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When Mike Brown was hired by the Cleveland Cavaliers last week, there were multiple feelings of déjà vu. One was obvious – Brown was returning to a team that had fired him three years earlier.
We have all been here before.
But the other was more subtle and had to do with the fundamental reality not only of today’s NBA, but also of today’s professional sports.
When is a retread hire not a retread hire?
When the Cleveland Cavaliers hire Mike Brown.
The Cavaliers made it official Wednesday morning, bringing back Brown as coach after a three-year absence. He will receive a reported $20 million over five years and should have a heavy hand in a rebuilding project that already is well under way.
Hello and welcome to the Evening News.
As the playoffs are now officially under way, we’ll keep you updated every evening. What’s happening today?
Here’s the latest news from around the league:
The Miami Heat just can’t stay out of the headlines these days. Not with their incredible winning streak extending to 24 games, and certainly not with their unlikely (yet so likely) 98-95 comeback victory against LeBron James’ old team – the Cleveland Cavaliers – on Wednesday night.
It’s hard to determine what was more amazing: the fact that a short-handed Cavaliers team -playing without their starting center and backcourt – went up by as many as 27 points in the third quarter, or that the Heat managed to keep their streak alive by erasing that monumental, NBA season-high deficit. Perhaps the Heat came into the game expecting to coast and get an easy victory against one of the worst teams in the entire league, but it certainly didn’t work out that way when they found themselves down 55-34 at half time.
LeBron, however, led the charge with 25 points on an uncharacteristic eight-of-22 shooting, to go with 12 rebounds and 10 assists for his fourth triple-double of the season.
Highlights:
[Related: Miami Heat has a realistic possibility of breaking the All-Time regular season winning streak]
You think Cleveland fans miss this man much? They may hate him on the outside, but most of them are surely hoping for a reunion when his contract is up in Miami. Just ask this guy, who decided to rush the court wearing a t-shirt that read ”We Miss You, 2014 Come Back.”:
Say goodbye to 2012 and the prediction of the Mayans.
2013 is here!
May the New Year bring us plenty of exciting and unexpected moments from the NBA.
So what are some of the things we can look forward to in the upcoming year? Here are some notable questions heading into January:
