There is an ancient saying that goes, “The grass isn’t always greener on the other side.”
This post isn’t to serve as a debate over whether the Thibs firing was a mistake. That is done and over with. But Knicks GM Leon Rose had to have had a plan in place when he made that move, right? As of about an hour ago, that plan appears to have struck out for the third time, with the Mavericks becoming the latest team to deny the Knicks permission to interview their head coach for the vacant position.
ESPN’s Shams Charania was the first to report less than an hour ago that the Mavericks firmly denied the Knicks the opportunity to interview head coach and former Knick, Jason Kidd.