The news came as a shock, as the Knicks had just concluded their best season in decades, reaching the Eastern Conference finals and coming within a few plays of possibly competing for a championship.

The Nova Knicks won't get their old coach behind the bench in New York. Jay Wright is not a candidate to fill the Knicks' head coaching vacancy, The Post's Stefan Bondy reported Saturday.

Jay Wright to the Knicks makes sense from every perspective except one. Jay Wright’s. He shouldn’t want this job. The city of Philadelphia shouldn’t want it for him.