There has been much speculation that Knicks Assistant Coach, Mark Aguirre, would be the successor to current coach Lenny Wilkens.  Much of the assumption is based on the fact that Aguirre and Knicks General Manger, Isiah Thomas, were close childhood friends.

"I teach," Aguirre said. "I'm going to get my opportunity somewhere. New York would be a hard place to get it. To be head coach of the New York Knicks, I don't expect it."