On the heels of firing Tom Thibodeau as their head coach, the New York Knicks appear to have their sights primarily set on Jason Kidd as his replacement if they can receive permission from the Dallas Mavericks to speak with him.

"The question here is what would the Mavericks do?" - Windhorst says the Knicks asking permission to interview J-Kidd is a mere formality originally appeared on Basketball Network.

Brian Windhorst & Marc Stein report the Knicks want to hire Jason Kidd. The Mavericks may not let NY talk to him. Is he leaving Dallas?