Overview

• The Knicks dismissed coach Tom Thibodeau on June 3 despite his three-year, nearly $30 million extension and guiding them to their first conference finals in 25 years.
• Requests to interview Dallas’s Jason Kidd, Houston’s Ime Udoka, Minnesota’s Chris Finch, Atlanta’s Quin Snyder and Chicago’s Billy Donovan were unanimously denied by their teams.
• The franchise has arranged formal interviews for former Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown and ex-Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins next week.
• ESPN reports the Mavericks have told New York not to contact them about Kidd as his contract extension talks remain unresolved.
• New York is also considering veteran coaches Mike Malone, Frank Vogel and Mike Budenholzer as alternative candidates for the head coaching vacancy.