Knicks president Steve Mills indicated having a pioneering predominately black front office will help the team in the upcoming free agency.
“The African American front office, that doesn’t get lost on guys,” Mills said in an article published Tuesday on The Undefeated, which deals with race issues.
After getting the job when Phil Jackson got canned, Mills hired GM Scott Perry, who is black, and player developmental director, Craig Robinson, the brother of Michelle Obama. Also hired after Jackson’s firing was director of player personnel, Harold Ellis and college scouting director Gerald Madkins. Both are African-American.