Overview

• President Leon Rose saw formal requests turned down by Dallas, Houston, Minnesota and Atlanta for coaches Jason Kidd, Ime Udoka, Chris Finch and Quin Snyder.
• No interviews are scheduled after the June 3 firing of Tom Thibodeau, who led the Knicks to the Eastern Conference finals.
• The Knicks are targeting up-and-coming assistants such as Oklahoma City’s Dave Bliss and Golden State’s Jerry Stackhouse as alternative candidates.
• Free-agent coaches with proven pedigrees, including Mike Budenholzer and Mike Brown, have emerged as potential options.
• New York’s front office faces growing urgency to name a successor capable of sustaining progress under stars Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns.