The New York Knicks parted ways with president Steve Mills, the team announced Tuesday.

General manager Scott Perry will oversee the basketball operations in the interim, the team said.

Knicks owner James Dolan has long coveted Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri to run the franchise's basketball operations, but complications involving Ujiri's contract status and New York's reluctance to surrender draft-pick considerations as potential compensation to Toronto are already dimming Dolan's desire to pursue Ujiri over the next several months, league sources tell ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

Dolan has discussed the job with one potential candidate recently, the sources said.

Sources tell ESPN's Ramona Shelburne and Wojnarowski that Dolan is already considering a front-office model that is working with the Golden State Warriors(Bob Myers) and the Los Angeles Lakers (Rob Pelinka): hiring a top basketball executive out of the player agent ranks.

"It has been a great honor to represent the Knicks," Mills said in the statement. "I will always be grateful to Jim for giving me the chance to represent this franchise and I'm disappointed we were unable to achieve success for New York. I would like to thank the staff and players for their hard work during my tenure. I will always be a Knicks fan."

Since Mills rejoined the Knicks in 2013, the franchise is 178-365, the worst record in the NBA, according to ESPN Stats & Information.

The Knicks fired coach David Fizdale in December after the team started the season 4-18. Fizdale was 21-83 in less than two seasons as Knicks coach.

fired on 2/4/2020=6,26,46,10...

he was fired 3 months and 30 days/33..after his 60th birthday

he was "fired" on 2/4 or 4/2

he is "disappointed"

33 x 4=132..Thirty three=60,66

The New York Knicks were 178-365 under Mills

it was 17 weeks 3 days from his birthday too fired...

Mills, 60, has been the Knicks' president since July 2017 and previously worked as their executive vice president since 2013. Before being promoted to president, Mills had also served as the team's GM since March 18, 2014. 

307/37...

from this news to his next birthday...

he was hired as GM on the 77th day..

Theater=77