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Porzingis says he's staying out of Knicks' coaching search

GREENBURGH, NY - All-Star forward Kristaps Porzingis says he doesn't need to have any input on the New York Knicks' coaching search.

"That's (management's) job. They're going to do their part and I'm going to do my part. We'll keep it like that," Porzingis said on Saturday before meeting with Knicks team president Steve Mills and general manager Scott Perry.

Mills and Perry fired Jeff Hornacek earlier this week and have begun a search for the next Knicks coach.

Former Grizzlies head coach David Fizdale, former Cavaliers coach David Blatt - now coaching in Turkey - and former Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson, now an ESPN analyst, are among the candidates the Knicks planned to contact in the wake of Hornacek's firing, league sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.