Money heals all wounds. Mike Brown was fired by the Cavs in 2010, and has now accepted a four year, $20 million deal to return and coach Uncle Drew and the crew.
Poor Mike, accepting yet another job from a team that really wanted Phil Jackson. Here's the story from ESPN:
CLEVELAND -- Mike Brown and the Cleveland Cavaliers are getting back together.
Brown, who led the Cavs to the playoffs in all five seasons he coached them from 2005-10, has agreed to a four-year, $20 million deal with a fifth-year option, sources told ESPN.com's Brian Windhorst. The deal will pay Brown $5 million per year, according to the sources.
The Cavaliers have reached a deal to bring back Mike Brown as head coach. Will LeBron James follow him back to Cleveland?
Brown's hiring could be announced as early as Wednesday.
Brown will return to the job the Cavs fired him from in 2010 despite back-to-back 60-win seasons. He was the Cavs' top choice for the job and the only person they interviewed, though they did reach out to gauge Phil Jackson's possible interest.
Brown met with Cavs owner Dan Gilbert and general manager Chris Grant over the weekend in Detroit.
A major factor in Brown's decision to accept the job is that his family had planned to move back to Cleveland this summer after he was fired as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers earlier this season. Brown also has a strong and long-standing relationship with Grant.
The Cavs wanted to move fast to secure Brown. Sources told ESPN.com that Brown already had turned down the Phoenix Suns' coaching position and could've become a candidate for other jobs in the coming days.
Sources say Brown views the Cavs' position as one of the top jobs available, or potentially available, because of All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving and the club's substantial amount of salary-cap space.
Brown went 272-138 and went to the playoffs every season with the Cavs, teaming with LeBron James on a run to the NBA Finals in 2007. He was fired after the Cavs lost to Boston in the 2010 Eastern Conference semifinals, shortly before James decided he was leaving Cleveland as a free agent.
Brown spent one full season with the Lakers, but was fired by Los Angeles five games into this season.
The Cavs have been without a coach since firing Byron Scott last week following his third straight losing season.
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