Perry continues to reshape front office with 5 new hires

General manager Scott Perry wasn’t kidding when he said he would have freedom to reshape the front office upon his hiring by president Steve Mills.

The Knicks officially announced the additions of five front-office members, including three new names in Harold Ellis, ex-Knick Fred Cofield and Michael Arcieri.

Arcieri, named director of basketball strategy, and Ellis, the director of player personnel, worked with Perry in Orlando and, like Perry, were fired in May by the Magic.

Previously reported were the additions of former Knicks scout Gerald Madkins as assistant GM and Craig Robinson, former president Barack Obama’s brother-in-law, as vice president of player development/G-League operations.

“Last month, the day after I was hired, I started a full evaluation of the entire basketball operations staff,” Perry said in a statement. “My first goal was to build-up the high- est level front office in the NBA. We are adding a host of highly-regarded and respected basketball people to work with the Knicks to fortify the franchise for years to come.”

With five new additions, there will, at most, be one current frontoffice member on thin ice, as a source told The Post that Phil Jackson’s top advisor, Clarence Gaines Jr., will stay on.

The Knicks had a handful of openings that were never filled — with the death this season of scout Ben Jobe, the retirement of person- nel director John Gabriel, due to Parkinson’s disease, the departure of executive Chris Bernard and firing of developmental coach Josh Longstaff.

However, the future of Mark Warkentien, who was brought on by Donnie Walsh, is unclear. Warkentien held the title of personnel director that now belongs to Ellis, who was with Perry in Orlando and Detroit.

The narrative that former Cleveland GM David Griffin wouldn’t be allowed to bring in his own people seems farfetched now. Sources indicate Griffin never seriously considered the job once he learned he would have to report to Mills.

Mills and Perry represent the only African-American managerial tandem in the NBA and the club added to its diversity Tuesday. The hirings included four African-Americans to go along with African-Americans Gaines, Mark Hughes, Walker Russell, Makhtar Ndiaye and Allan Houston. Perry’s father, Lowell, is credited as the NFL’s first black assistant coach.