Brown has won four championships throughout his career as an assistant and made it to the NBA Finals as a head coach in 2007 with the Cavaliers. All of that experience should help

Brown is notorious for holding players accountable. His potential employer is betting on personality and diligence more than anything else.

According to ESPN's Shams Charania, the Knicks decided to move ahead with the recently-fired Sacramento Kings coach, and seeing as how he was reportedly the only candidate to receive multiple interviews, it sure seems like New York was running out of backup plans.