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So, because of a few good decisions, he vaulted from an average-to-below-average journeyman head coach to a bright, shiny expert superstar coach.

We fans are incredibly fickle. Incredibly influenced by recency bias. Incredibly drawn to assigning a single source to wins and losses.

I laughed out loud when I saw Kendrick Perkins' take that the Spurs needed to basically rebuild.  After narrowly missing an NBA championship?  Really??

If not for a couple of mental lockups, inexperience and youth, we could easily be proclaiming the Spurs as the current and future dynasty of the NBA right now.

Calm down, guys!!

I tend to agree. Mike Brown has coached some pretty good teams before, and he still got fired.  Lakers, Cavs (he was COY and won 66 games in 2009 and led them to the Finals before being swept by the Spurs).  He did a good job of turning a moribund Kings team around, made the playoffs for the first time in 17 years, and won his 2nd COY award. This year's Knicks team had some luck involved in their romp to the title. Atlanta was the only team to beat them twice, but they got on their roll right after that series and swept an injured Embiid led Philly team and Cleveland. I guess what I'm trying to say is they had an easier path to the Finals than the young Spurs, who knocked off the champs and really should have beaten the Knicks if it wasn't for bad game management, key turnovers, and Mitch Johnson's decision-making regarding playing De'Aaron Fox (who was brutal) more minutes than Harper. Johnson was totally outcoached by Brown. However, I give them credit for being connected, and they went on and had a historic playoff.