Under the leadership of Tom Thibodeau, the New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls were perennial playoff teams. With the Knicks, most recently, Thibodeau coached them to four playoff appearances in five seasons,

New York is also expected to start contacting organizations to speak with assistant head coaches about its opening.

Brunson has been named to the All Star team and earned second-team All-NBA honors in each of the last two seasons. Hart just completed perhaps the best season of his career with 13.6 points, 9.6 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game.

Austin Rivers most recently played in the NBA during the 2022-23 season. Toward the end of his career (2020-21), Rivers spent part of one season with the New Y

It has been reported that the Dallas Mavericks denied a request to interview Jason Kidd, the Minnesota Timberwolves said no to Chris Finch, the Houston Rockets did the same with Ime Udoka, the Atlanta Hawks rejected a Quin Snyder interview, and the Chicago Bulls also shut down the idea of Billy Donovan.

The New York Knicks are still searching for a successor to Tom Thibodeau after being denied Jason Kidd and Chris Finch.