The New York Knicks made the somewhat surprising move to fire coach Tom Thibodeau after losing in the Eastern Conference Finals. It's not often that a front office goes ahead and fires a coach who makes the conference finals -- especially for a team that hasn't made it there in more than two decades.

However, the Knicks felt this was a team with a higher ceiling than an ECF exit and that Thibodeau had not maximized this roster. In firing him, the Knicks made clear that anything short of a title is going to be a failure, setting extremely high expectations on the next coach to take over. Two coaches quickly moved to the top of the Knicks' public wish list . The Rockets ' Ime Udoka and Mavericks ' Jason Kidd are reportedly highly coveted by the Knicks, but they would need permiss

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