Los New York Knicks They are having a more busy postseason After having fired his coach, Tom Thibodeau, that had led the franchise to its best classification in the last 26 years. They arrived at the East Conference finals, in which they were defeated by Indiana Pacers (2-4). AND The rectors of the team did not like or the way they lost or the management they made The technician of his template.
The Knicks bench during a playoff match.
The point is that Since that day they launched the market in search of a new coach to give the team a plus and Being able to fight next season for the ring, something they have not achieved for 55 yearswhen they defeated the Lakers in the finals in 1970. What seemed the classic track of the market with the traditional interviews with the candidates who opted for the position It has become a torture foal for the Knicks.
NO ROUND TO THE NBA HAIRRY
And all because in the first weeks of search They insisted in 'touch' coaches with a contract in force with their teamsan exercise of ambition and even arrogance that has been fatal and It has made them NBA's laughing. And not because they have done anything illegal, since they acted to the discovered face asking permission from the franchises involved to establish conversations With its technicians. Yes not because They all responded with a resounding non -resounding … and even with hurtful answers.
Jason, Kidd, during a Mavericks match
They put the bar very high when making the list of coaches to whom they wanted to interview: Jason Kidd ( Mavericks ), Chris Finch (Timberwolves ), Optimistic ( Rockets ), Billy Donovan ( Bulls ) y Quin Snyder (Hawks). And all these teams rejected flatly and from the first moment their attempt. According to Shams Charania, from ESPN, “The franchises asked by the Knicks were overwhelming in their rejection, manifesting some with vulgarity and even rudely. “
The franchises that the Knicks asked were overwhelming in their rejection, manifesting it with vulgarity and even rudely
In statements a The Rich Eisen Show Charania detailed the failed attempts of the Knicks to interview several NBA coaches with contract, revealing that several teams responded with hostility: “Of the five rejections, some of the scenarios I heard were, you know, that The teams simply hung them. They were told not and hung. And some teams even used some rudeness of the type 'No, fuck!' Before his insistence “.
IMEUKA, Entertaining Houston Rockets.
Los Knicks They believed that they were working in accordance with current legality and even elegantly contacting those responsible for the franchises of the coaches they wanted, but They did not contemplate that these teams heard their proposition were going to laugh at them and they were going to 'clean' With weeding boxes.
Jason Kidd was his priority
They pointed at the top and fell with the entire qualification. His first objective was Jason Kidd, Mavericks Technicianwhich has direct links with the New York franchise as former player (2012-2013) and how Jalen Brunson coachstar of the Big Apple, during his first years in Dallas (2021-2022).
“Of the five rejections, some simply hung them. They were told not and hung. And others even used some rudeness of the type 'No, fuck!' before his insistence
The second coach to whom they released their networks went to Chris Finch, the Wolves coach who has helped convert Anthony Edwards into a superstar. As to Optimisticthe third of his list, has been the coach who has led to the Rockets A brilliant season (52-30) and is unanimously considered as a rising coach. And they also skipped with the room, Quin Snyder. Los Hawkslike the previous four, they also prohibited the Knicks from contacting their coach.
Chris Finch, coach of the Wolves.
According to Charania Many of the answers of these franchises touched the humiliation: “The rejections were not simple 'not' educated behind closed doors; they were direct, profane and in some cases even derogatory.”
The rejections were not simple 'not' educated behind closed doors; They were direct, profane and in some cases even derogatory
Before so many and so continued signs of contempt for all its attempts, The Knicks seem to have changed course and have scheduled interviews with four main former members that right now they are not active: Taylor Jenkinswho was recently fired by the Memphis Grizzlies After a disappointing season, Mike Brownwho previously trained the Sacramento Kings, And the attendees Micah Nori (Wolves) y James Borrego (Pelicans).
Both are respected in the circles of the league, but None represents the type of star hiring that Leon Rose, president of Knicks OperationsThey seemed to be looking from the beginning. What seems clear is that New York rectors were wrong in their strategy by chasing coaches with contractperhaps assuming that the fact of having arrived this season at the finals of the conference would give them prestige to do so. And the reality is that they have been humiliated.
