Mike Brown took a roundabout path to his first NBA championship as a head coach, but it was well worth the ride. SAN ANTONIO — Rick Brunson didn’t know Mike Brown. Not in the least. The coach whom he and his mini-mite son, Jalen, had known so well for decades, Tom Thibodeau, had been fired by the New York Knicks the month before. Never mind that he took New Yor... [9970 chars]