Knicks hire Jim Cleamons, 3 others to fill out Derek Fisher's staff

The New York Knicks' coaching staff continues to take a Los Angeles Lakers feel.

Former Lakers assistants Jim Cleamons and Rasheed Hazzard will serve under Knicks President Phil Jackson and first-year head coach Derek Fisher, the team announced Wednesday.

Brian Keefe and Joshua Longstaff also will join the staff, coming from the Oklahoma City Thunder organization that Fisher played for the past two seasons.

Jackson, who coached the Lakers from 1999-00 through 2010-11 except for one season, hired Fisher, who won five championships under him in Los Angeles, this offseason. He then hired longtime assistant Kurt Rambis as his Fisher's associate head coach.

• Cleamons served under Jackson first with the Chicago Bulls, then with the Lakers. He also was head coach of the Dallas Mavericks in 1996-97 and early 1997, being fired with a 28-70 record.

• Hazzard spent five seasons under Jackson with the Lakers (2006-11) working in player development and advance scouting. He is the son of former NBA All-Star Walt Hazzard.

• Keefe had been with the Thunder for seven seasons, first as a player development coach then as an assistant. He was an assistant video coordinator for the San Antonio Spurs before that.

• Longstaff has worked with the Thunder's player development and video analysis departments for four years. He previously coached high school basketball in Maine for five seasons.

All four worked with Fisher during his playing career.