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New York Knicks’ plan to hire a successor to Tom Thibodeau doesn’t seem to be going so well at the start of the NBA season.
The team was joked to be interested in former Cleveland Cavaliers assistant coach Jordan Ott before taking on Phoenix Suns ‘head coaching job and Cavaliers’ associated head coach Johnnie Bryant, whom Knicks has not yet pulled the trigger on.
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TNT Basketball analyst Charles Barkley on the air before NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Final Four SemiFinal Game between Purdue Boilermakers and North Carolina State Wolfpack at State Farm Stadium on April 6, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
ESPN reported over the past few days that Knicks has tried to reach several teams’ current head coach in an attempt to lure them via trading. Among these allegedly on the list were Dallas Maverick’s ‘Jason Kidd, Minnesota Timberwolves’ Chris Finch, Houston Rockets ‘Ime Udoka and Atlanta Hawks’ Quin cheater. All to no use.
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New York Knick’s principal coach Tom Thibodeau looks at before the game six of the eastern conference final against Indiana Pacers for 2025 NBA playing games at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on May 31, 2025. (Trevor Ruszkowski-Published Pictures)
“Knicks have to be the stupidest damn people in the world,” Barkley said on NBA TV before Game 3 in the NBA final. “You don’t fire any good coach as such and don’t have a plan. I mean Thibs did a hell of a job, obviously something is going on there. You don’t have a plan? And now three coaches have rejected you. You have to have a plan, man. And they don’t have a plan. I don’t know what the hell they have to do.”
Knicks fired Thibodeau after the team reached its farthest place in the post season since 2000.
New York Knick’s main coach Tom Thibodeau speaks during a press conference with the media day at the MSG training facility in Tarrytown, New York. (Brad Penner-Preferred Pictures)
New York was 51-31 and has a decent team built around Jalen Brunson. It is unclear what the high season will contain for the organization.
