In 2008-09, he was handed the NBA's Coach of the Year award. In one short year, the Cavaliers apparently realized it had nothing to do with Mike Brown, and everything to do with LeBron James picking up the Cavaliers and carrying them on his back.
Brown was one of the league's worst coaches this year, especially in the playoffs against the Celtics, when he made absolutely zero adjustments in a series that ended with the Cavs getting dominated in 6 games.
It's really not that hard to win a few games in the NBA when you have the most talented player on the planet. It does, however, take a decent coach to push a good team over the hump and make them a great team. That's something that Mike Brown is incapable of doing, and even a #1 seed and a trip to the Eastern Conference semi-finals could save his job this time.
They'll be another job in the future for Brown, but don't expect much of him. Especially when he doesn't have the "give the ball to LeBron and get out of the way" offense to rely on.
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