Report: LeBron named NBA Coach of the Year. Mike Brown to accept award on his behalf.

[dlo13]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hiMAR6mqqzWnJGXZLt6vjJakn9DgD97MBCP00

Cavs' Brown honored as NBA coach of year

By TOM WITHERS - 26 minutes ago

CLEVELAND (AP) - Mike Brown was honored as the NBA's coach of the year Monday after leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to their greatest regular season.

He guided the club to a franchise-record 66 wins, a second Central Division title and the No. 1 overall seed in the postseason. Cleveland leads the Detroit Pistons 1-0 in the first round of the playoffs.

Preaching trust to his players since training camp, Brown has created a tightly knit team led by superstar LeBron James. The 38-year-old coach also has given more authority to his assistants, a sign of his maturity as a coach and confidence as a leader.

Brown joined the Cavs in 2005 after two seasons as an assistant with Indiana. Bill Fitch in 1976 is the only other Cleveland coach to win the coaching award.

Brown received 55 first-place votes and earned 355 total points from a panel of 122 sports writers and broadcasters. Houston's Rick Adelman finished second with 151 points and Orlando's Stan Van Gundy was third with 150.

New Orleans coach Byron Scott won the award last year.

Cleveland owner Dan Gilbert called Brown a "natural leader" and credited him with much of his team's success.

"Mike Brown is one of these rare people that has nearly every tool in his tool box," Gilbert said in a statement. "He is smart, hard working, and selfless. He is curious and hungry to learn. He is philosophically driven and derives his decision making from his strong philosophy.

"Mike Brown is a critical element as to why our franchise is growing into the kind of success we all envisioned and hoped to achieve. There is no man more deserving and it proves to the world that, yes, nice guys can indeed, finish first."

 

[crossisom]

 

[doublejs07]

@ the title

*that defense is something serious tho...

I really hope they fail.

 

[wallyhopp]

how is Houstons coach 2nd in the voting? This sort of invalidates the whole process imo.

 

[downtown43]

guess that's what riding Lebron's #*%! will get you

 

[mjdalegend]

@ the title

 

[jetpacunlimited]

Originally Posted by CROSSISOM

Horrible execution.

 

[mateen cleaves]

kewl

 

[23nokaoi]

Originally Posted by MJDaLegend

@ the title

 

[MVP]

Originally Posted by 23NoKaOi

Originally Posted by MJDaLegend

@ the title

 

[proshares]

Like the title change

 

[osh kosh bosh]

Mike Brown does one thing well and that is coach defense, and even before became the defensive juggernaut that he is now those #%!@%% cavs teams all ways didone thing well and that was guard people.

 

[outacontrol music]

COACH BROWN!



I seriously think the last game of the season won the award for him

defense FTW

Owner Dan Gilbert on Mike Brown

Cleveland owner Dan Gilbert called Brown a "natural leader" and credited him with much of his team's success.

"Mike Brown is one of these rare people that has nearly every tool in his tool box," Gilbert said in a statement. "He is smart, hard working, and selfless. He is curious and hungry to learn. He is philosophically driven and derives his decision making from his strong philosophy.

"Mike Brown is a critical element as to why our franchise is growing into the kind of success we all envisioned and hoped to achieve. There is no man more deserving and it proves to the world that, yes, nice guys can indeed, finish first."
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4083787http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4083787

 

[ezflash26]

they get this award wrong damn near every year, jesus...

 

[yungmatt]

Originally Posted by EzFlash26


they get this award wrong damn near every year, jesus...

 

[do be doo]

at the Title...

 

[clevelandsprince23]

....MB is

though

 

[i am knowledge]

I wouldn't ever want the coach of my team to get this award.

ya'll better get it done this year Cav fans

 

[jdb1523]

...still doesn't mean jack %%#* if we don't win it all.

 

[arrjae]

Originally Posted by DoubleJs07

@ the title

*that defense is something serious tho...

I really hope they fail.

cleveland all the way to the finals, to lose against the lakers....

 

[mytoasterspeak]

I would like to know who should win over a man who won 66 games, leader in the three major defensive categories, a 21 game improvement in wins, coached the allstar team, coach of the month three times, and has the respect of most other coaches in the league?

 

[MVP]

Hmm...COTY, MVP, best regular season record in the league, they better win the title or this will be an EPIC failure.

 

[theblackhole76]

Originally Posted by Mamba MVP

Hmm...COTY, MVP, best regular season record in the league, they better win the title or this will be an EPIC failure.

Didn't the 2001 sixers have COTY, MVP, DPOY, 6MOY, and they tied (with lakers, 2 games behind the spurs) for second best-record in the league?I don't remember it being that "epic" of a failure.

 

[MVP]

Originally Posted by TheBlackHole76

Originally Posted by Mamba MVP

Hmm...COTY, MVP, best regular season record in the league, they better win the title or this will be an EPIC failure.

Didn't the 2001 sixers have COTY, MVP, DPOY, 6MOY, and they tied (with lakers, 2 games behind the spurs) for second best-record in the league? I don't remember it being that "epic" of a failure.

Guess you're right, but they weren't expected to win the title at all. Cleveland is. This season could be the difference between LeBronstaying or leaving, so there is a lot more at stake IMO.

 

[franchise3]

Rick Adelman 2nd