Knick coaching candidates: Thibodeau, Walton, Ewing and more

Tom Thibodeau is the best available coach as Knicks job opens up.Now that Derek Fisher has been shown the door at Madison Square Garden, the time for speculation on who will take over the always-hot seat at the end of the Knicks bench has begun.

TOM THIBODEAU

The 58-year-old is the best available coach by a mile. After years as an assistant, including with Jeff Van Gundy’s Knicks, Thibodeau got his first shot with the Bulls in 2010-11, won 62 games and led the team to the conference finals. He was 255-139 in five seasons with Chicago, reaching the playoffs in each season, before he was let go at the end of last year.

His involvement with USA Basketball also establishes the all-important link…