As of noon today, Mike D’Antoni hadn’t received any official coaching offers. TheKnicksBlog has learned that D’Antoni has received an offer this afternoon, but not from the New York Knicks. Although the source never claimed it was the Chicago Bulls that made the offer, it’s widely believed that is the case.
Well scratch D’Antoni off the [...]

On his blog, Newsday’s Alan Hahn goes into detail about the D’Antoni situation, which is heating up. Hahn believes that Donnie Walsh prefers a more classic-style approach than the uptempo style that dominates the West.
“We reported in today’s Newsday that Donnie Walsh flew out to Phoenix on Monday to meet with D’Antoni. Walsh went with [...]

Both the NY Post and the Daily News are judging the impact that Ben Jobe may have on the Knicks coaching situation. Jobe, former head coach of Avery Johnson at Southern University, has endorsed AJ to Donnie Walsh, whom Jobe worked with as an assistant at the University of South Carolina in the 1970s.
Jobe [...]

Two sources close to the situation have confirmed to TKB that Knicks president of basketball operations Donnie Walsh has in fact, already been in contact with former Dallas Mavericks head coach Avery Johnson, but the source also says that the job is Mark Jackson’s to lose.
I am on the record for being very much in [...]

Marc Stein is reporting on ESPN that the Mavs, who limped out of the playoffs getting whooped up on by the Hornets, have decided to fire head coach Avery Johnson.
“NBA front offices sources told ESPN.com that both the Mavs and Johnson, feeling that a coaching change was inevitable, wanted to come to a resolution quickly [...]

Frank Isola reports that Kenny Smith will interview with the Knicks this week.
Meanwhile, Marc Berman says that Raptors coach Sam Mitchell, who played in Indiana for three years during his NBA career, may factor in the Knicks coaching plan should the Raptors lose in the first round of the playoffs. Mark Jackson is also expected [...]