The Knicks’ list of eight interviewees could expand, but there will be no interview with Villanova stud coach Jay Wright.
According to an NBA source, the Knicks will not speak to Wright to conclude an exhaustive coaching search that has now taken them to Europe for David Blatt.
But the search won’t take Knicks president Steve Mills and GM Scott Perry to northwest Philadelphia this time.
Wright’s agent, in his first public remarks since a published report stated the Knicks have interest, said on the record Wright won’t speak to any NBA clubs and will defend the school’s 2018 NCAA championship.