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Charles Oakley has a good inkling whom the next Knicks coach will be. Knowing Knicks president Leon Rose is Tom Thibodeau’s former agent and that the two grew close, Oakley knows how the business works. Oakley believes the six-week, 11-candidate search will prove to have been much ado about nothing. “There it is then,’’ Oakley …
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With their season officially over, the Knicks are back in the market for a head coach and have 11 known candidates lined up for interviews. There is a wide range of experience, backgrounds and connections to the organization, with president Leon Rose looking for someone who can take the Knicks “from development to becoming a …
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Leon Rose and the Knicks are widening their net for prospective head coaches, adding fresh names to an experienced pool that has grown to seven known candidates. Having already been linked to established names such as favorite Tom Thibodeau, former Nets coach Kenny Atkinson, interim coach Mike Miller and former Knicks coach Mike Woodson, they …
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You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Knicks. What happened to Steve Stoute? Haven’t heard from him since that controversial ESPN interview. — Robert Now …
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Mike Budenholzer, arguably the NBA’s top-rated coach, would like to see his former assistant, Kenny Atkinson, take a Knicks job he once pursued in 2018. Preparing for the NBA restart as leader of the league-leading Bucks (53-12), Budenholzer paused from preparations at his Phoenix home to deliver a stirring endorsement of Atkinson, his former Hawks …
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The Knicks won’t begin any coaching search until they find out whether their season is over, according to sources. That could come as soon as Friday night, should commissioner Adam Silver finalize a format for the season’s restart following a conference call with the team owners. If the NBA brings back all 30 teams or …
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Leon Rose opted for a slice of status quo earlier this week when he decided to pick up Scott Perry’s option and bring him back for another year as the Knicks’ general manager. It is easy to shake your head and grumble at that, given what “status quo” means around the Knicks right now, and …