The Bay GC of Shane Lowry, Ludvig Åberg and Wyndham Clark claimed the first match in a runaway. The development of QB Caleb Williams will be a big factor in the decision. But the team will weigh a coach’s offensive background alongside the staff he brings in, the scheme he envisions and the culture he can build.

Karl-Anthony Towns (knee), Miles McBride (hamstring) and Mitchell Robinson (ankle) are all on the Knicks' injury list alongside Brunson, but only the latter is confirmed as ‘out’, with the other two ‘questionable’.

But as he has worked his way through a problematic right calf it has coincided with an uncharacteristic shooting slump. As he readied to face the Toronto Raptors Wednesday night, hoping to break the Knicks three-game losing streak, he was searching for answers.