When the New York Knicks were looking for a new head coach in the summer of 2020, Julius Randle had an idea. The 25-year-old franchise centerpiece started dropping hints to upper management after David Fizdale was fired midseason. By the time the season was over, Randle was letting anyone and everyone in the organization know who he thought would be the perfect fit. “I wanted Finchy to come on staff there. I’m telling them, man, Finchy’s a great coach,” Randle said with a wide smile. “But they had their plans of what they wanted to do. But I was like man, Finchy would be an amazing coach for us. It just didn’t happen.” Finchy was Chris Finch. At the time, he was a highly regarded assistant coach whose name was just starting to circulate as a possible future head coach in the NBA. He was the offensive coordinator in New Orleans during Randle’s lone season with the Pelicans, and the two clicked on a basketball level that Randle never had before or since.