ESPN’s Alan Hahn shut down the idea of Jay Wright coming out of retirement to coach the New York Knicks next season. Following New York’s firing of Tom Thibodeau after the Eastern Conference Finals, everyone’s trying to figure out what the direction is for the franchise.
Wright, who was highly successful at Villanova , has a handful of his former players in New York. Naturally, some analysts feel Wright would be the right guy to coach them up and get them over the hump. He has two national titles in college to show for it.
However, Hahn pumped the brakes. Right now, it doesn’t look like either side would be interested in a partnership.
“First of all, he doesn’t have NBA experience,” Hahn said on Get Up . “He was a phenomenal college coach. We know this is a championship coac