Brunson has been named to the All Star team and earned second-team All-NBA honors in each of the last two seasons. Hart just completed perhaps the best season of his career with 13.6 points, 9.6 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game.

Thibodeau led the Knicks to their first Eastern Conference finals appearance in 25 years. He led them to the postseason in four of his five seasons in charge and improved their win total year-on-year all but one season.