Were the New York Knicks Right in Firing Tom Thibodeau?

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00:00On this one, J.Y., like, you being a Knicks fan, right, being in the New York market,

00:04like, for me, I thought, like, okay, Tim's going to get out of game number five,

00:07make it to game number six, Eastern Conference Finals, teams backing him up.

00:10There's no way he's gone.

00:11Like, I was very surprised to see yesterday that he was fired.

00:15What was your reaction?

00:16Because I saw you go live right away here on the Sports Grid Network

00:18and put out that tweet.

00:19What was your reaction the minute you heard that yesterday for the people?

00:23I was stunned, and I'm getting a little bit less stunned as time moves along

00:28because you think of some of the offensive deficiencies.

00:31Do I think Tom Thibodeau deserved the chance to come back?

00:34Absolutely.

00:35As bad as that team has been, seven playoff wins, I do believe, in this century,

00:41or, you know, before Thibs got here, like, I think Thibs deserved the chance.

00:46I thought he should have came back because, listen, this team was not,

00:50when they got the playoff started, they were not expected to get past Boston.

00:54I mean, some people thought they couldn't get past Detroit.

00:56Now, whether you look at injuries or not, they, I guess,

01:00overachieved based on what we thought was going to happen going into the playoffs.

01:04But now they look at the window of, I also think,

01:07with the fact that Tatum is out for next year, the injuries,

01:11there's a little bit more of a pathway opening up in the Eastern Conference.

01:15New York Knicks decided to make the move now instead of wait

01:18to see how it starts next year with Thibs.