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Mike Brown says facing Cavaliers in the NBA Finals is ‘like The Lion King’

Who’s Scar?

Mike Brown went to the NBA Finals in 2007 with the Cleveland Cavaliers. His team unfortunately got swept by the San Antonio Spurs that season, but now Brown has bade it back to the Finals — against the Cavaliers.

It’s funny how it all plays out. Brown was hired as an associate coach for the Golden State Warriors and has filled in for head coach Steve Kerr, who is out indefinitely throughout the playoffs due to his back. Now, Brown can win an NBA Championship against his former team.

It’s all over the place. It’s not something that I can hide from or run from. All I said is ‘it is what it is.’ I don’t have any control over what the storyline is going to be. It’s a little ironic that things happen in life this way ... it’s like The Lion King. It’s the Circle of Life.

Brown has a point. The only question is: if this is The Lion King, what role is he playing? Does he become Simba in this situation, and does that make someone in the Cavs Scar? Is it LeBron James, or does Tyronn Lue become Scar, since we’re only talking head coaches here.

Anyway, Richard Jefferson and J.R. Smith would make a great Timon and Pumbaa.

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