There will be no shortage of candidates. Colleague Sam Quinn made the case for seven candidates that could be in the running, starting with recently fired Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone. But the Knicks may also have some interest in coaches who are already employed with other teams, and I'm not talking about assistants.

The New York Knicks will be searching for a new coach in the offseason after they relieved coach Tom Thibodeau of his duties. Per the team, Thibodeau is out as coach of the Knicks just days after he and the team were ousted in the Eastern Conference Finals.

The New York Knicks stunned the NBA world this week by parting ways with head coach Tom Thibodeau, just days after their Eastern Conference Finals exit at the hands of the Indiana Pacers.