“Mike Brown Came In Like a Hall Monitor with Swagger”

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Mike Brown stepped to the podium like a man who just got the aux cord at a family cookout — confident, grinning, and ready to change the vibe whether we asked for it or not.

From the jump, it was clear: this is his team, his clipboard, and now, his staff. Brown made it known he’s got full control of who’s sitting next to him on that bench — and in true bold Knicks fashion, he wasted no time making a power move that raised eyebrows from MSG to Mount Vernon: he demoted Jalen Brunson’s pops. Yup, Rick Brunson, who once wore the title of Associate Head Coach, now downgraded to regular-degular assistant.

That’s not just a coaching adjustment — that’s a borderline family drama.

It’s one thing to set a tone. It’s another to shake up the Brunson family tree before coaching a single game. But hey, Mike Brown didn’t come to make friends — he came to put his stamp on the Knicks. Whether that stamp comes with wins, or just more New York chaos, remains to be seen.

But one thing’s for sure: it didn’t take long for him to remind us — this is the Knicks, baby. Even the press conferences got plot twists.