Brown raced downstairs to the kitchen, where he found flames shooting from the pan Cameron was using to make mini fried pecan pies. Doctors later told him that, had he been wearing pants instead of shorts that afternoon, the material would've trapped the heat and continued the burning. Two weeks after the fire, between games three and four of the NBA Finals, Brown hobbled on crutches into the lobby of a hotel in downtown Cleveland for an informal job interview. In early July, he was hired as Kerr's top assistant, replacing Luke Walton — now head coach of the Lakers — on a staff tasked with a singular objective: meld the most heralded group of players in NBA history. The former NBA Coach of the Year has worked with LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal and Dwight Howard. Perhaps more important to Golden State, after last season's historic Finals collapse, is Brown's experience taking the proverbial heat. "With what happened last year, it's very important to have someone available who has shown that he can be successful in big games and big situations," said Danny Ferry, the Cavaliers' general manager for Brown's first stint in Cleveland (2005-10). After graduating...