TNT analyst Steve Kerr reportedly has reservations about accepting the New York Knicks coaching job and wants to discuss things further with president Phil Jackson before accepting the offer. Jackson is believed to want to hire Kerr immediately after the first round of the 2014 NBA playoffs.
Kerr, the longtime frontrunner for the Knicks coaching vacancy, reportedly has a lot more to talk to Jackson about before he agrees to take the job.
"Steve Kerr is talking with the Knicks about becoming their coach, but league source says their timetable and his differ," Ken Berger of CBS Sports tweeted on Tuesday. "Kerr's timing is complicated by TNT duties, and source says he and Phil Jackson still have 'lots to explore organizationally' about the job."
One concern for Kerr, according to Frank Isola of the New York Daily News, is why the Knicks haven't been more successful given all the resources at their disposal.
"What concerns Kerr, according to a source, is whether he can be successful at Madison Square Garden, a place that has destroyed careers and ruined reputations under Garden chairman James Dolan," Isola wrote on Tuesday. "What Kerr wants to know is why a franchise with so many resources has won just one playoff series in 14 years and why so many before him, including Hall of Fame coaches Lenny Wilkens and Larry Brown, have failed."
A person close to Kerr told Isola Kerr wouldn't take the job until he's fully aware of what he is getting himself into.
