Carlisle, the longtime NBA head coach, has received endless praise over the offseason as he's helped lead the Pacers through the Eastern Conference and now to a lead in the NBA Finals over the league's best regular season team. Barkley's only kidding, but with how the Knicks have went about their coaching search, don't put anything past them.

The New York Knicks made an impressive run to the Eastern Conference Finals run during the 2024-25 NBA season. Unfortunately, they ran into a red-hot Indiana Pacers team, which were able to eliminate them in six games.

Once again we have a tied series in the 2025 NBA Finals, as the Oklahoma City Thunder evened things up at 2-2 with a gritty 111-104 Game 4 win over the Indiana Pacers on Friday night in Indianapolis.

The Athletic's James L. Edwards III and Fred Katz reported that the Knicks added Tucker to the fold because the front office "believed the locker room needed more leadership, a presence to help with communication issues that had plagued the group both on and off the court all season."

The Milwaukee Bucks have one of the best players in the NBA in Giannis Antetokounmpo. However, with trade rumors swirling, there is concern that he could no longer be with the Bucks. Although those trade rumors no longer seem as likely,

Jenkins, 40, spent the last six years as the Grizzlies' coach before he was fired with nine games remaining in the 2024-25 regular season. He compiled a 250-214 record in Memphis that included three consecutive playoff berths from 2021-23.

Charles Barkley said on Wednesday night that New York Knicks officials "gotta be the stupidest damn people in the world" amid the team's coaching search.