Jason Kidd should not even be on the New York Knicks’ coaching radar.
It’s not that the man doesn’t know basketball. One doesn’t play for 19 years, make 10 All-Star teams, and win a championship ring without a wealth of basketball knowledge. Kidd later parlayed this knowledge into head coaching stints with the Brooklyn Nets and Milwaukee Bucks, going 183-190 in four-and-a-half years.
Now, according to Stefan Bondy of The New York Daily News, Kidd has emerged as a frontrunner to be the Knicks’ new coach. The reason? Negotiations with former Knicks assistant and NBA Coach of the Year Tom Thibodeau have reached a stalemate.