Pacers coach Rick Carlisle shocked over Kings’ firing of Mike Brown
Brown, the Kings’ third-year coach, was fired Friday amid the team’s 13-18 start and current five-game losing streak. He was named NBA Coach of the Year in Sacramento in 2022-23, when the Kings went 48-34 and lost in the first round of the playoffs. They went 46-36 last season and failed to advance out of the play-in tournament.