When he was re-hired by the Cavaliers last offseason, I’m not sure many had high expectations of Mike Brown succeeding. I mean, he was fired for a reason, right? After missing the playoffs by 5 games, Brown has been fired by the Cavs once again.
It was rumored during the season that Kyrie Irving wasn’t thrilled playing for Brown, but who knows if that had any impact. Either way, this should probably seal Brown’s fate as a head coach in the NBA.
The Cavaliers have fired head coach Mike Brown, the team announced on Monday. Cleveland has also officially named David Griffin, who served as team’s interim general manager since the firing of Chris Grant in February, as its general manager going forward.
“This is a very tough business,” Cavs owner Dan Gilbert said via team release. “It pains all of us here that we needed to make the difficult decision of releasing Mike Brown. Mike worked hard over this last season to move our team in the right direction. Although, there was some progress from our finish over the few prior seasons, we believe we need to head in a different direction. We wish Mike and his family nothing but the best.”
H/T: SI.com
