Knicks wanted to interview two head coach candidates in large boost in the midst of difficult search for Tom Thibodeau replacement

The first formal interviews for the vacancy in New York Knicks have been revealed in former NBA head coaches Taylor Jenkins and Mike Brown.

Both men started as head coaches last season, where Brown was fired by the Sacramento Kings in December due to a loss record. Jenkins received the pink slip from the Memphis Grizzlies with nine games in the regular season in March.

Jenkins and Brown will throw their name in the hat for the Knicksbaan Less than two weeks after Tom Thibodeau was fired as head coach of the team after the defeat of the Eastern Conference in New York against the Indiana Pacers.

Brown has been on the secondary activity since 1997 and spends time with various teams as a top assistant or as head coach.

The most successful season of Brown as head coach was in 2007, when he led a LeBron James-guided Cleveland Cavaliers team to the NBA Finals.

Jenkins was the Grizzlies head coach from 2019 to a few months ago, so that the team led to three play -off performances, but never past the second round.

Taylor Jenkins (above) and Mike Brown (below) will both try to become the following Knicks coach

Thibodeau led the Knicks for five seasons and took the Basketball Irrelevance team to a title candidate.

The 67-year-old is a fixed value of the main coaching circles of the competition since 2010, with earlier Stints such as the Chicago Bulls and Minnesota Timberwolves Bens Boss.

Thibodeau was also a KNICKS assistant from 1996 to 2003 under Jeff van Gundy and Don Chaney.

New York is hiring the replacement of Thibodeau and tries to swing great on Broadway.

Allegedly at least three teams have the requests of the Knicks to interview sitting head coaches in the Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves.

Basketballegenendes of College Jay Wright and then Hurley have both shown interest to stay with their current jobs in the broadcast and at UConn.