The New York Knicks made it clear when they fired Tom Thibodeau that anything short of an NBA championship isn't good enough.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/knicks as Knicks' Mike Brown Shouldn't Get Comfortable. Mike Brown is settling in as the next head coach for the New York Knicks, but this is a job that isn't the same compared to his previous stops.

Through their free-agency activity so far and the expected hiring of Mike Brown to be their next head coach, the New York Knicks have made one thing unassailably clear: They are all-in on juicing their offense—potential collateral damage on defense be absolutely damned.