

Kenny Smith is scheduled to interview this week with Knicks president Donnie Walsh about becoming the team’s new general manager. Although Smith has no previous front office experience, he has expressed a desire to run a club.
Smith, who attended Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens and like Walsh is a graduate of North Carolina, has been more visible around Madison Square Garden in recent years while working as a part-time analyst on MSG Network, and has a close relationship with Garden president Steve Mills. Smith’s main job is as an analyst on TNT’s popular studio showm having worked alongside Charles Barkley and Ernie Johnson since 1998.