This last week, during the New York Knicks coaching search, Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd’s name kept coming up. Finally, after our poll was up and running, the Knicks actually asked official permission to interview Kidd. Finally, the Mavericks said no, putting the kibosh on this whole idea (we think).

The New York Knicks are being linked to Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd to replace Tom Thibodeau, who was fired last week after five seasons at the helm. A trade for a head coach is extremely rare in the NBA,

There's been several reports suggesting that the Knicks are interested in current Mavericks coach Jason Kidd, with ESPN's Brian Windhorst saying Tuesday morning that "The Knicks absolutely would like to hire Jason Kidd to be their next head coach.