Sacramento Kings head coach Mike Brown has agreed to a contract extension that will tie him to the team through the 2026-27 season, according to The farces of Athletic Charania. The deal reportedly carries a base salary of $8.5 million, with bonuses that could reach $10 million a year.
It had previously been reported that Brown and the Kings were at an impasse over a potential contract extension, with the coach’s contract set to expire after next season. Wojnarowski reported last week that the two sides had proposed talks to bridge the gap.
Thursday, Charania reported The Kings had offered Brown a three-year, $21 million contract that can reach $27 million with bonuses, while Brown was said to be seeking $10 million annually. Figures reported Friday would indicate that Brown, who was set to earn $4.5 million next year, got most of what he wanted.
Mike Brown deal puts him near the upper echelon of NBA coaching salaries
An average annual value of $10 million would tie Brown with Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers for what appears to be the sixth-highest salary in the NBA, although reported numbers would indicate Brown comes in right behind him. Coaches known to be ahead of them:
All of those deals have been signed since Williams reset the market with his deal a year ago to today. Any contender with a good coach can probably expect to pay him eight figures in the near future.
Mike Brown led the Kings forward. Can he put more pressure on them?
Brown just finished his second season with the Kings, a tenure that has seen the team go 94-70. The addition of Brown saw the team take a big step forward offensively last season and make the playoffs for the first time since 2006.
This year was less successful, although the team only won two fewer games than in 2022-23. A 46-36 record only good for ninth place in the Western Conference and a spot in the play-in tournament, where the Kings got revenge on the Golden State Warriors, but had their season three days later against the New Orleans Pelicans.
Still, the Kings will definitely want to move forward with their core of DeAaron Fox, Domantas Sabonis and Keegan Murray, and that means not letting the guy who made them work together walk away. However, they still have some moves to make and it is unclear where they go from here.
At the very least, Sacramento has the 13th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. There are also contracts like Harrison Barnes and Kevin Huerter that could possibly be traded, while Malik Monk is set to hit free agency.