Brian Windhorst: So, on Mike Brown — what you need to know about Mike Brown… and I don’t think he does this anymore, but it helps you understand a little bit about him: He, for years, used to bring his own iron on the road. He had this thing where he would iron — he would bring an ironing board too — because he had a specific ironing board. He definitely packed his preferred iron. And the man who was in charge of packing his iron was Jordi Fernandez. Jordi Fernandez was the lowest staffer on the Cavs’ staff — just over from Spain, looking for a foothold in the NBA. Jordi was kind of like… I don’t know what his role officially was, but he was basically Mike Brown’s gopher. I mean, he helped out in practices — he was doing some coaching — but he was also Mike Brown’s gopher. He was in charge of packing the iron. Mike had this thing where — before every game — he would have an ironing board set up in the coach’s office, home and road, and he would iron his own shirt. He wanted to be the one to iron it. It was like a zen thing for him — a routine to clear his mind before going out to the game.
