All indications are Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer wants the Knicks.
And according to a random sampling of NBA scouts and executives, the feeling should be mutual.
“He’d be good there,” said one Western Conference scout. “I’m just looking at the [reported] list of the people they’ve talked to, he would have to be at the top of it.”
Budenholzer interviewed Sunday with Knicks president Steve Mills and general manager Scott Perry after the Hawks gave permission. Budenholzer, the 2015 NBA Coach of the Year when the Hawks won a franchise record 60 games, joins a list of applicants including Jerry Stackhouse, Mike Woodson, Mark Jackson, David Fizdale and Kenny Smith.