The Knicks have officially announced that Leon Rose, the former co-head of sports and entertainment agency CAA's basketball division, will be their new president.
The announcement confirms what was first reported in February. Rose will replace Steve Mills, who went 61-154 during his tenure with the team. Coach Dave Fizdale was also fired in December after a year and a half at the helm.
Rose follows in the footsteps of a slew of player agents who have become management, started in earnest by the Warriors with the hiring of Bob Myers in 2011. Since then, Kobe Bryant's former agent Rob Pelinka has put the Lakers back at the top of the Western Conference as general manager, and, in baseball, Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen—also formerly of CAA—has made New York a potential NL East contender in 2020.