David Fizdale’s coaching staff is starting to fill out.
The Knicks announced Thursday that Keith Smart, Jud Buechler, Pat Sullivan and Royal Ivey have been hired as assistant coaches. Howard Eisley, a Hornacek assistant, is still in the organization, but it’s unclear whether he’ll keep his assistant role.
Smart, a former player, was a Fizdale assistant in Memphis and worked alongside him on Erik Spoelstra’s staff in Miami. Buechler, who played under Lute Olson in Arizona and had a decade-long career as a player, was an assistant on Luke Walton’s Lakers staff before coming to the Knicks.