Nigeria Basketball team’s coach, Mike Brown, has received praises after D’Tigers stunned the United States 90-87 in a pre-Olympic exhibition game at Mandalay Bay Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday. Brown, who has been in the basketball space for decades, was instrumental in Nigeria’s victory over the US basketball team. 2.In 2000, Brown became an associate coach with the San Antonio basketball team, Spurs. That same year, he joined the Indiana Pacers as an assistant head coach, where he led Indiana to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2004. 4.In 2011, Brown became the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers before he was re-hired by the Cavaliers in 2013.

Source: Punch July 12, 2021 14:33 UTC