Antonio Davis is not the only Knick whose been involved in a brouhaha recently.

The Post has learned Knicks assistant coach Mark Aguirre and veteran Malik Rose got into a screaming match on the bench nine days ago during the Knicks-Atlanta game.

The player-coach spat underlined Aguirre’s reputation of screaming at players during game action – a trait that ticked off past coaches Lenny Wilkens and Herb Williams.

Two sources by the bench said the tiff occurred during the Hawks game at the Garden on Jan. 13 – the first time this season Aguirre was allowed to sit in the front row of the bench because assistant Dave Hanners was sick and missed the contest.

Aguirre is a childhood friend of Isiah Thomas’ from Chicago’s West Side. Aguirre sits in the second row behind the bench. Brown told Aguirre to sit next to him for that game.

One person by the bench who requested anonymity said when Rose came out of the game in the fourth quarter, Aguirre leaned over to say something to Rose, who immediately began screaming at Aguirre. The person said Rose shouted, “Stop screaming at me when I’m on the court. Stop telling me what to do.”

Aguirre tried to explain himself when Rose continued to yell. Aguirre finally put his hands up as if to say “Stop,” the source said. When Rose apparently realized the argument could be heard by fans behind the bench, Rose finally said loudly, “I’m not trying to disrespect you.” During the next timeout, assistants George Glymph and Herb Williams calmed Rose down.

Rose downplayed the incident.

“Mark and I talk like that all the time,” Rose said. “It was just miscommunication. Mark and I are still friends.”

When Larry Brown was hired in July, a league source said Isiah Thomas gave him the option of keeping Aguirre, who is one of six Brown assistants. Brown said that would be no problem. Aguirre was hired as Don Chaney’s developmental coach two weeks after Thomas got to New York. When Wilkens came aboard, he was ordered to keep Aguirre.

Asked about the incident, Aguirre denied there was an argument.

“He came to the bench upset,” Aguirre said. “I just told him don’t worry about it. That’s as much as I told him.”

Last season, Aguirre and then assistant Brendan Suhr fought over the seat next to Wilkens, with Suhr winning the tussle. Aguirre was the Knicks’ summer-league coach in Las Vegas in July and mounted a five-minute, profanity-laced tirade in the locker room that could be overheard through the closed door. It came after a victory, so it stunned the players.

Aguirre, a former DePaul star, is very loyal and was excused for the Knicks shootaround in Chicago on Wednesday to visit his former coach, Ray Meyer, 92, who is in a nursing home.

“He’s smiling, coherent, having fun,” Aguirre said. “But at 92, you have a few problems.”

Aguirre said he visits Meyer often during the offseason. Aguirre said Thomas was ready to also attend DePaul but reneged after making a commitment during Aguirre’s freshman year.

“He thought it would be hard to play at DePaul,” Aguirre said. “He would’ve played at DePaul if I [had] said, ‘You promised me, you have to stay,’ he would’ve. I was waiting on him.”

The Knicks are full of Chicago ties. Quentin Richardson and Eddy Curry are Chicago natives, the latter a former Bull. Jamal Crawford is a former Bull. Othella Harrington and Michael Sweetney are ex-Knicks.

marc.berman@nypost.com