The New York Knicks were hot earlier this season but have gone cold and will miss another playoff. Head coach Jeff Hornacek’s record of 57-96 will probably have him removed from the big city.
That means the Knicks will be looking for a new coach. Marc Stein says some familiar faces will be in the mix.
The former Knicks guard Mark Jackson keeps coming up as a hot name to succeed Hornacek, amid a growing belief the Knicks’ new front-office chief — Scott Perry — will want to install his own hand-picked choice heading into next season.
Another name to file away here: The former Cleveland coach David Blatt has a longstanding relationship with the Knicks’ president Steve Mills dating to their days as Princeton teammates. You wonder if that’ll finally earn Blatt his first meaningful look from an N.B.A. franchise since the Cavaliers fired him in January 2016 while sporting a record of 30-11.