I remember when Mike Brown was appointed head coach of Nigeria’s men’s national team ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.
He led the team through Olympic preparation and the Famous exhibition win over Team USA before Tokyo 2020
After the Olympics, Brown publicly said he wanted to continue with the program and help build Nigerian basketball long term.
But in 2022, Nigerian basketball was disrupted by governance disputes inside the Nigeria Basketball Federation and the Nigerian government temporarily withdrew national teams from international competition. That created uncertainty around the program and disrupted continuity.
Today, he is a NBA champion as the coach of the New York knicks
Knicks point guard Jose Alvarado started his victory tour in his native Brooklyn by making a surprise appearance in the Knickerbocker Avenue Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday.
Highest +/- in a single NBA playoff run:
🥇 2026 Karl-Anthony Towns
🥈 2017 Stephen Curry
🥉 2026 Jalen Brunson
An ALL-TIME championship run for KAT & Brunson 💍
LeBron James says Victor Wembanyama is doing things the NBA has never seen before
"He's not the first guy in our league that's been tall. He's not the first guy that's had length. We've seen him ISO multiple-time Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert on the perimeter, hitting him with snatch-backs, spins, up-and-unders, dream shakes, and fadeaways"
"His coordination, his ability to catch the ball and find the rim before he even lands, that's something we've never seen before. It's not just because he's tall. That is coordination that we've never seen before"
"And it's not just because he's tall. It's because he has the ability to do things that we haven't seen in our league, like ever"
In 2024 the Knicks made a BLOCKBUSTER trade sending Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo in exchange for Karl Anthony-Towns 🍿 🗽
This trade transformed the Knicks into Championship contender 🏆