Thibodeau Fired, Knicks Look Toward New Coaching Era

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00:00So, your thoughts on Thibodeau getting fired today.

00:03I just got Joe Ranieri's take on it.

00:06Are you surprised at all that a guy that goes to the playoffs four to five years,

00:11takes him to the Eastern Conference Finals,

00:13takes him to the Conference Semifinals, I think twice,

00:15wins 56% of his games, and they whacked him today, thanks for nothing?

00:20Yes, I am surprised, Scott.

00:22I know a lot of people might say, oh, I'm not.

00:23I personally am.

00:25I didn't see this coming.

00:26And it's funny because I saw the Kevin Durant rumors

00:29and, you know, obviously we're in a rumor season right now.

00:31So, there was talk of Kevin Durant to the Knicks potentially.

00:36And I was actually thinking about the Knicks this morning, Scott,

00:39before Thibodeau, like moments before Thibodeau got fired.

00:41It was bizarre.

00:42I was actually thinking, I was like, you know, how can the Knicks get better?

00:46I was like, you know, they just sort of need to tweak the roster a little bit.

00:50I don't know.

00:50And I was thinking, I don't know if Durant is the right guy personally,

00:54but the Knicks are pretty close right now.

00:56I think the Knicks thought, Scott, that, all right, let's say we tweak it,

01:01we bring in this guy, or we do this.

01:03Thibodeau will be the same coach.

01:05He's going to coach the same way with these guys, no matter who we bring in.

01:10I always trust the general manager and the people that are actually in the room.

01:14Remember the Malone stuff where it seemed surprising,

01:17but there was just so much, and, you know,

01:19it wasn't a healthy room to be in at the time.

01:22Maybe the Knicks just think, you know what,

01:24Timbs can't take us to the next level, right?

01:27He's just not this guy.

01:28He's not going to change in his ways ever.

01:30He's never going to adapt.

01:31He is who he is.

01:33So I guess that's what they're thinking.

01:35But, yeah, that surprised me, Scott.

01:37Do you think, you talk about Malone, we talked about Malone as well.

01:41Like, I've already heard his name within minutes,

01:44that they need someone that's done it, and he's done it.

01:49Do you think that's reality, that they would go after the guy that just got fired

01:53because all the players hated him because he was cussing them out?

01:57I think it's a big-time reality, Scott,

01:59and I think it's a big probably reason why they did this

02:02when they did it as quickly as they did.

02:04Malone's going to be a hot commodity.

02:06So you've got to believe that they're thinking, you know what,

02:08we've got Malone in our back pocket.

02:10He's going to take this job.

02:12We know he will.

02:13We also know other teams are going to be going after this dude.

02:15So let's not wait and go through another season

02:18if we know what we want to do here and bring Malone in.

02:21And the other name, Scott, which it'll be a lot of fun for people like you and me

02:24if it happens, is Jay Wright.

02:27I don't get the feeling that Jay Wright wants that pressure.

02:30He seems to be pretty happy on TV.

02:32He's got no pressure at all.

02:33He's already a multimillionaire.

02:35He's got nothing to prove in the basketball world.

02:37But, you know, basically, I can almost just picture the press conference now, Scott.

02:43I don't know about you.

02:44Jay Wright saying, you know, guys, I had a lot of chances to coach in the NBA,

02:49and I never did, but the fact that it's Jalen Brunson.

02:53You know what I'm saying?

02:54It's basically Villanova, right?

02:57I mean, without Dante right now, so you've got all these Nova dudes.

02:59What about Danny Hurley?

03:02I don't think – well, Hurley, God, man.

03:05I don't think Hurley – let's not go down that road.

03:08Why not?

03:08Do you even want Hurley?

03:09Hurley's a psychopath, bro.

03:11Do you imagine him as the coach at a Knicks?

03:13Dear God, his ego is big enough as it is.

03:17Well, I mean, the Lakers almost got him, and they couldn't seal the deal.

03:21He's an East Coast guy.

03:23He's a Jersey City guy.

03:25Well, that's the thing.

03:26He wouldn't have to leave anywhere, Scott.

03:29It's completely different.

03:30Going to the West Coast, to the Lakers, completely different world.

03:32It's like going to a different planet, if you're hurt.

03:35This is – I mean, he wouldn't have to move his house, technically.

03:39Like, you know what I mean?

03:40Honestly, people commute from Connecticut to New York all the time, rich people, right?

03:45He wouldn't have to move if he didn't really want to.

03:47He'd take a helicopter.

03:47Ubercopter.

03:48Yeah, exactly.

03:49The Ubercopter.

03:51Honestly, right to the West Side Highway.

03:54It's a good call, though.

03:55He wouldn't have to move.

03:56Like, it wouldn't uproot his life.

03:57Like you say, he's a Jersey guy.

03:59Knicks.

04:00Like, you know, so not a bad call.

04:01But – so that's what I'm saying, Scott.

04:03There's going to be a lot of names thrown out there.

04:04But as a betting man, and I'm sure the books are going to have this up momentarily,

04:08who's going to – the next coach is going to be.

04:10I'll say Malone, though.

04:11I think they think Malone – we're going to get Malone to be our guy.

04:14He won a title.

04:15He's a little bit more open-minded with, like, run and gun.

04:19And, you know, I thought maybe they didn't like the way he managed the roster

04:22and he ran the players into the ground.

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