James Borrego will not be New York Knicks coach Mike Brown's lead assistant, as first reported by SNY on Wednesday. Borrego was a finalist for the head-coaching gig that went to Brown, and New York was interested in hiring him as associate head coach,

James Borrego is reportedly staying put after missing out on the New York Knicks' head coaching job. According to SNY's Ian Begley and Fred Katz of The Athletic, Borrego is returning to the New Orleans Pelicans next season after serving as their associate head coach last season.

Knicks Get Bad News in Pursuit of Top Coaching Target James Borrego originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The New York Knicks had a hard time finding a replacement for head coach Tom Thibodeau after the franchise fired him earlier this summer following its first trip to the Eastern Conference Finals in a quarter century.