Newsday columnist Shaun Powell opines on the lack of truly “special” coaches that are left in the NBA and believes that the Knicks have never truly recovered from the end of Pat Riley’s tenure. Powell discusses the qualities that a successful NBA coach must possess and wonders if Mark Jackson can translate his basketball acumen [...]
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 [...]
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kenny smith on April 28th, 2008
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