{"id":190540,"date":"2025-07-23T23:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T23:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/190540\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T23:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T23:37:08","slug":"knicks-granted-permission-to-speak-to-wolves-prigioni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/190540\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks Granted Permission To Speak To Wolves’ Prigioni"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Knicks have requested and been granted permission to speak to Timberwolves assistant Pablo Prigioni about the possibility of him joining Mike Brown\u2018s coaching staff, reports Ian Begley of SNY.tv (Twitter link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

A former NBA point guard who spent two-and-a-half seasons in New York as a player from 2012-15, Prigioni transitioned to coaching following his retirement in 2017. He spent one season on Brooklyn\u2019s bench in 2018\/19 before landing with the Wolves.<\/p>\n

Prigioni, 48, was originally hired under Ryan Saunders, but carried over to Chris Finch\u2018s staff in 2021 and has now been with the Timberwolves for six seasons in total. He\u2019s \u201chighly regarded in coaching circles,\u201d Begley writes.<\/p>\n

Before they eventually hired Brown, the Knicks attempted to speak to five current NBA head coaches and were turned down by each of those coaches\u2019 respective teams. They\u2019ve found themselves in a somewhat similar position as they look to hire a lead assistant under Brown.<\/p>\n

New York was reportedly denied<\/a> permission<\/a> to speak to Pelicans assistant James Borrego and Mavericks assistant Jay Triano. The club was also thought to have interest in Darvin Ham, but the Bucks weren\u2019t willing<\/a> to let him go either. Additionally, Begley reported this week (via Twitter<\/a>) that Warriors assistant Terry Stotts wouldn\u2019t be leaving Golden State, though it\u2019s unclear whether the Knicks had any real interest in him or if that was just speculation.<\/p>\n

Begley doesn\u2019t confirm that Prigioni is being considered specifically for the Knicks\u2019 lead assistant role, but the Timberwolves likely wouldn\u2019t have given a rival team permission to meet with him for what would be a lateral move.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Knicks have requested and been granted permission to speak to Timberwolves assistant Pablo Prigioni about the possibility…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3768],"tags":[7,304,6,1136,191,3810,3806,5899,33868],"class_list":{"0":"post-190540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-knicks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-knicks","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-knicks","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkknicks","15":"tag-pablo-prigioni","16":"tag-terry-stotts"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114905182657807415","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}