Nation of Blue · Aug 9, 2020
Knicks ‘optimistic’ about hiring Kentucky assistant Kenny Payne
The New York Knicks are reportedly optimistic about hiring assistant coach Kenny Payne from Kentucky.
According to SNY.tv:
Given Payne’s salary at Kentucky, it’s safe to assume that the Knicks would have to make a generous offer procure the coach. Would that set the market internally for what they’d have to pay other Thibodeau assistants?
That’s unclear, but something worth keeping in mind as the Knicks put a staff together.
Payne, as previously noted, has a close relationship with top Knicks executive William Wesley and has other ties to the Knicks organization. He has been known to coach big men at Kentucky, including Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns.