Report: Knicks' coaching search focused on Rambis, Blatt

The New York Knicks have seemingly narrowed their coaching search down quicker than most.

While the Sacramento Kings are leaving no stone unturned in their quest to finally find some stability on the bench, the Knicks' hunt is reportedly centered on just two candidates.

According to ESPN's Marc Stein, the Knicks are currently focusing their attention on Kurt Rambis - who coached the team under the "interim" label for the final 28 games this season - and David Blatt, who was fired by the Cleveland Cavaliers in January, after a 30-11 start.

Knicks president Phil Jackson is set on maintaining the triangle offense, and knows that Rambis - who served as an assistant under him for a number of years with the Los Angeles Lakers - will run it. There have also been rumblings that Jackson likes having Rambis as coach because Rambis is obsequious, and amenable to micro-management.

Rambis, however, has had little success as an NBA head coach, going 65-164 in parts of four seasons.

Blatt is known for running a Princeton-style offense, though he abandoned it somewhat in his brief tenure with the Cavs. It's unclear what kinds of compromises would need to be made by either him or Jackson to make the partnership work.

Blatt led the Cavs to the finals last year, and compiled an 83-40 regular-season record in his season-and-a-half in Cleveland.

Jackson reportedly spoke to Golden State Warriors assistant Luke Walton - another former disciple - last week, but both Walton and Warriors coach Steve Kerr denied the conversation was an interview of any kind.