Mike Brown's collaboration and leadership skills were determining factors toward the New York Knicks hiring him as their next head coach, per ESPN's Shams Charania on Wednesday's edition of NBA Today.

Brown has had a relatively unusual head coaching career. Rather than starting out with a young team and growing slowly, he was thrown into the fire as the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers right as LeBron James began to grow into a superstar.

USA TODAY Sports' Lorenzo Reyes breaks down the Knicks decision to bring in Mike Brown as their next head coach.