Phil Jackson is finally going outside the family. According to reports Wednesday, the New York Knicks president tabbed his next head coach and is set to hire former Phoenix Suns boss Jeff Hornacek.
Bleacher Report's Howard Beck first reported the news. Hornacek, 53, went 101-112 in parts of three seasons in Phoenix. He was fired in February following an ugly 14-35 start.
Zach Lowe of ESPN analyzed the pick from a big-picture perspective:
Hornacek was one of four known candidates for the job, per ESPN.com's Marc Stein. The prohibitive favorite throughout the process was interim coach Kurt Rambis, who took over for Derek Fisher 54 games into the campaign. The Knicks went 9-19 under Rambis, but that was largely seen as irrelevant.
Rambis is a longtime Jackson confidante who shares nearly identical basketball philosophies. In some ways, it was thought that if Jackson couldn't coach the team himself, he'd install Rambis to maintain a strong influence. When the Knicks didn't hire Rambis, the Twittersphere went all out with varying reactions—most of them bordering on glee:
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Jeff Hornacek Reportedly to Be Knicks Coach: Twitter Reacts to New York’s Hire
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