Could former Knicks head coach Jeff Van Gundy be a candidate to return and coach the team next season? Credit: Newsday Staff Photographer/David L. Pokress
The start of Leon Rose’s tenure is expected to begin March 1, the date that he is cleared to take charge of his new role as president of the Knicks. But whenever he arrives, Rose didn’t get to this place without putting a lot of thought into the job.
So you can guess that Rose has spent the time preparing since being officially named — and likely for weeks before that as the upper reaches of the Madison Square Garden corporation interviewed replacements for Steve Mills.