The Sacramento Kings have agreed to an extension with coach Mike Brown to maintain him underneath contract via the 2026-27 season, an individual conversant in the deal mentioned.
The Kings and the 2022-23 NBA Coach of the 12 months reached settlement on the extension Friday evening, the particular person advised The Related Press on situation of anonymity as a result of the contract hadn’t been introduced by the crew.
ESPN first reported the deal and mentioned Brown will get a $4 million increase to $8.5 million for subsequent season after which $8.5 million a yr for 2 further seasons added on to his earlier deal.
Brown has a 94-70 document in two seasons with Sacramento. He led the Kings to their first playoff berth since 2006 in his first yr in cost after which fell simply in need of a return to the playoffs this final season, when Sacramento misplaced a play-in sport for the eighth seed to New Orleans after going 46-36 within the common season.
Brown has been a key a part of a turnaround in Sacramento, serving to the crew snap the longest playoff drought in NBA historical past and successful his second profession coach of the yr award.
Brown and Rick Adelman are the one Kings coaches to guide the crew to a successful document in any season because the franchise moved to Sacramento in 1985.
Brown has a 441-286 profession document with Cleveland, the Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento.
