Mike Brown, Luke Walton emerge as new possible candidates to be Knicks head coach

Alex Walsh

Mike Brown, Luke Walton emerge as new possible candidates to be Knicks head coach image

Dozens of names to be the next coach for New York have been thrown out across social media ever since the Knicks fired Tom Thibodeau.

Recently, two new names, that haven't had much traction, have gained some steam through reports.

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What new candidates emerged for the Knicks coaching vacancy?

Stefan Bondy of the New York Post said, "Two random names I heard recently for the Knicks job are Mike Brown (currently unemployed) and Luke Walton (lead assistant in Detroit)."

Both have a good amount of experience as a head coach in the past.

Mike Brown is just a few years off of winning Coach of the Year, and coaching the Kings to a two-seed in 22-23.

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Luke Walton has been on the bench since 2014 and has been a head coach for six years (three with Lakers and three with Kings).

Walton is an assistant with the Pistons currently, so Brown could be more attainable since he's been out of coaching after being fired this past season by Sacramento.

The Knicks have a lot of candidates to sift through, but we are already hearing some of the people of interest confirm they won't be pursuing the role (Dan Hurley, Imed Udoka, etc.).

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Alex Walsh

Alex is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. A current Sports Media major at Hofstra University in New York, he is a huge Celtics and NBA fan who gets way too many notifications from NBA insiders on X. He became interested in PDC Darts at the beginning of 2024 and has been obsessed ever since.