[Charania] BREAKING: The New York Knicks are relieving Tom Thibodeau of his duties as head coach, sources tell ESPN. Thibodeau led the Knicks to their first East Finals in 25 years, made playoffs in 4 of 5 years and led Knicks to consecutive 50+ win seasons for first time since the 1990s.

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1. Knicks fans 12/25

2. Nah that’s wild.

   They better hire an ace of a coach to boot the guy that lifted them out of irrelevance.

3. OH SHIT LMAOOO

4. WELCOME TO NEW YORK MICHAEL MALONE

5. No idea if this is the right move or not, but I’m surprised they actually did it.

6. Get ready to learn Mike Malone buddy

7. This seems ill advised

8. Wait … What?!

   Johnnie Bryant szn

9. See man, all of these COTY really ain’t shit and lose their job, usually sooner than later. Please ignore my flair

   ::looks around nervously::

10. Michael Malone you are a New York Knick

11. Bah gawd is that [redacted] Malone music

12. We gonna end up with someone like doc aren’t we?

13. Crazy you can like a coach but still be ecstatic to see him fired

14. Good move imo, their whole offense revolved around iso ball and playing Josh Hart 40+ minutes a game.

15. I’m actually genuinely surprised by this

16. nahhhh i don’t like this at all, the Knicks achieved about as much as you can with that team

17. Most Knicks thing ever, most successful seasons in my lifetime and they immediately fire the coach

18. Scapegoated imo. Best Knicks team this century and he made it work with his 2 best players being defensive liabilities. They should’ve ran it back after adding one more bench piece.

19. Hard to say it’s a correct move yet bc we don’t know who will take over but that team has outgrown Thibs. Did not expect it this soon. Expected them to give him part of next season but I’m sure Knicks fans will say it’s the correct move too.

20. Honestly I knew this was gonna happen. Thibs style is ancient and he’s almost had 15 years of head coaching without reaching a finals.

21. Mike Malone gonna love street meat with extra white sauce lmao

22. Just saw Maurice Cheeks fall to his knees in a Trader Joe’s

23. This is an awful decision

24. Remind me! 1 year

    For when the Knicks do worse under a new coach.

25. James Dolan getting high on his own supply

26. Surprised, but not totally unexpected. Thibs’ decision to overplay his starters and avoid his bench has been a problem throughout the whole season and has routinely been a topic of discussion amongst Knick fans.

    The non-New York fans who only watched them in the playoffs would think this move is ridiculous since they beat the Celtics and made the ECF. But Knicks fans know the deal.

    Honestly I love Thibs but I’m not sure he is the tactician needed to push the Knicks to the promised land.

27. Did this just break Reddit lol

28. KAT got Thibs fired twice