Mike Brown

The Los Angeles Lakers the previous agreement in principle on Cleveland coach Mike Brown, Phil Jackson has to succeed, the team announced Wednesday. "We met Mike and he was very impressed," said a statement by the Lakers. "We also outlines the basis of an agreement and hope the next few days a contract to sign."

Brown gets a four-year contract worth about $ 18 million, a person with knowledge of the talks told The Associated Press on Wednesday on condition of anonymity because the Lakers have not been formally hired Brown. A strong interview last weekend, Brown jumped in front of the queue of candidates for the challenge of succeeding in the 11-time NBA champion Jackson is one of the legendary franchises in the NBA. Brown will be 22 coach of the Lakers, who trail only NBA title 16 of the '17 Boston Celtics, the league's history

Instead of supporting one of the assistant coaches Jackson, the Lakers have a change of course after the abrupt end to a two-year title reign and a long-awaited departure of Jackson, the coach in the history of the most championship rings in NBA. After almost quit last summer, Jackson retired earlier this month, after the Dallas Mavericks swept the defending champion Lakers are two of the second round of the playoffs.