Former New York Knicks coach Hubie Brown is on his way to the Hall of Fame again.

The 91-year-old is part of the 10-member Class of 2024 who will be inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame this December. Brown is set to embark on a new broadcasting season with ESPN’s NBA coverage.

Brown has 528 ABA/NBA managerial wins, including 142 with the Knicks (1982-87). Since then, he has become a mainstay on NBA broadcasters, including USA, CBS, TNT and his current position with the Worldwide Leader. Brown has hosted 18 NBA Finals, including two on CBS (1989-90), two on ABC (2005-06, the latter alongside current Knicks voice Mike Breen) and 15 on national radio (1978, 2007-19).

In addition to his time as head coach of the Knicks, Brown also led the Kentucky Colonels, Atlanta Hawks and Memphis Grizzlies into contention and won an ABA title with Kentucky in 1975. Brown guided the Knicks to playoff victories in his first two seasons, but serious injuries to Patrick Ewing and Bernard King stalled any progress.

Brown had already been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor in 2005 before receiving the same invitation from the College Basketball Hall of Fame a year later.

One of Brown’s first forays last season was the Knicks’ nationally televised showdown with the San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden. Brown made it clear that his five-decade journey wasn’t accomplished alone in an interview with Ryan Glasspiegel of the New York Post.

“You do that with other players, who don’t get the attention they deserve for their contributions when you’re at the top,” Brown said. “At Kentucky, (or when) we turned around the youngest team in the NBA at the time in Atlanta. We go to the Knicks and we have eight new players out of 12 and we’re right at the top. We take over the Grizzlies, who never won more than 22 games in Vancouver or Memphis, and then the second year we won 50 games.”

“You can’t do it without having teachers with you and without them all buying into the team. It’s like your players. Everybody has to buy into the notion of responsibility on a daily basis. It’s preparation and participation. We won’t accept anything less than that.”

Brown joins the new class along with former Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany, host of “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel,” current “Thursday Night Football” commentator Andrea Kremer and the late ESPN NFL insider Chris Mortensen.

Be sure to bookmark All Knicks for the latest news, exclusive interviews, movie analysis and more!

Share.
Leave A Reply