Don Chaney's assistant-coaching search now moves to Chicago, where he will interview a handful of candidates at the pre-draft camp next week.
Expect Hall of Famer Dave Cowens, Chaney's former Celtics teammate, to be one of those interviewed, though Cowens is seeking a head coaching job and has had nibbles.
Patrick Ewing, believed to be seeking employment now that Wizards coach Doug Collins has been ousted, could merit an interview, but he's a longshot because the Knicks already have a big-man coach, Herb Williams. Other interesting names seeking employment are Dennis Johnson, Sidney Lowe, Terry Stotts and K.C. Jones, who claims to be on Chaney's list.
Yesterday, the Knicks confirmed the hiring of Brendan Malone for his third Knicks stint. He will be Chaney's top assistant. Malone's son, Michael, was promoted to advance scout, leaving Chaney with one hire left.
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Former Knicks assistant coach Tom Thibodeau has been contacted by several teams, including Chicago, Portland and Golden State, about joining their respective coaching staffs.
There is a strong possibility that Thibodeau will be reunited with Jeff Van Gundy if Van Gundy returns to coaching. The Cleveland Cavaliers are expected to make Van Gundy an offer within the next several days.
Van Gundy, though, is not ruling out returning to TNT as a broadcaster for at least one more season. Even if he is coaching next year, there is no guarantee that Thibodeau would be part of his staff.
Thibodeau was prepared to leave the Knicks and Van Gundy two years ago to become Maurice Cheeks' top assistant in Portland. The job would have made Thibodeau, 45, one of the league's highest-paid assistants.
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The NBA Finals may be nothing more than a dream for the current Knicks, but the good old days will be remembered on Friday, when the 1973 champion Knicks will be honored at the NBA Store in midtown.
The ceremony, presented by the NBA Retired Players Association and the Volvo For Life safe driving campaign, will include a special honorary moment for Knicks Hall of Famer Dave DeBusschere, who died earlier this month.
Presentations also will be made to the widows and charitable foundations of former NBA players Malik Sealy and Bobby Phills, who died in car accidents. The event will kick off a tour of retired NBA players to promote safe driving.
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Knicks May 2003 Archive
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Indianapolis Star | May 31, 2003
Brendan Malone's tenure as an assistant coach with the Indiana Pacers ended late Thursday, when he signed a contract to rejoin the New York Knicks in a similar capacity.
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New York Daily News | May 30, 2003
The Cleveland Cavaliers are expected to make Jeff Van Gundy an offer to become their next head coach sometime over the next few days, according to league source.
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Philadelphia Daily News | May 30, 2003
This is what Jeff Van Gundy knew after an hour on the telephone Wednesday night with newly anointed 76ers president Billy King:
For whatever reasons, this was the wrong time, the wrong team for a return to coaching.
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New York Post | May 30, 2003
Just when it appeared free agent Larry Brown, having commandeered the coaching carousel upon resigning from the 76ers, had the sway to get off at whatever NBA pit stop he pleased, Cavalier chatter reconfirms a previous report in this space that Jeff Van Gundy will sign momentarily with Cleveland.
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New York Post | May 30, 2003
Brendan Malone is returning to the Knicks to reunite with his son and Don Chaney.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | May 29, 2003
Portland yesterday rejected the 76ers' request to talk with Trail Blazers coach Maurice Cheeks about their vacant coaching job.
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Associated Press | May 29, 2003
Jeff Van Gundy won't be coaching the Philadelphia 76ers.
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New York Times | May 29, 2003
The Knicks granted the Philadelphia 76ers permission yesterday to interview Jeff Van Gundy about their head coaching position.
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Houston Chronicle | May 27, 2003
Rockets owner Leslie Alexander and general manager Carroll Dawson met with Jeff Van Gundy and Mike Dunleavy on Monday, but another suddenly available candidate could emerge as the favorite for the Rockets' coaching position.
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New York Daily News | May 26, 2003
The agent for Jeff Van Gundy yesterday refuted reports that the former Knicks coach has agreed to a deal to coach the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Houston Chronicle | May 26, 2003
The Rockets began their search for a successor to coach Rudy Tomjanovich in Dallas by reaching out toward Jeff Van Gundy and Mike Dunleavy, sources close to the search said Sunday.
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New York Daily News | May 25, 2003
The Houston Rockets are expected to meet this week with Jeff Van Gundy about becoming Rudy Tomjanovich's replacement as coach, according to a league source.
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Houston Chronicle | May 25, 2003
The sudden vacancy of the Rockets' coaching position generated rare levels of attention -- and big-name buzz -- around the NBA, but Rockets general manager Carroll Dawson said late Saturday his search has not begun.
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New York Post | May 25, 2003
Before the Pistons sang their swan song, Chucky Atkins took some parting shots at the Nets.
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Florida Today | May 24, 2003
As a player, John Starks took the long way to fame and fortune in the NBA.
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Florida Today | May 24, 2003
As a player, John Starks took the long way to fame and fortune in the NBA.
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Akron Beacon-Journal | May 24, 2003
When the Cavaliers won the NBA Draft Lottery on Thursday night, it was expected the rewards would be instantaneous.
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New York Post | May 24, 2003
Darko Milicic arrived here Monday and will spend the next month in an apartment in midtown Manhattan, where his agent Marc Cornstein is based.
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New York Post | May 23, 2003
- Days be fore the Cavaliers secured the draft rights of LeBron James in last night's lottery, Jeff Van Gundy was certain to be named their head coach early next week - or sooner - maintains an obliging stoolie.
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New York Times | May 23, 2003
For the second straight year, the conspiracy theorists were proven wrong, and as a result the Knicks may continue to plod along in mediocrity.
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Star-Ledger | May 22, 2003
The grand prize is high school phenom LeBron James, and the consolation prizes -- Carmelo Anthony of Syracuse and Yugoslavian center Darko Milicic -- aren't bad, either.
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New York Post | May 22, 2003
Knicks GM Scott Layden knows the chances of landing in the top three in tonight's LeBron James lottery are slim.
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| May 21, 2003
At the end of the 1982-83 season, the Houston Rockets were finishing a very disappointing season.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer Columnist Roger Brown | May 21, 2003
Insiders suggest if the Cavaliers really want to land marquee can didate Jeff Van Gundy as their new head coach, they'll have to really prove it - by granting him more power over team personnel than any sideline boss in team history.
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New York Post | May 21, 2003
The Knicks' intrigue in Greece's teen-age center sensation known as "Baby Shaq" grew yesterday as the team called his reps looking to work him out in the next two weeks, The Post has learned.
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New York Daily News | May 20, 2003
Dave Cowens was in town yesterday but the Knicks would neither confirm nor deny that the former Celtic great was being interviewed for a job on Don Chaney's coaching staff.
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New York Times | May 20, 2003
It was standing room only today as nearly a thousand people packed St.
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New York Times | May 20, 2003
Dave DeBusschere is not the first trusted teammate to be mourned by Earl Monroe, not the first pugnacious power forward.
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New York Post | May 18, 2003
In some eyes, it's a three-man draft, which is not good for Scott Layden's Knicks.
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New York Post | May 17, 2003
Knick legend Dave DeBusschere will be buried in a private ceremony Monday at St.
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New York Daily News | May 15, 2003
The death of Knicks legend Dave DeBusschere yesterday sent shock waves through the NBA community, starting with the players who teamed with him to give New York some of its greatest sports memories.
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Los Angeles Times | May 15, 2003
On Wednesday afternoon, in the same room where two days earlier he had rejoiced over what life had given him back, Phil Jackson frowned and would not hide his sadness over the passing of his friend, Dave DeBusschere.
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New York Daily News | May 15, 2003
The death of Knicks legend Dave DeBusschere yesterday sent shock waves through the NBA community, starting with the players who teamed with him to give New York some of its greatest sports memories.
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New York Post | May 15, 2003
George Kalinsky, the famous Garden photographer, had dinner with Dave DeBusschere two weeks ago.
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New York Times | May 15, 2003
What one remembers about Dave DeBusschere, the basketball player, the one player who was perhaps most responsible for the emergence of the champion Knicks in the early 1970's - the Camelot years of the Knicks - is that he could be a Hummer or a BMW, depending on the situation in a particular night.
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New York Daily News | May 14, 2003
Jeff Van Gundy reiterated yesterday that talks with NBA teams about their head coaching vacancies are only in the "preliminary stages" and that he is not ruling out returning to television for one more year.
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New York Daily News | May 14, 2003
Jeff Van Gundy reiterated yesterday that talks with NBA teams about their head coaching vacancies are only in the "preliminary stages" and that he is not ruling out returning to television for one more year.
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Newsday | May 13, 2003
Former Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy, who was TNT's analyst for Game 4 of the Nets-Celtics Eastern Conference semifinals last night at FleetCenter, said he likes his television gig "more than I thought I would.
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Willoughby News-Herald | May 13, 2003
The Cavaliers have received permission to speak to former Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy.
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New York Post | May 13, 2003
The Knicks received major luxury-tax relief last week when the NBA ruled to take Larry Johnson's $9 million salary off this past season's cap, The Post has learned.
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New York Post | May 13, 2003
The Raptors asked the Knicks permission to speak to Jeff Van Gundy, but again, he wasn't too interested, sources have told The Post.
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New York Daily News | May 11, 2003
The Cleveland Cavaliers have asked the Knicks for permission to speak with former head coach Jeff Van Gundy, according to a league source.
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Indianapolis Star | May 10, 2003
The New York Knicks are considering Indiana Pacers assistant coach Brendan Malone for a similar position on Don Chaney's staff.
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New York Daily News | May 10, 2003
Allan Houston led the Knicks in scoring this season and now the organization is hoping he can lead them to the No.
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The Star-Ledger | May 10, 2003
TNT analyst and former Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy would not respond to a new round of rumors about his future, one of which was confirmed by an NBA official last night: The New Orleans Hornets were granted permission by the Knicks to speak with him about their coaching vacancy, but Van Gundy sent back word to owner George Shinn that he isn't interested.
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New York Post | May 10, 2003
Don Chaney is leaving no stone unturned as he compiles his Knicks' assistant-coaching candidate list.
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New York Daily News | May 8, 2003
Don Chaney is still weeks away from finalizing his new staff but the Knicks head coach is leaning toward making Dave Cowens his top assistant, according to a person close to Chaney.
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Newark Star-Ledger | May 3, 2003
The Knicks, who have had no luck in changing their roster, decided to try a more unconventional route yesterday by firing virtually all of coach Don Chaney's staff.
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