The New York Knicks have reportedly irked some NBA teams with the manner in which they have conducted their head coaching search thus far.

Carlisle, the longtime NBA head coach, has received endless praise over the offseason as he's helped lead the Pacers through the Eastern Conference and now to a lead in the NBA Finals over the league's best regular season team. Barkley's only kidding, but with how the Knicks have went about their coaching search, don't put anything past them.

Despite leading the New York Knicks to their most successful season of the millennium, head coach Tom Thibodeau was unceremoniously fired by the team. Meanwhile, every other team in the NBA either already had or has already hired their new bench leader,

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The Knicks will search far and wide for the job, and basketball legend Rick Pitino thinks former Knicks point guard Mark Jackson would be a good fit for the role. "I obviously coa

T he New York Knicks are at a standstill in their search for a replacement for ex-coach Tom Thibodeau, whom they fired at the end of their 2025 playoff run. Multiple franchises bl