The Clock Strikes 23 for Mike Brown

The Cleveland Cavaliers let go of their Head Coach Mike Brown today to avoid having to pay him his whole year of his contract next year for $4.5 million dollars. Are the Cavaliers fooling anybody here? I mean isn't it pretty clear that they are only firing Mike Brown in hopes of getting a great coach in there and in turn hope to be able to resign Lebron James? As everybody knows, the Lebron James Sweepstakes are well under way and the Cavaliers are hoping to be able to resign him just as the rest of the teams in the league are. How much more can Mike James do? The guy had more wins that any Cavaliers coach ever in just five years as the head coach. Yah, so he never won a championship, but he did help create one of the best atmospheres in the NBA for a home game. Most would argue that the atmosphere was created by a superb athlete in Lebron James, and so would I, but he may have been the very guy who made the call to fire Mike Brown.
This leaves a very interesting scenario for the Cavaliers. With free agency starting on July 1st, that means that unless they have somebody in mind before then, the Cavaliers could be going into free agency without a coach when they try and re sign Lebron James. So it begs many questions, first, do the Cavs already have a coach in mind that may be more of the liking to Lebron, and if so, does Lebron know about it? I have a hard time believing that the decision is not entirely Lebron's decision. But lets just say that Cavs owner, Dan Gilbert, and Lebron James go into Gilbert's office and talk about a potential coach, and when I say talk I mean Gilbert saying, "Hey Lebron, who do you want me to hire to be the coach of your team? Lets say Lebron says, Joe Smoe. Now because Lebron James is still an employee of the Cleveland Cavaliers then he cannot contact any other team until that day. What if on July 1st, the Chicago Bulls hire Coach John Calipari and go after Lebron? Lebron and Calipari are great friends apparently, and would that offer be too hard for Lebron to turn down? That would leave the Cavs with the aforementioned Joe Smoe, and Lebron would land in Chicago with his pal John Calipari. That would be quite the story line for the NBA and quite a problem for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
I think Cleveland made a mistake by firing Mike Brown because they need to have a coach in place come July 1st to be able to throw as much money and love to Lebron as they can. Here is a thought though, what if, in that closed door meeting between Dan Gilbert and Lebron James, James decides to take a run at John Calipari? There is a two month window to try and pry Calipari from his "dream job" at Kentucky. What a storyline that would be.
Sorry about you luck Mike Brown, the clock has struck 23 for you. Lebron is clearly more important that you in this scenario, as wrong as that may sound. Mike Brown was a solid coach an one day he should get another chance with an NBA team. And with a chance to run it his way, you never know what he could do with a solid group of talent to coach for himself, and not have to worry about a superstar who gets to call the shots.