Tom Thibodeau led the New York Knicks to back-to-back 50 win seasons for the first time in 30 years. He just led the Knicks on their longest playoff run of the 21st century by reaching the Eastern Conference Finals. Thibodeau inherited a club coming off seven straight losing seasons when he was hired in 2020, and turned them into one of the scariest teams in the East year-after-year.
The Knicks fired him anyway. Thibodeau was canned on Monday night even with a three-year, $30 million extension not kicking in until next season. The Knicks’ conference finals loss to the Indiana Pacers cost him his job after five seasons in
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