The Knicks are hiring CAA’s William Wesley — known as World Wide Wes in basketball circles — as executive vice president/senior adviser, sources told ESPN.
Wesley has been a consultant in the coaching division of CAA for 13 years and has a long professional and personal relationship with new Knicks president Leon Rose.
Rose and Wesley worked together at CAA and have a history back to their starts in New Jersey.
Knicks will formally hire William ‘World Wide Wes’ Wesley as an Executive Vice President & senior advisor to team president Leon Rose, league sources confirm. First reported by ESPN.
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