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Twice hired and twice fired, is Mike Brown, left, tipped to be hired again -- to fill the vacancy left by the firing of Mike Brown?

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Are the Cleveland Cavaliers really reaching out to Mike Brown to fill the vacancy left by the firing of Mike Brown?

Brown was fired on Monday, a little more than a year after he was hired by the team and a little less than four years after he was fired by the team.

He was hired by the Cavs the first time in 2005.

The team is rumored to have scheduled a press conference -- to announce the hiring of Brown to coach the team again?

Separately, the Cavaliers announced that David Griffin has been named the team's general manager. Griffin became the team's interim general manager when the team announced the dismissal of general manager Chris Grant.

The hiring of Griffin ended speculation that the team would hire Grant to replace Grant.