Amid a critical offseason, the New York Knicks are still in the early stages of a desperate coaching search. After recently firing their coach, Tom Thibodeau, the Knicks are hard at work on his replacement, but it seems they'd rather steal a coach from a rival team over finding one on their own.

The New York Knicks reportedly reached out to the Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves for permission to speak with head coaches Ime Udoka and Chris Finch, respectively, but were denied by both teams.

Over a week after firing Tom Thibodeau, the New York Knicks ' search for an experienced successor has hit some road blocks. One day after New York was rebuffed when asking permission to speak with Chris Finch ( Minnesota Timberwolves) and Ime Udoka ( Houston Rockets ),