When Kidd left the Nets for the Bucks in 2014, Milwaukee had to trade two second-round draft picks to Brooklyn to get the Hall of Famer. The Knicks would have to send draft compensation to Dallas to get Kidd, who has two years left on his contract with the Mavericks.

The New York Knicks didn't wait long after their best season in decades to dispatch Tom Thibodeau as head coach.

The New York Knicks’ request to speak with Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd and Chicago Bulls contemporary Billy Donovan was