Knicks fire Tom Thibodeau reaction, NY’s future & NBA Finals Game 1 preview | The Hoop Collective
Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN’s Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to react to the Knicks’ bold firing of head coach Tom Thibodeau after New York exited in the Eastern Conference Finals, including where the Knicks may go from here in their coaching search. Then, the guys preview Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Pacers and Thunder, including some interesting quotes from media day.
0:00 Intro
0:45 Knicks Fire Head Coach Tom Thibodeau
10:39 Where Does New York Go From Here?
24:45 Jason Kidd’s Unique Career Path
35:30 A Possibility For Kidd To Move On?
49:07 Previewing Game 1 Of The NBA Finals
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27 Comments
I wish Bontemps would stop interrupting!. And needs to fix his audio
McMahon talking about Casey Smith like he's Jesus Christ again.
Hey Windy, stop interrupting! Newsflash we're here for the Tims and their reporting/analysis not your gossipy, meandering anecdotes.
Bontemps immediate optimist/positive outlook. Polar Bear in Arlington
4:28 he’s so smooth just start calling him SHAI BUTTER
I feel like Kat was secretly their back up play for Giannis because they knew after giving up those picks for Mickale that they have a better chance, even tho still a very low chance, of trying to flip a package around Kat for Giannis than they would trying to flip a package around Julius for Giannis. 🤷🏽♂️🤔
*and I wouldn’t be surprised if they know something we don’t know about what coach Giannis would want to play for.. 🤔🤔🤔
"SGA would never do anything close to trash talk!"
Recalls multiple instances of SGA throwing himself to the ground on a touch foul and posing like he's on the beach.
ESPN and all the other sports talk shows should just name themselves Knicks talk. Cause that's the only team they cover
Why would Kidd consider leaving such a stable well run, well regarded organization like the Mavs? 🙂
This is getting ridiculous. The process matters! Thibs would not bend and its an issue on the court, off the court in the locker room, and a huge barrier to convincing anyone to be part of the bench if they are not "thibs guys". This is not a sustainable model for growth! Or a chip
Classic ESPN business model. Pay attention to the preapproved teams and players you are supposed to even when they are the losers and ignore everyone else and pretend like they aren't a draw while you purposefully ignore them so they don't get to become a draw.
As a Knicks fan I am hoping we can succeed under a new coach. I fear that on the actually basketball the next coach won’t be as good. It reminds me of when the Yankees fired Giradi after losing in the alcs in 2017. To me it’s clearly about player relationships
Thibbs got fired because of knicks' offensive deficiencies with good offensive players.
The commercial breaks are getting out of control here. I counted 22 interruptions over a 49 minute span. That's WAY TOO MUCH.
Let Spike Lee coach the team. Knicks is always be the laughing stock of NBA 😂
Defense Wins Championships – Thibs to the Mavs
Windhorst has a punchable face 👊
Real reason Thibs don’t develop players, if Knick had OKC’s bench many of those players would not receive any playing time, thats just facts.
I told Thibs stop with the Chicago Bulls formula running Brunson like Drose & Kat like Joakim Noah
what a shocker Tim Bontemps speaking like hes some authority on the Knicks when hes got no idea what hes talking about
Lakers
Thibs is a very good coach, but I thought the team had peaked under him. He got them as far as he could. And it makes me laugh that many of the same experts who criticized Thibs daily are the same ones saying he should basically be Knicks coach for life. He had some major flawas the keep getting exposed. It's time to move on
I feel like sometimes… MacMahon genuinely hates Bontemps 😂😂😂
This is the daily topic until they get a new coach. In a couple of weeks the champs will be mentioned in passing, then whatever transaction the Lakers made, then back to "WOW! I'm still surprised Thibs was fired!"
Can Bontemtempts stop talking over everybody?! JC!
Offseason and Knicks news>Finals.
Knicks gotta dip in the G-league
The move on Thibs is about player development.