“Pelicans associate head coach James Borrego, a Knicks target for a lead spot on Mike Brown ’s staff, will be staying in New Orleans, per league sources familiar with the matter,” reported Ian Begley of SNY on X, formerly Twitter.

Borrego is under contract with the Pelicans. Before the Knicks pursued him, the Denver Nuggets saw him as a candidate to be David Adelman's lead assistant, but New Orleans saw it as a lateral move and denied them permission to interview him,