{"id":30588,"date":"2026-08-07T02:57:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30588"},"modified":"2026-08-07T02:57:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:57:30","slug":"knicks-assistant-carson-shanks-wont-return-to-team-after-three-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30588","title":{"rendered":"Knicks assistant Carson Shanks won&#8217;t return to team after three seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F08%2Fnewspress-collage-nfy1dr3ie-1786052087318.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261786037724\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>At least one Knicks assistant won\u2019t be back next year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carson Shanks, who spent the last three years with the Knicks as an assistant, won\u2019t be returning. His contract expired this offseason, according to a league source.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He most recently served as the team\u2019s assistant director of video\/analytics and player development. A 7-footer who played college basketball at North Dakota and Loyola Chicago, he often worked with the team\u2019s big men in warmups.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201c3 years of the Mecca, 3 years of the City, 3 years of being a New York Knick, and most importantly, 3 years of Memories and Relationships that\u2019ll never go away,\u201d Shanks posted on Instagram. \u201cThe Garden shaking and sharing it with family, the sounds of the city during the parade, the taste of that champagne, the feel of the Larry O\u2019Brien trophy, things I\u2019ll have forever.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Membership - Inside the Knicks\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat\u2019s happening on and off the Garden court\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Inside the Knicks by Stefan Bondy, a weekly exclusive on Sports+.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cSO excited for what is next, but thank you New York for 3 of the best years of my life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All of coach Mike Brown\u2019s front-of-the-bench assistants are expected to be back next year, though there could be some other movement further down the pecking order.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least one Knicks assistant won\u2019t be back next year.\u00a0 Carson Shanks, who spent the last three years with the Knicks as an assistant, won\u2019t be returning. His contract expired this offseason, according to a league source.\u00a0 He most recently served as the team\u2019s assistant director of video\/analytics and player development. 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