The Knicks are looking for the man to take their moribund franchise into the future, and one of the candidates they have reached out to is former Cavs bench boss David Blatt, according to The Vertical.
Blatt’s name is the first name to emerge in the Knicks head coaching search that hasn’t been current interim coach Kurt Rambis, who finished out this past season after Derek Fisher was fired and shares representation with current basketball czar Phil Jackson.
Interim coach Kurt Rambis has remained a strong frontrunner to become the full-time coach, and it is unclear if the Blatt meeting was more than a token appearance in a coaching search. Jackson has been determined to continue to run his triangle offense, and Rambis has been a loyal disciple of the system.
Blatt and current Knicks GM Steve Mills played together at Princeton in the 1970’s, which is certainly worth something in the quest to connect some dots.
The former Cavs coach went 83-40 in his 1.5 seasons in Cleveland, and brought the Cavs within two wins of the franchise’s first NBA Championship last season. Rambis is 65-164 overall as a head coach, including 9-19 with the Knicks this season.
