Knicks Considering Luke Walton, Brian Shaw To Replace Derek Fisher

Since Hollins’s last game with the listless Nets was January 9, it’s fair to call this most recent battle for coaches a draw, even though Brooklyn went the established route with the veteran Hollins while the Knicks took a big chance on a first-timer like Fisher.

Phil Jackson may have nuked best shot of landing Kevin Durant: If Knicks president Phil Jackson had visions of using Derek Fisher to lure Kevin Durant this summer, that’s off the table.

Rambis’ No. 1 job right now is to find a way to pick up the 4 1/2 games in the standings that would vault the Knicks in the National Basketball Association playoffs. Rambis was drafted by the Knicks back in 1980 and does have head coaching experience with the Minnesota Timberwolves from 2009-2011 when he had a record of 56-145.

Fisher was unceremoniously sacked after a paltry 40-96 slate in his two years of coaching in NY.

Fisher thanked Phil Jackson, James Dolan, and also his players and staff.

“It’s a huge transition from being a player to a coach at any point in time, let alone the season after you retire from playing”.

“He likes to make a joke”, Jackson said of Rambis.

But Fisher wasn’t winning lately, and though Jackson praised his work ethic, he had seen enough of the Knicks’ slow starts and faulty finishes. “We have to figure out a way to play better”. ” Since then, Barnes has been silent on the subject and when the news broke of Fisher’s firing, he was still silent…sort of”. “When we’re talking about a system, it just happens to be a system that we are familiar with”.

“He’ll go on to be a coach again”, Bryant said before Monday night’s game at Indiana. However, they all will likely be dispatched with the hiring of a new coach in the offseason.

This season Barnes was fined $35,000 for his comments before a game against the Knicks when he said “violence is nver the answer, but sometimes it is”, a reference to his off-season incident with Fisher when he reportedly punched Fisher. Thibodeau is now unemployed after being fired by the Chicago Bulls after last season, but he has been holding out for the right job which might just be in NY. NY drafted rookie sensation, Kristof Porzingis, but needs one more key piece to get back to playoff forum.

“This is a very talented team with strong characters and I am confident they will succeed”, Fisher was quoted by the Associated Press. “Obviously, I’m disappointed but have learned an enormous amount from this experience and hope to grow from it”.

He was a five-time champion for the Lakers, and has been known as one of the league’s smartest players. Last time, it was because Buss refused to give Jackson his old job as the Lakers head coach.