During Friday's episode of "Run It Back" on FanDuel TV, Michele Beadle discussed the Knicks' coach search with co-hosts Chandler Parsons and Lou Williams. She used an unorthodox analogy for the situation,

If the team's real plan was to poach another team's coach, that shows a level of organizational incompetence that Barkley is right to roast them for having. However, we'll give the Knicks the benefit of the doubt until we see who their next head coach is.

The Knicks’ coaching search after firing Tom Thibodeau last week isn’t off to a hot start.

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.

The New York Knicks were denied permission to speak with coaches Jason Kidd of Dallas, Ime Udoka of Houston and Chris Finch of Minnesota in a slow start to find Tom Thibodeau’s replacement.

Donovan, 60, played his lone NBA season in 1987-88 with the Knicks. Donovan coached Florida to back-to-back NCAA championships in 2006 and 2007 as part of a lengthy career coaching the Gators. He jumped to the NBA in 2015 with the Oklahoma City Thunder, and he went 243-147 (.608 win pct) in five seasons there.