NBA Knicks fire Tom Thibodeaux

[MMC]

 

[John Price]

Why lmao

 

[Reality Check]

Why lmao

Because he is incapable of using or creating a bench. He is Flip Saunders 2.0

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

I expect Knicks to go back into gutter

Thibs got a poorly built roster to brink of NBA Finals

Doesn't deserve this

 

[Terry Yake]

you're not going to win a title when your key guys are all playing 40 minutes a night all season

malone and jenkins are both available. i'm guessing one of them gets the job

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Centel 1st again

 

[GKJ]

NBA coaching makes no sense

 

[BobColesNasalCavity]

It’s a cold world out there

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Thibs is the guy that made the Knicks have actual expectations. Fully expecting them to slide bigtime without him.

And to be clear, he's not a great coach, but he's way better than anything that franchise has had in a long time. Not going to be easy to coach up from him given their track record.

 

[NJDevs26]

The charitable explanation is that Rose thinks Thibs is Doug Collins with the Jordan Bulls, a guy who gets you to a certain place but you need to throw him down an elevator shaft to get to the last step. I'm not sure they really have the team to get the last step regardless of coaching hire or the next guy using the bench more though.

The cynical explanation is here comes Dolan back into Knick fans' nightmares.

 

[John Price]

 

[Breakers]

Imagine your substantially best player and a guy who took a paycut in Brunson saying he vouches for Thibs

Then the organization days later fires him.

Nice.

 

[McGarnagle]

Bah gawd King, that's Jay Wright's music!

 

[Romang67]

Smart. By firing him now, they aren't contractually obligated to hire Doc Rivers, as he hasn't been fired yet.

 

[Breakers]

I’ve never heard of Johnnie Bryant once before in my life

But I’m not some huge basketball fan, but you hear the names on espn who are the “next in line” and he hasn’t been brought up

He is the overwhelming favorite for the betting odds????

I mean with Malone, Jenkins, I thought they could be higher.

Edits: it looks like he is an assistant for Cleveland and really young

 

[Bourque]

Smart. By firing him now, they aren't contractually obligated to hire Doc Rivers, as he hasn't been fired yet.

Agreed. Ever since his one title, Doc usually has better teams, and they always lose in the playoffs.

I realize we're a hockey site & NBA knowledge is in short supply. I've seen "Knicks fans" say Thibs doesn't play the starters too much and that you can win a title with him. All 5 starters averaged 35+ minutes per game last season.

 

[Voight]

NBA coaching makes no sense

Doc Rivers hasn't made the third round since Obamas first term and has never spent more than a few months out of a job.

 

[Voight]

The charitable explanation is that Rose thinks Thibs is Doug Collins with the Jordan Bulls, a guy who gets you to a certain place but you need to throw him down an elevator shaft to get to the last step. I'm not sure they really have the team to get the last step regardless of coaching hire or the next guy using the bench more though.

The cynical explanation is here comes Dolan back into Knick fans' nightmares.

It would make more sense if they were in the same position as OKC, Orlando or Houston - young team who's core guys are all in their mid 20s or younger. But they aren't.

 

[HisIceness]

Michael Malone come on down!

 

[SJinNewJersey]

Not a wise move by the Knicks. No one expected the Knicks to get this far, and to fire him after they were a final 4 team is silly.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Not that his age is really related to it but I don't think a lot of people realize how sneaky old TT is. He's 67.... Gotta say he does look pretty young for his age. The trend league wide is to go younger. Carlisle aint much younger than him but Dagnalt on the other side could be either guys kid.

When you're the coach you take the blame for losses. They should have beat Indiana, but NYK were outplayed most of the series and just couldn't adjust to or find solutions to the problems they had all series. No easy buckets and too many lapses defensively.

 

[Voight]

Michael Malone come on down!

That seemed like the easy hire - successful coach, from NYC and his dad was a Knicks assistant.

So they're likely hiring Johnnie Bryant instead

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Smart. By firing him now, they aren't contractually obligated to hire Doc Rivers, as he hasn't been fired yet.

Damn, that would have been funny as hell.