{"id":81328,"date":"2025-06-06T18:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T18:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/81328\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T18:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T18:22:10","slug":"knicks-coaching-search-about-to-take-serious-jason-kidd-turn-nba-insider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/81328\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks’ coaching search about to take serious Jason Kidd turn: NBA insider"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Knicks are considering a Hall of Fame name with organizational ties in their coaching search after the firing of Tom Thibodeau<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Knicks will \u201cformally ask for permission\u2026in the coming days\u201d to speak with current Mavericks coach Jason Kidd about their vacancy, according to a report Friday by longtime NBA writer Marc Stein<\/a> on his Substack account.<\/p>\n

Kidd, who played the final season of his NBA career with the Knicks during their 54-win campaign under Mike Woodson in 2012-13, led the Mavericks to the NBA Finals one year ago.<\/p>\n

Kidd\u2019s first year at the helm with the Mavs also marked the final season for Jalen Brunson in Dallas, and they developed a strong relationship before Brunson became a two-time All-Star point guard after signing with the Knicks as a free agent in 2022.<\/p>\n

The Mavs missed the playoffs after trading superstar guard Luka Doncic to the Lakers in February, but they landed the No. 1 overall pick \u2014 expected to be Duke\u2019s Cooper Flagg \u2014 in the lottery last month.<\/p>\n

Jason Kidd during a 2025 press conference. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Kidd signed a contract extension (for two years, through 2026-27, per Stein) in Dallas in May of last year. Thus, a potential hiring for the Knicks would presumably require compensation to the Mavericks.<\/p>\n

There have been multiple instances of a team sending compensation to another organization to hire its coach \u2014 one of which actually involved Kidd, who began his head coaching career with the Nets in 2013 right after he retired as a player.<\/p>\n

When the Bucks then hired Kidd as coach in 2014, they shipped the Nets two 2nd-round picks. Prior to that, the Celtics also received an unprotected first-round pick as compensation from the Clippers to facilitate Doc Rivers switching teams in 2013.<\/p>\n

Jason Kidd and Jalen Brunson (l) during a 2021 game. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Kidd began his head-coaching career with the Nets upon retirement as a player in 2013-14, but the former point guard spent only one season in Brooklyn before moving to the Bucks the following year.<\/p>\n

The Nets recouped two second-round draft picks as compensation.<\/p>\n

The Celtics also received an unprotected first-round pick as compensation from the Clippers to facilitate Doc Rivers switching teams in 2013.<\/p>\n

Follow The Post\u2019s coverage of the Knicks\u2019 stunning firing of head coach Tom Thibodeau<\/p>\n

The now 52-year-old Kidd spent three-plus seasons coaching Giannis Antetokounmpo early in the two-time MVP\u2019s career in Milwaukee, compiling a 139-152 record before getting fired 45 games into the 2017-18 season.<\/p>\n

Kidd and Brunson in 2024. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n

Following two years as an assistant coach with the Lakers, he was hired in Dallas in 2021 to replace Rick Carlisle, who has fronted the Pacers to the Finals<\/a> this spring.<\/p>\n

Kidd\u2019s career winning percentage as a head coach is .516 (362-339) plus a 31-33 mark in postseason play.<\/p>\n

Kidd also had been considered by the Knicks and was reported to be the runner-up when the Knicks tabbed Thibodeau as their head coach in 2020.<\/p>\n

ESPN insider Tim McMahon reported earlier this week that Kidd\u2019s \u201cears would perk up<\/a>\u201d if the Knicks expressed interest in him, adding \u201cI would not dismiss that possibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

Team president Leon Rose axed Thibodeau after four trips to the playoffs in five seasons after the Knicks lost to Indiana last week in the Eastern Conference finals.<\/p>\n

Jason Kidd during his time with the Knicks in 2013. Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/p>\n

Other names linked to the Knicks\u2019 opening include former associate coach Johnnie Bryant, who spent last season on Kenny Atkinson\u2019s staff with the Cavaliers.<\/p>\n

Stein also reported that any potential overtures by the Knicks seeking permission to speak with Houston head coach Ime Udoka \u201cwould be swiftly rebuffed\u201d by the Rockets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Knicks are considering a Hall of Fame name with organizational ties in their coaching search after the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,149,3716,7093,6,191,66,1416],"class_list":{"0":"post-81328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-dallas-mavericks","10":"tag-jason-kidd","11":"tag-leon-rose","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-new-york-knicks","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-tom-thibodeau"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114637815530782425","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}