Cross John Calipari off the list of potential future Knicks coaches.
Despite his long-term relationship with Leon Rose, the CAA super-agent who is expected to be the team’s new president, the Kentucky coach nipped that rumor in the bud, telling reporters on Friday he will help Rose any way he can, “it just wouldn’t be to coach.”
Calipari was effusive in his praise of Rose.
“I’ve never heard anyone in 25 years say anything bad about Leon Rose,” he said. “He’s a gatherer, he’s a culture-builder.”
In April, after rumors connecting Calipari to the vacancy at UCLA, he signed a 10-year contract extension worth $86 million to remain at Kentucky, where he has coached since 2009.