The 67-year-old head coach Thibodeau was fired, and the Knicks were interested in finding Mavericks head coach Kidd to take over the coach

The New York Knicks, who entered the NBA playoffs in the Eastern Conference Championship again after 25 years, fired 67-year-old head coach Thibodeau after losing to the Indiana Pacers.

Mavericks head coach Kidd

ESPN reports that the Knicks have not yet formally asked the Mavericks to talk to Kidd, who still has two years left on his contract, but they have launched an investigation into becoming one of the candidates for a new coach. Theoretically, the two sides could trade for the Knicks to get Kidd, but they have already given five first-round picks to the Nets last year to trade Mikal Bridges, leaving few future draft assets left.

It is worth mentioning that Kidd was interviewed by the head coach of the Knicks with Hippodo in 2020, and was finally appointed by Thibodeau, who retired from the Knicks as a player in 2013, and then served as the head coach of the Nets and Bucks, and is currently the head coach of the Mavericks, with a record of 179 wins and 149 losses in 4 years, with a winning rate of 54.6%, and led the Mavericks to the Finals in 2024, but unfortunately lost to the Celtics in the end.