Mavericks Reportedly Have Jason Kidd Decision Amid Knicks News originally appeared on Athlon Sports. After the New York Knicks fired head coach Tom Thibodeau, pressure was on to find a great hire this offseason.

The New York Knicks made the somewhat surprising move to fire coach Tom Thibodeau after losing in the Eastern Conference Finals. It's not often that a front office goes ahead and fires a coach who makes the conference finals -- especially for a team that hasn't made it there in more than two decades.

Kidd and Rockets head coach Ime Udoka have both garnered interest from the Knicks, despite currently working for other teams. Stein previously reported that an interview request to the Rockets would “categorically ... be rejected” and that “a similar response would be expected from the Mavericks.”