He led the team to the third place in the Western Conference and returned to the playoffs after 17 years.
Coaching Kings earns peer recognition
The award is selected by one vote for each of the 30 active NBA head coaches. This means that Brown has been recognized by people in the circle. This award is also regarded as an outpost for the NBA season awards. Brown is not far away from being officially recognized by the NBA as the best head coach of the season.
After winning the award, Brown said: “We are an incredible group of NBA head coaches. Everyone deserves recognition. They display their talents on the highest stage every day. To receive this award means a lot to me.”
Rick Carlisle, president of the Coaches Association and Pacers coach, said: “Brown completely changed the Kings, changed the attitude of the Kings fans and the atmosphere of the team, and he brought the team into a new era.”
This season, the Kings performed very well in the regular season. Brown led his young people to achieve a record of 48 wins and 34 losses. The longest “playoff drought” for professional sports teams in North America.
Statistics show that the offensive efficiency of the Kings this season is 118.6 points per 100 rounds, ranking first in the league. This is the highest record since the 1996-1997 season. Their scoring average of 120.7 points is also the highest since the Nuggets in the 1983-1984 season.
The coach should serve the star
In fact, as early as ten years ago, Brown had been officially certified as the best coach in the NBA. When coaching the Cavaliers, he built a team around James, tried to make him happy, and rarely injected his own ideas into his coaching ideas. As the Cavaliers failed again and again to rush to the championship, he entered the drifting stage of his coaching career.
After that, he came to the Lakers to coach another superstar Kobe. Forced by the environment, he had to continue to indulge the superstars, which also left a stereotype of his coaching style to the outside world. In fact, his life was not easy.
2016 became a turning point in Brown’s life. That year he joined the championship team, the Warriors, and became an assistant to head coach Cole. During his six years in the Warriors, Brown tasted the taste of the championship three times with the team. Under the influence of the Warriors team culture, Brown has some new understanding of basketball.
Brown began to realize that the formulation of tactics should be based on people, so that each player is in a position that suits him, and everyone is integrated into the team’s tactical system, so that everyone can feel the joy of basketball. Such a team That’s the really strong team. This is a huge difference from the early days of his coaching career when he only trusted the star players.
Establish Your Own Style With the Kings
In May 2022, Brown signed a four-year contract with the Kings and became the team’s new coach. During the offseason last year, the Kings did not make major adjustments to the lineup, and they are still a civilian team. But under Brown’s training, the Kings have transformed themselves this season and become the top offensive team in the league, ranking first in the league in scoring per game, and even the most scoring team in the past 40 years.
Brown did not force players to get rid of their shortcomings, but asked everyone to do their best in what they are good at. As a result, Fox, who was more focused on personal attacks, became the league’s top scorer and one of the “Mr. Keys” who were reliable in the last quarter; Sabonis, who was not good at protecting the basket, played out his organization and rebounding potential and became Won the “double-double king” and “rebound king” of the season.
In addition, veteran Harrison Barnes found a “sense of presence” on the wing; rookie Keegan Murray was reused; Kevin Huerter, Trey Lyles, Chimeziye Metu, Kessler Edwards, the abandoned generals of other teams, has been reborn in the Kings.
Today, Brown has established a team culture with his own style in the Kings. His coaching philosophy has been implemented in actual combat, and he no longer needs to look at the face of the star. After winning consecutive victories, he also won the trust of a group of young people and the management, and became the real “king” of the Kings.
Responsible editor: Zheng Huang#
