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Saints coach Sean Payton says veteran tight end Michael Hoomanawanui is joining receiver Brandon Coleman and running back Daniel Lasco on the club's physically unable to perform list as training camp begins.

The Saints reported for camp on Wednesday. Their first practice is scheduled on Thursday morning.

Payton did not specify why Hoomanawanui and Coleman are starting camp on the PUP list or when they are expected to be activated.

Lasco has been rehabilitating from a bulging disk since injuring his back last season and general manager Mickey Loomis says he cannot play this season.

Payton says players took conditioning tests after reporting for camp on Wednesday.

Loomis says defensive end Alex Okafor has rehabilitated well from his Achilles injury last season and is expected to compete for his old starting job.

The New York Knicks have hired former NBA coach Keith Smart and three others as assistants on David Fizdale’s coaching staff.

Jud Buechler Tyler Johnson Jersey , Pat Sullivan and Royal Ivey were also added Thursday to join Fizdale, who was hired last month to replace Jeff Hornacek.

Smart coached Cleveland Authentic Mike Evans Jersey , Golden State and Sacramento and was most recently an assistant to Fizdale, and later J.B. Bickerstaff Darren Helm Jersey , in Memphis. He also was an assistant along with Fizdale in Miami, working under Erik Spoelstra.

Sullivan and Ivey have both been NBA assistants. Buechler spent the past two seasons as the Lakers‘ player development coach.

The Knicks are preparing for their first draft under Fizdale and pick ninth. They worked out Villanova’s Mikal Bridges on Thursday and will bring in Duke’s Wendell Carter Jr. on Friday.

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