Report: Knicks want to interview Mavs coach Jason Kidd
June 6 - The New York Knicks plan to formally request permission to interview Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd for their coaching vacancy, NBA insider Marc Stein reported Friday.
The Knicks fired head coach Tom Thibodeau on Tuesday despite reaching the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 25 years.
Kidd, 52, has compiled a 179-149 record (.546) in four seasons with the Mavericks, including 39-43 in 2024-25. He took Dallas to the 2024 NBA Finals, losing to the Boston Celtics in five games.
Overall, Kidd is 362-339 (.516) as a head coach with the Brooklyn Nets (2013-14), Milwaukee Bucks (2014-18) and Mavericks. He was an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Lakers from 2019-21.
A Hall of Fame point guard, Kidd played his 19th and final season with New York in 2012-13. The Knicks (54-28) won the Atlantic Division that season and lost in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Thibodeau compiled a 226-174 (.565) record in five seasons with the Knicks, including a 51-31 finish this season. He was 24-23 in the playoffs with New York.
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