If you think you’ve heard it all when it comes to the New York Knicks’ recent (and wacky) head coach search, wait ’till you hear this. According to a new report from NBA insider Marc Stein, the Knicks, after firing Tom Thibodeau , explored ways to make Joe Mazzulla of the Boston Celtics their next head coach.

“It has … been whispered that the Knicks likely did some backchannel exploration to determine if there was any pathway to pursue Boston’s Joe Mazzulla,” Stein wrote for The Stein Line on Monday (subscription required). “There obviously was not … and then the Celtics extended Mazzulla’s contract in August.”

While a report of the Knicks pursuing Mazzulla might shock some fans, those who followed the circus of a process that New York underwent after firing Thibodeau won’t be surp

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