I think I'm done with Tom Thibodeau
I think . . .
The Knicks lost another statement game where they failed to make one. But the biggest threat they face isn’t the Celtics, the Cavs or the Thunder — it’s their head coach’s disregard for the mortality of the flesh.
Jonathan Macri pointed out on the Knicks Film School podcast that the flip side to Mike Budenholzer with the Bucks, Nick Nurse with the Raptors, Joe Mazzulla with the Celtics, and Steve Kerr with the Warriors are the coaching changes that didn't go so well: Monty Williams with the Pistons, Frank Vogel and (checks notes) Mike Budenholzer with the Suns, Doc Rivers and (checks notes again) Nick Nurse with the Sixers, and (I'm noticing a theme here) Doc Rivers with the Bucks.
I have been frustrated with Thibs for years. I was staggeringly frustrated watching the shellackings at the hands of the Thunder, the Cavs, and the Celtics, and how shockingly little we seem to have learned from game to game. At the same time, I'm not sure what the right next move is going to be.