Kerr disappointed by ‘shocking’ firing of Brown by Kings

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Kerr disappointed by ‘shocking’ firing of Brown by Kings originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

The firing of Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown shocked the NBA world on Friday. Count Warriors coach Steve Kerr as part of that group.

“I’m very disappointed to hear the news,” Kerr said to reporters in Inglewood ahead of the Warriors’ game against the Los Angeles Clippers. “Mike is a great friend, great coach. I talked to him and we all kind of know this is the nature of the business. But it just seems so shocking when a guy is a unanimous Coach of the Year a year and a half ago.”

Brown, 54, served as an assistant on Kerr’s coaching staff for six seasons, starting in 2016-17 and ending in 2021-22. The Warriors won three championships with Brown as an assistant and reached the NBA Finals four times. He then departed for the Kings’ coaching job after the Warriors won the 2022 title over the Boston Celtics.

Immediately, the Kings found new success under Brown. In his first year at the helm, the Kings won 48 games in the 2022-23 NBA season, their most since winning 50 in 2004-05. They lost to the Warriors in the first round of the playoffs, pushing the reigning champions to seven games, and Brown unanimously was named NBA Coach of the Year.

Led by Brown, the Kings snapped a 16-season drought without a playoff berth, which was the longest streak in NBA history.

“When you think about where that franchise was before Mike got there, where they’ve been the last couple of years, the job that he and his staff have done – it’s just really shocking,” Kerr continued. “I know they’ve been in a tough spell, but this is the NBA. We all go through tough spells.”

The Kings, after losing 114-113 to the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night in grueling fashion dropped to 13-18 on the season. They’ve lost five straight games, with all five coming at home. The losing streak dropped the Kings to the No. 12 seed in the West, two spots out of the play-in tournament.

This past season, the Kings won 46 regular-season games and blew out the Warriors in the play-in tournament before then losing to New Orleans and…

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Publish date : 2024-12-28 04:51:00

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