The Sacramento Kings fired Mike Brown on Friday. He was just 31 games into his third season as head coach, and just two years removed from being named Coach of the Year after ending Sacramento's 16-season playoff drought -- as a No. 3 seed, no less -- in 2022-23.

The Sacramento Kings have fired coach Mike Brown less than halfway through his third season with the team mired in a five-game losing streak. General manager Monte McNair called the move Friday a “difficult decision” and thanked Brown for his work.

Sacramento Kings head coach Mike Brown called out his players for not fouling the Detroit Pistons, up three, which allowed Detroit's Jaden Ivey to not