Mike Brown was assisting Coach Popavich during the 2003 NBA Finals Championship with the Spurs and this past season, assisting Rick Carlisle in Indiana. Next season, he may be coaching his own team in Atlanta.

Other candidates for the Hawks job include former Nuggets associate head coach John MacLeod, Dallas assistant Del Harris and Seattle associate head coach Dwane Casey.

Candidates to be interviewed after the upcoming NBA predraft camp are Detroit assistant Mike Woodson and former Hawks coach Mike Fratello.