Knicks president Steve Mills and general manager Scott Perry cited issues with player accountability and on-court consistency as two reasons why they fired head coach Jeff Hornacek.
"Jeff did a good job in some areas and in some areas he could have done a little bit better job," Mills said on Thursday. "(We) just thought that there was an opportunity to get someone who really fit where we wanted to be three to five years from now."
Mills and Perry fired Hornacek early Thursday morning after the team landed at a New York airport following Wednesday's season-ending win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.