Why the Mike Brown-Knicks marriage is doomed — according to NBA veteran who played for coach
NY Post
Not everyone is a believer in the Mike Brown era.
During a recent appearance on the “Straight Game Podcast,” former NBA champ Matt Barnes expressed doubts about the Knicks’ new coaching hire, emphasizing that Brown is “too nice” to lead the franchise to a championship.
Asked if Brown — who took over for Tom Thibodeau over the summer following the fifth-year coach’s firing — can steer the team to success, Barnes responded with a firm “f–k no.”
“Mike’s a great person, to me he’s not a leader of men,” the 45-year-old Barnes began. “I couldn’t imagine it now because these kids are making so much money. You have to have the respect of them. I think Mike is such a nice guy, that’s what f–ked Mike up. Mike wants to be cool with everyone instead of putting his foot down like, ‘This is my team. This is what’s going on.'”
Brown helmed the Los Angeles Lakers from 2011-2013 following a successful stretch with the Cleveland Cavaliers, which was headlined by a trip to the NBA Finals in 2007.
Barnes, who inked a two-year deal with the Lakers in 2010, played his final season in L.A. under Brown.
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