{"id":454738,"date":"2025-08-09T10:23:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T08:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=454738"},"modified":"2025-08-09T10:23:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T08:23:29","slug":"knicks-to-hire-chris-jent-as-associate-head-coach-per-stefan-bondy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/knicks-to-hire-chris-jent-as-associate-head-coach-per-stefan-bondy\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks to Hire Chris Jent as Associate Head Coach \u2014 per Stefan Bondy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"135\" data-end=\"426\">According to <strong data-start=\"148\" data-end=\"164\">Stefan Bondy<\/strong> on X (Twitter), the New York Knicks are finalizing a deal to name <strong data-start=\"231\" data-end=\"245\">Chris Jent<\/strong> as their new <em data-start=\"259\" data-end=\"281\">associate head coach<\/em>, working under Mike Brown. 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