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Cavs coach Mike Brown has put his Los Angeles-area home on the market for $3.75 million. The Mediterranean-style house in the gated Anaheim Hills community features 9,503 square feet of living space with six bedrooms and 7 1/2 bathrooms. It was built in 1990 and later remodeled. Brown moved his family into the home he purchased in Westlake. News-Herald

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Marc J. Spears: Lakers player development Phil Handy interviewing for job to join new Cavs coach Mike Brown's staff in Cleveland today. Twitter @SpearsNBAYahoo

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The Cavaliers were granted permission from the Los Angeles Lakers to interview Phil Handy for Mike Brown's coaching staff, the Lakers confirmed on Thursday. Handy was Brown's player development coach with the Lakers. Akron Beacon Journal

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Handy is the first known candidate the Cavs plan to interview. Brown would seem to have at least two openings on his coaching staff after the Cavs cut ties with Paul Pressey and Joe Prunty in the wake of Byron Scott's firing. Cleveland Plain Dealer

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When Jim Buss fell for Brown in their sitdown at the pre-draft camp in Minneapolis, the Lakers knew he was West’s pick to fill the Warriors’ vacancy. That was why they slammed the deal home so quickly, and why the price got to $4.5 million a year, more than they’re paying Mike D’Antoni. Lakers Nation

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Marc J. Spears: Cavs have asked & received permission to talk to @lakers player development coach Phil Handy. Cavs coach Mike Brown hired Handy with Lakers. Twitter @SpearsNBAYahoo

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The Lakers will have some relief from the $6.5 million to $7 million they owe over the next two seasons after firing Mike Brown, who just became head coach at Cleveland. It's likely the Lakers won't calculate the total savings for another month after reviewing Brown's contract, but a source familiar with the situation said the savings are a "grain of salt." "What happens next is totally up to the team and management," Gasol said. "That's not in our hands." Los Angeles Daily News

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Cavaliers coach Mike Brown is piecing together his coaching staff in Cleveland. One of his first calls likely went to former offensive coordinator John Kuester. Brown would like to add him to his staff. However, sources say he might be reluctant to return to the NBA. Morning Journal

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The Lakers will receive 20% to 50% of the money they owe former coach Mike Brown, a person familiar with the situation said. They owe Brown about $7 million over the next two seasons but could recoup anywhere from $1.5 million to $3.5 million because he accepted a job to coach the Cleveland Cavaliers with a reported five-year, $20-million contract. Los Angeles Times

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Marc J. Spears: New Cavs coach Mike Brown has a long list of assistant coach candidates he is considering & will begin making contact next week, source said Twitter @SpearsNBAYahoo

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Ex-Lakers coach Mike Brown and his wife Carolyn put their six-bedroom Anaheim Hills estate up for sale this week at $3.75 million. The timing coincides with news reports that Brown has been rehired by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Orange County Register

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During his first season, the strike-shortened season of 2010-2011, Mike Brown didn’t have the benefit of training camp with a roster that included Derek Fisher and Lamar Odom. Then one day in December, he was called into general manager Mitch Kupchak’s office. “So, I go up there and he tells me that we just traded Lamar Odom! My mouth just dropped. He explained to me that it was for salary cap reasons, but nothing that he did after that justified anything to do with the salary cap,” Brown said. Los Angeles Sentinel

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Brown said that he wasn’t even consulted or asked what he thought before the trade went down. “I mean, how can I not be told in advance of losing one of my primary pieces, a guy who was ‘Sixth Man of the Year?’” Los Angeles Sentinel

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Dunlap was an assistant at St. Johns University and had no head coaching experience before he was hired. Lawrence Frank won just 29 games in Detroit, but lasted the season before he was fired. Brown’s former player LeBron James was miffed at the Lakers firing, but Mike Brown exited with class. “Yea, it was rather shocking. I mean, I take a team without a training camp into the second round of the playoffs and then I’m gone.” Los Angeles Sentinel

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Mike Brown: “They reached out to me at the end of last week for the first time and after getting over the initial shock of hearing from these guys again I spoke with my wife and thought about all the things that made this job attractive while I was here to begin with. The level of commitment from Dan Gilbert and his group, the thorough work ethic that Chris Grant and his staff display and you look at the roster with the young nucleus and then with Anderson (Varejao) and then the city and passion that the fans have for not only the Cavs but for all their sports teams, for us it was definitely an exciting thing that we were definitely interested in pressing forward with.” Sports Radio Interviews

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When Mike Brown was fired from his job as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers just five games into the 2012-13 season, his youngest son Cameron had two immediate questions for him. 1. "Dad, are you OK?" 2. "Can we move back to Cleveland?" Cleveland Plain Dealer

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"When we're here, you feel the people," Mike Brown said. "You're walking around town, you're walking around Westlake or wherever, you feel the passion of the people when they speak of not only the Cavaliers but any organization and sports franchise here in town. So yes, to a certain degree you want to bring them that (championship) so that they can tell their grandkids and their grandkids can tell their grandkids and so forth. Cleveland Plain Dealer

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A few other things have changed in the three years since Brown left the Cavaliers. For one, former center Zydrunas Ilgauskas is no longer is a player. He's the Cavaliers' special assistant to the general manager. Still, Brown said he'd stick some sneakers on the big man if he needed a veteran presence on this Cavaliers squad. "Z is your boss," general manager Chris Grant interjected. Brown's eyes widened before he responded, "I've got to get used to that one." Cleveland Plain Dealer

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Tom Withers: #Cavs owner Dan Gilbert says "it was a mistake" to fire Mike Brown three years ago. Twitter @twithersAP

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Dave McMenamin: D'Antoni said he was happy for Mike Brown to get the Cleveland job. He said he has not thought about how it could impact his coaching staff Twitter @mcten

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