The New York Knicks plan on interviewing James Borrego for their head coaching position.

The San Antonio Spurs granted permission for the Knicks to interview Borrego.

Borrego is familiar with Scott Perry from their time together with the Magic. Borrego had a 30-game stint as interim head coach at the end of the 14-15 season.

The San Antonio Spurs are said to be "head over heels with" Kristaps Porzingis.

If the Spurs were to trade Kawhi Leonard to the New York Knicks, they would require Porzingis and a first round pick back for him.

Porzingis is recovering from a torn ACL and will become eligible for an extension this offseason.

If Kawhi Leonard and the San Antonio Spurs are able to mend their partnership, there could be some changes to the culture of the franchise.

Leonard has mainly rehabbed away from the Spurs and has been based in New York.

Leonard may want some changes to the way Gregg Popovich conducts practices and other areas.

“Don’t you have to sign him,” asks one rival executive. “From what I understand, he wants (Gregg) Popovich to lighten up a little with practice and tweak some things. The Spurs may not want to change their ways, but this is Kawhi Leonard we’re talking about.”

The Atlanta Hawks have parted ways with Mike Budenholzer and a list of candidates has already emerged.

The Hawks are believed to be targeting a number of assistants, including Charlotte's Stephen Silas, Portland's Nate Tibbetts and David Vanterpool, San Antonio's Ime Udoka and James Borrego.

Budenholzer had been in the job with the Hawks since 2013 after replacing Larry Drew.

Sam Amick of the USA Today reports David Fizdale is also expected to be a candidate for the job.

Tony Parker will be a free agent this offseason and his future with the San Antonio Spurs is unclear.

Parker will almost certainly be required to take a contract at a reduced rate from his $15.4 million this season.

Parker has taken a reduced role coming off the bench behind Dejounte Murray.

R.C. Buford said the Spurs will make a decision on Parker at the appropriate time.

"We'll see," Parker said. "I said already I want to keep playing. I'm happy I don't have those retirement parties. I want to keep playing, and we'll see if it's in San Antonio. Everybody knows I would love to stay here. But free agency is always crazy, so we'll see."

The San Antonio Spurs hope to have an "all-hands-on-deck" meeting with Kawhi Leonard this offseason, according to sources.

The Spurs plan on meeting with Leonard to gauge whether they two sides can continue their partnership. Gregg Popovich is expected to take the lead.

"Kawhi, everybody asks questions, but he's still here," Danny Green said. "He's still locked in. He's a part of the team until things change."

Leonard missed all but nine games this season due to a quadriceps issue. Leonard has sought extra time rehabilitating in New York.

The decision on whether to offer Leonard a five-year, $219 million supermax extension will be determined by management, current players and ownership. R.C. Buford could have a difficult time convincing Peter Holt and Julianna Hawn Holt, who are undergoing a divorce, that they should offer the extension.

Wojnarowski expounded upon his story during a SportsCenter appearance. 

"The relationship between Kawhi Leonard and the Spurs is broken and it's got to be put back together again before the Spurs make that kind of commitment to a player," said Wojnarowski.

Ime Udoka will interview with the Charlotte Hornets' coaching vacancy.

Udoka has been an assistant coach with the Spurs since 2012. Udoka had a seven-year playing career in the NBA.

Ettore Messina and David Fizdale are other strong candidates for the Hornets' job.

The Hornets fired Steve Clifford this offseason.

Manu Ginobili joined a Spurs' team in 2002 that perennially won 50 games but hadn't reached The Finals since 1999.

Steve Kerr believes Ginobili gave Gregg Popovich and the Spurs a new element with his creativity. Kerr spent the majority of seasons late in his career with the Spurs.

“We were a vanilla team,” Kerr said. “Very successful, but we were like a football team that just ran the ball every play, played great defense, won the special teams battle. There was nothing exciting about us. Manu came up and sort of shook up the organization in a good way, shook up Pop, changed the way he looked at the game. We needed that creativity, that fire.”

“Changed the culture of basketball, in my opinion, even if it doesn't get talked about,” Kevin Durant said. “Changed what the Sixth Man (award) means. A lot of people think he's from Europe, which he's not. South America. But all the guys I played with from Venezuela, Argentina, all the guys in the league just bring that toughness and that fight. Manu's one of those guys that means more to the game than people think.”

The Charlotte Hornets will interview David Fizdale and Ettore Messina for their head coaching vacancy in the coming days.

Fizdale was fired by the Grizzlies as head coach early this season.

Messina is currently Gregg Popovich's top assistant coach with the Spurs.

Gregg Popovich will not coach the Spurs in Game 4 against the Spurs.

Popovich also missed Game 3 following the passing of his wife, Erin Popovich.

Ettore Messina will fill in for Popovich as he did Game 3.

"I think, of course, that it's a tough situation," Messina said Saturday. "But the first thing is to free our minds and realize that if you watch the [video] of the last game, we had more points in the paint. We had more free throws. We won the boards.

"Against a fantastic team like they are, we know what we're playing against. Doing everything a little bit better will be, of course, the key. I think the team is ready to play and compete. You can't get frustrated. You've got to get back on the court and try to prove everybody wrong."