Why is Brown not Malone the coach chosen by the Knicks?

The Knicks also went through many twists and turns in the offseason selection. First, they asked to interview head coaches of other teams, such as Uduka of the Rockets, Snyder of the Hawks, Kidd of the Mavericks, and Donovan of the Bulls. The result is conceivable that they were all turned away and became jokes on the Internet and were ridiculed by fans.

In the end, the Knicks chose former Kings coach Mike Brown, which many people find it strange. Why has the Knicks never considered former Nuggets coach Mike Malone? That is the absolutely capable champion coach. Even fans think Malone is very suitable for the Knicks, but the management has no idea about Malone?

Mc Brown must have strength. After he went to the Kings, he led the Kings into the playoffs, and his results have always been good in the years he coached the Kings. There have been considerable improvements to the Kings on both offense and defense. He focused on Sabonis Jr. and Fox as the core, leading the Kings to play the first offensive efficiency in the 23 season, bringing the team to the playoffs again, which also pulled the Kings out of the mud for many years.

But Brown and Malone should still have some gaps. Malone led the Nuggets to win the first championship in team history, and has never missed the playoffs since 2019. Many people say it was because of Jokic, but Jokic was also discovered by Malone. At that time, there was also Nurkic, the big center in the team. In the end, the team chose to give up Nurkic and establish Jokic as the core of the team. Malone must have made contributions to it.

Moreover, the system built by Malone with Jokic as the core was also very successful, fully leveraging Teacher Joe's advantages, such as hand-written and hand-covering passes, playing double-highs with Gordon, and playing pick-and-roll with Murray. The use of these tactical systems was very successful.

In addition, Malone's on-the-spot adjustment ability is also excellent. Why do you get excited when you play against the Lakers in the playoffs? When facing the Lakers, either Murray or Porter Jr. It’s better to make full use of the positioning advantages, coupled with tactical arrangements and on-site changes, Malone is still quite powerful.

Then why did the Knicks choose Brown?

Personal speculation is that it is because Malone lost control of the Nuggets' locker room last season, and the relationship between Malone and the Nuggets' management has not been handled well. These two points make the Knicks worry, and Knicks president Leon Ross stressed that the new coach needs to work closely with the management, and Malone was fired in the later stages of the Nuggets due to differences in team building, which may hinder Malone's strong independent personality.

In addition, there is another reason. I feel that Malone's coaching style is somewhat similar to Thibodeau. Both of them like to use rookies. They both like to use the main players, and their coaching style is very strict. The Knicks management hopes to change this point. If you choose Malone, you will probably still have to change the soup and not change the medicine. If you play in the playoffs, it is probably still the "Five Donkeys Tactics".

Brown should be more slick in this regard, and his relationship with the management will not be very stiff, but Brown is still very tough on the players. The biggest reason for him being fired by the King is that Fox is dissatisfied with him. In the game when the Pistons were reversed, Brown directly criticized Fox by name, which intensified the conflict.

So to summarize: Malone is too tough to the management, while Brown is too tough to the players.