Knicks Denied Permission to Interview Kidd, Udoka and Finch in Coaching Search, AP Sources Say
- The New York Knicks sought permission to interview Ime Udoka and Chris Finch but were denied by their respective teams, the Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves, as reported by Ian Begley and Mike Francesa.
- The Knicks are looking for a new head coach after parting ways with Tom Thibodeau after five seasons, despite having had success under his leadership, reaching the Eastern Conference Finals.
- Jason Kidd of the Dallas Mavericks is seen as a leading candidate for the Knicks' head coach position, although no formal request to interview him has been made yet.
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Knicks denied permission to speak with four active coaches, reports say
The New York Knicks were denied permission to speak with coaches Jason Kidd of Dallas, Ime Udoka of Houston, Chris Finch of Minnesota, and Quin Snyder of Atlanta in a slow start to find Tom Thibodeau’s replacement, according to multiple reports Kidd, Udoka and Finch are under contract and their organizations declined to make them available for interviews with the...
The usually meticulous Knicks front office seems uncertain in their coaching search
From the time Leon Rose was hired by team owner James Dolan in March 2020 as Knicks president, the Cherry Hill, New Jersey native has operated the franchise methodically and meticulously — the antithesis of some his recent predecessors, namely Isiah Thomas, Steve Mills and Phil Jackson, intelligent but impulsive men whose visions of building the Knicks into a championship contender were fraught with unstable leadership, imprudent coaching hires …
Knicks OK with coaching due diligence leading to denials: source
The Knicks have cast a wide net in their head coaching search following their Eastern Conference Finals loss to the Indiana Pacers — a defeat that ultimately led to the decision to part ways with Tom Thibodeau after the franchise’s most successful season in a quarter-century. As part of that process, league sources tell the Daily News the Knicks have reached out to multiple rival organizations requesting permission to speak with opposing head co…


NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Knicks have declined permission to speak with Dallas coaches Jason Kidd, Houston coach Ime Udoka and Minnesota coach Chris Finch in a slow start to finding a replacement for Tom…
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