<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">NEW YORK (AP) -- Former Atlanta Hawks coach Lon Kruger was hired by the New York Knicks as an assistant coach on Friday. Kruger coached for 18 years in college at Pan American, Kansas State, Florida and Illinois, compiling a record of 318-233 and taking teams to postseason tournaments 11 times. He spent two full seasons and part of a third with the Hawks, where his teams went 69-122. Kruger joins Brendan Malone, Herb Williams and Michael Malone on coach Don Chaney's staff.</div>
