Current NBA coaches Ime Udoka and Jason Kidd have been names floating around, though Houston isn't interested in giving the Knicks permission to interview Udoka. As far as Kidd goes, it's unclear where the Mavericks stand in giving New York permission,

The New York Knicks stunned the NBA world this week by parting ways with head coach Tom Thibodeau, just days after their Eastern Conference Finals exit at the hands of the Indiana Pacers.

New York was recently knocked out of the NBA playoffs in the Eastern Conference Finals, falling 4-2 in the series against the Indiana Pacers. It was the Knicks’ first conference final appearance since 2000. Thibodeau finishes his New York tenure with 24 postseason wins — 17 more than the team’s past 13 coaches combined.

The Pacers enter the championship series as the underdogs on the road, a place they have thrived thus far in the playoffs. They defeated the No. 1 Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference semifinals series, 4-1, and the No. 3 New York Knicks in the Conference finals, 4-2.