“You don’t fire Thibodeau with three years and $30 million on a contract extension that won’t kick in until next season because you lose in the conference finals. You fire Thibodeau because you want to. But it’s unclear where the Knicks go from here,” wrote Yahoo! Sports reporter Vincent Goodwill. That ‘unclear’ stage has not been made any better as, 2-and-a-half weeks later, the Knicks front office is nowhere close to locking down candidates for a new head coach. Things have gotten so bad that, much to the amusement of several X users, the team even reportedly interviewed Timberwolves assistant coach Micah Nori. After all, the Knicks’ previous attempts at making an offer to star coaches like Jason Kidd and Chris Finch failed. However, if Brian Windhorst is to be believed, at least one of them might now be open to considering an offer.
The ESPN sportswriter was interviewed recently on ‘The Rich Eisen Show’. During the same, he highlighted that the New York Knicks asked permission from several teams to interview their respective coaches. While the same was denied, even getting permission would not have mattered, since several of them “are in a position to get contract extensions”. Ime Udoka in Houston has already gotten it. One will be done for Billy Donovan. However, for Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd, an extension does not seem to be on the horizon.
On top of that, a change within his own staff might hint at the HC’s reluctance to stay on with Kyrie Irving and co. “Jason Kidd, who was their number one choice, has not had a contract extension done, and Jason Kidd’s lead assistant, Sean Sweeney, just left the Mavericks to go work for the Spurs,” said Windhorst. “Those are just facts that I just stated, and I can move on from there”. Windhorst was careful not to imply anything. Just state the facts. As of now, the facts create doubt about Jason Kidd’s future with the Mavs.
(This is a developing story…)
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