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REPORT: The Knicks are hiring Rick Brunson as assistant coach

SNY’s Ian Begley is reporting that the New York Knicks are planning to add former Knicks player and former Tom Thibodeau assistant Rick Brunson as an assistant coach.

The Knicks are finalizing a contract with Rick Brunson to become an assistant coach on Tom Thibodeau’s staff, SNY has learned: https://t.co/jHkE5u7MnH

— Ian Begley (@IanBegley) June 2, 2022

Rick Brunson has been the head coach at Camden High School for the past three years.

OK, let’s get it out of the way right now: Rick just so happens to be the father of Dallas Mavericks guard Jalen Brunson, perhaps the top unrestricted free agent available this summer.