Mike Woodson ‘ecstatic’ about probable Knicks second opportunity

Mike Woodson states he is “ecstatic” about the likelihood of having a 2nd probability to be the Knicks’ mentor.

Woodson, who coached the Knicks for two-furthermore time from 2012-14, is one of the several candidates the workforce and new president Leon Rose have interviewed or will interview for its recent head coaching vacancy. He is just one of 11 acknowledged candidates, a record that contains previous Timberwolves and Bulls coach Tim Thibodeau and ex-Nets headman Kenny Atkinson.

The 62-year-previous Woodson, who also coached the Hawks, reported he is happy to be considered for one more try in New York.

“I was just hoping a single day to get a shot to occur back and I believe this is a fantastic option now,” Woodson claimed whilst a visitor Thursday on SiriusXM NBA Radio with hosts Eddie Johnson and Antonio Daniels. “I thank the Knicks for reaching out to me and putting me in posture. That’s all you can request for as a mentor when you go out and commence interviewing for these work. So I’m thrilled about it, I genuinely am.”

Though Woodson was the previous mentor to direct the Knicks to playoffs — submitting a 54-28 record and reaching the next spherical of the playoffs all through the 2012-13 season — he said he is even prouder of his last calendar year at the Backyard. The Knicks dealt with injuries early but rallied to finish 37-45, just one game out of the playoffs. He took whole blame for the early struggles, but was happy with the club’s resilience.

“Those guys could have conveniently stop and say, ‘Hey let us go dwelling for the summertime and get all set for up coming season’, but they did not stop on me,” Woodson claimed. “For me from a coach’s standpoint, hey that was a superior coaching task by me and my team.”

Woodson stated if he did return to the Knicks, the team’s offense would search really equivalent to what his previous squad ran due to the fact “I imagined our design of play suits how we’re actively playing today” based mostly on the variety of 3-tips that are attempted. But 1 factor he would transform is delegating a lot more to his team.

“I really much ran every little thing myself, tried using to in any case,” Woodson reported.