Mike Brown was the Joe Torre the NBA Finals-bound Knicks needed

Source: New York Post

Within minutes of when Mike Brown was named Knicks coach July 7, two distinctly possible and passable pathways were built for him by those who’ve seen a little bit of New York sports the last 35 years or so. Both comps were automatic mostly because both seemed so plausible, given the parameters at work. The first was a road to nowhere nobody really wanted repeated.