The darkest moment in the Valley of the Sun for Jeff Hornacek came late last December, when the Suns’ head coach pulled forward Markieff Morris in the fourth quarter of a home loss against Denver.
Morris threw a towel at Hornacek’s direction on his way to the bench. Hornacek, expected to be introduced at a press conference as Knicks coach next week, picked the towel up, threw it back at him and said afterward: “I look at the stat sheet. He’s a minus-13 in 12 minutes.