Frank Isola

Mike is a very well-liked, he's a good listener.

He's not heavy-handed.

Did you like the move with Tibbs?

Because Tibbs has some rigidity to him, we all know that.

When the move was first made, what was your reaction?

Because Dolan came down and just said, we want more collaboration.

And it was, I'll give Dolan credit, it was a big swing.

Did you like it?

No, I didn't like it at all because, first of all, give it a week.

Let the loss take some time to take a deep breath and go over the season.

Remember, their season ended on a Saturday, and I think it was by Tuesday Tom was gone.

They decided to make the coaching change.

Remember, there's a little revisionist history here.

Their number one choice was Jason Kidd.

And when they didn't get permission to talk to Jason Kidd, he ends up getting an extension.

Then they just started cold calling teams.

Atlanta with Quinn Snyder, Ime Adoka with the Houston Rockets, Billy Donovan with the Chicago Bulls.

They were getting involved in everyone's business here because these teams were denying permission, which was leading in the case of certainly Jason Kidd and Billy Donovan to getting extension.

So it's worked out with Mike Brown.

I thought for me, when Tyrese Halliburton got hurt at halftime, right before, I'm sorry, in the first quarter of game seven