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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. Would the hiring of Tom Thibodeau as NY Knicks head coach prevent them from potentially acquiring Karl-Anthony …
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It’s always been awkward for Jeff Van Gundy to throw his hat into the ring for the Knicks’ head-coaching job. His buddy Tom Thibodeau has long been considered a front-runner and he has the utmost respect for interim coach Mike Miller, who was on his Team USA staff that competed in World Cup qualifier games. …
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Mike Woodson will get another Knicks interview, an NBA source confirmed. Woodson, who coached the Knicks to 54 wins in 2012-13, interviewed for the Knicks job in 2018, losing out to David Fizdale. Also a Creative Artists Agency client, Woodson, who last was an assistant coach for the Clippers before leaving in 2018, will get …
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If the Knicks decide on Tom Thibodeau as their next head coach, he will have plenty of time to construct a solid staff. But the former Knicks assistant may not need much time. Members of Thibodeau’s past staffs in Chicago and Minnesota are likely eager to join him in New York to revive the dead …
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The Knicks finally opened their training facility in Tarrytown on Friday but that does not mean they will be part of the season’s restart. According to an NBA source, commissioner Adam Silver’s Board of Governor’s conference call with owners left the impressions that bringing back all 30 teams was unlikely. However, a return-to-play scenario that …
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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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While admitting he has to “keep adapting as time goes on,” Knicks coaching candidate Tom Thibodeau defended some of the criticisms leveled at him, including overplaying his star players and draining them come playoff time. In an appearance on ESPN this week, Thibodeau shot down critics of his taskmaster ways not being current enough. The …
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Jeff Van Gundy could return to an old job, but maybe it’s not the one he has often been linked to. Rather than the Knicks, Van Gundy could go back to Houston and coach the Rockets, The Athletic is reporting. With Mike D’Antoni’s contract up after the season and owner Tilman Fertitta setting the NBA …
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Tom Thibodeau has quarantined in Connecticut — unclear of his next move, just like everyone else in the NBA. Since being ingloriously ousted in Minnesota amid his third season as coach/president, Thibodeau had attended various NBA/college practices. He has spent lots of hours imbedded with the Clippers, Warriors and Celtics, among others, trying to keep …
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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 …
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. Would the hiring of Tom Thibodeau as NY Knicks head coach prevent them from potentially acquiring Karl-Anthony …
