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The Knicks, Nets and a crosstown friendship two decades in the making

ESPN.com | January 20, 2026

Related Topics: Brooklyn Nets, New York Knicks, Sean Marks, Mike Brown

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MIKE BROWN AND Jordi Fernandez have a charming meet-basketball-cute story and a real-life basketball-as-a-job story.

Both tales played a significant role in getting them to this remarkable point, Brown as the head coach of the New York Knicks and Fernandez as the head coach of the crosstown Brooklyn Nets.

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