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If Kevin Knox wants to start for the New York Knicks, he’ll have to earn it. And he hasn’t doesn’t that yet, according to head coach David Fizdale. From ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: After studying film and going through preseason statistics, Fizdale decided that Ntilikina had earned a spot in the starting lineup. He will start [...]

New York Knicks rookie Kevin Knox had the unconditional green light during his time in the NBA’s summer league. Though that freedom doesn’t always carry over to the regular season, his stands to be an exception. If you are into visiting online betting sites, you’ll want to lay odds that Kevin Knox has the green [...]

Kristaps Porzingis has given his stamp of approval to the New York Knicks for hiring David Fizdale. Granted, it took him a few weeks to offer his final verdict. And yes, there’s also an element of “How could he not be excited?” at play here. The bar for promising situations and player-coach relationships isn’t set [...]

David Fizdale wasted little time making a good first impression as head coach of the New York Knicks. Fielding questions from reporters during his introductory presser, the freshly hired Fiz exuded poise and polish, while outline clear, contemporary ideals he hopes to implement from the jump—particularly on the player development front. Speaking of which, when [...]

David Fizdale was wanted a man. Before accepting the New York Knicks’ head coaching position, the 43-year-old apparently had an offer from the Phoenix Suns that he turned down, according to The Athletic’s Michael Scotto: [tweet https://twitter.com/MikeAScotto/status/992161955468271621] The Suns would go on to hire Utah Jazz assistant Igor Kokoskov—a solid choice in his own right. [...]

The New York Knicks have spoken to and interviewed everyone and their mother during their head coaching search this summer (seriously, ask your mom) and according to reports, may be zeroing in on former Memphis Grizzlies coach and Miami Heat assistant, David Fizdale. [tweet https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/991799937313755136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Fizdale is well known and liked around the league by [...]

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra has so much respect for David Fizdale, his former assistant, that he hopes the 43-year-old takes a job with a Western Conference team this summer. Here’s the full context of Spo’s sentiments, per ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: [tweet https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status/986274055505547265] This is quite the endorsement. Spo is one of the best [...]

The New York Knicks wasted little time in firing head coach Jeff Hornacek following their final game of the season. And they wasted even less time coming up with a list of potential replacements. According to ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Knicks canned Hornacek almost immediately after they returned from their road victory over the Cleveland [...]

Do not expect the Milwaukee Bucks to remove the “interim” tag from head coach Joe Prunty’s job title anytime soon—or ever. League sources told The New York Times‘ Marc Stein that they expect the Bucks to chase bigger, more established names to serve as permanent successors to the fired Jason Kidd. The current list of candidates is [...]

Though David Fizdale didn’t even last a season-and-a-half in his first head-coaching gig, it doesn’t sound like he’ll remain unemployed for the long. Most recognize his fit with the Memphis Grizzlies just wasn’t right. He apparently never got along with franchise cornerstone Marc Gasol, and whereas it seemed like he may be more open to [...]