The Knicks confirmed Kenny Payne as the first addition to Tom Thibodeau’s new coaching staff, who chased John Calipari’s longtime right-hand man and brought him from Kentucky to the Garden. “I’m glad Kenny has joined my staff as an assistant coach. “He has an excellent ability to forge relationships with …
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You ask, we answer. The Post feeds readers’ questions about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and gets our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installation: the Knicks. What are [Tom] Thibodeau’s thoughts and new management on the future of Dennis Smith …
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As Tom Thibodeau and Knicks’ office review the names of the new coaching staff in the coming days, an explosion will emerge from Thibodeau’s past and New York’s past. According to an NBA source, Ed Pinckney, the former Villanova star who won an NCAA title and is a product of …
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Tom Thibodeau confirmed that the Knicks’ front office will have information on his training staff, a process sources say is new to him, as he previously chose his own boys. Knicks general manager Scott Perry said Thibodeau “will have autonomy over who he hires.” However, The Post has reported that …
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Maybe it would have made a difference if there had been a star-studded press conference at Madison Square Garden or at the Knicks headquarters in Westchester. Perhaps in those usual confines, dressed in a pretty suit, set free to use his dais as a stalking pulpit, Tom Thibodeau would have …
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