The Knicks are hiring David Fizdale as their next head coach, according to Adrian Wojnarowski.
David Fizdale was formerly head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies. He took them to a 43–39 record during the 2016–17 season and reached the Western Conference playoffs. A rough start to the 2017–18 season where they suffered eight consecutive losses, and a negatively received fourth-quarter benching of Marc Gasol led to Fizdale being fired from the team November 2017.
It should be noted that their star player Mike Conley suffered an injury at the start of that season.
As Fizdale would say below: