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 are being linked to Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd to replace Tom Thibodeau, who was fired last week after five seasons at the helm. A trade for a head coach is extremely rare in the NBA,

The New York Knicks theoretically have one of the most desirable head-coaching jobs in all of basketball. They have a roster that just came six games short of a championship. They play in the league's biggest market and its most famous arena.