New York Knicks interim coach Mike Woodson denied a report that he and the team have begun discussions on removing his interim tag and hiring him for next season.

“That’s not true, not at all,” he said after practice Tuesday.

The New York Daily News reported Tuesday that Woodson and the team have had preliminary discussions to do just that.

When asked Tuesday if he was denying that conversations between either him or his representatives and the Knicks had taken place, Woodson said “Absolutely. … We have not.”

via Ian Begley of ESPN New York