Knicks assistant coach Johnny Bryant, who is very close with Mitchell, indeed secured multiple interviews during Utah’s recent coaching search but did not advance to the final stage before the job went to Boston Celtics assistant Will Hardy. Utah’s reported finalists for the job alongside Hardy were Toronto’s Adrian Griffin, Boston’s Joe Mazzulla and Jazz holdover assistant Alex Jensen.
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Marc Berman: DeSegana Diop will become …
Marc Berman: DeSegana Diop will become G League head coach, sources confirm. He coached in Utah with Johnny Bryant as fellow assistants. He’s the cousin of Knicks personnel man Makhtar N’diaye. Comes from the Rockets as an assistant. His ties with Bryant are noteworthy.