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 idea of Kidd joining the Knicks to replace Tom Thibodeau was always a bit of a long shot. In addition to choosing him as their candidate of choice, the Knicks also would have