Tom Thibodeau ‘taking the high road’ after New York Knicks departure | Dan Patrick Show | NBC Sports

Tom Thibodeau ‘taking the high road’ after New York Knicks departure | Dan Patrick Show | NBC Sports

WE WILL SPEAK TO THE COMMISSIONER OF THE NBA. ADAM SILVER COMING UP MOMENTARILY. TOM TIBIDO, TOOK OUT A FULL PAGE AD IN THE NEW YORK TIMES AND HE WAS UH, THANKING THE NEW YORK KNICKS. HE STARTS IT OUT BY SAYING TO THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD WITH THE BEST FANS IN THE WORLD. THANK YOU. WHEN I WAS HIRED IN 2020, I SAID THIS WAS MY DREAM JOB. I’M GRATEFUL THAT THAT DREAM BECAME A REALITY. THANK YOU TO OUR PLAYERS COACHING STAFF, WHO GAVE EVERYTHING THEY HAD. AND TO EVERYONE WHO MAKES THIS FRANCHISE SPECIAL. I’M PROUD OF EVERYTHING WE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER INCLUDING 4 PLAYOFF APPEARANCES AND THIS YEAR’S RUN TO THE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS, OUR FIRST IN 25 YEARS AND THE FANS. THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN ME AND EMBRACING ME FROM DAY 1 WATCHING YOUR SUPPORT AND YOU SUPPORTING OUR TEAM AND SEEING THE GARDENS. UH THE GARDEN IGNITE WITH THAT INCOMPARABLE, NICK’S ENERGY IS SOMETHING. I WILL NEVER FORGET WITH GRATITUDE AND RESPECT. TOM TIBIDO. YES, TODD. WHAT ARE THE WHAT IS THE GOAL OR GOALS HERE? FOR TOM TIBIDO, YOUR OPINION? I THINK IT’S JUST A NICE PERIOD AT THE END OF A PARAGRAPH THAT, UH, YOU HAD, UH, A GOOD TIME THERE. REWARDING TIME, THEIR MEMORABLE TIME THERE, GOT THE OPPORTUNITY, YOU TOOK HIM TO THE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS. YOU WALK OUT WITH UH, WELL, A LOT OF MONEY, BUT YOUR HEAD HELD HIGH THAT YOU DID A GREAT JOB FOR A TEAM THAT WAS DESPERATE FOR A, UH, A WINNING ATTITUDE THERE. YEAH. PAUL. WOULD IT BE GREAT AT THE END? IF YOU PUT PS, THE NEXT PAID FOR THIS? AT I DO WANT TO ASK THOUGH, IS WELL THEY DID PAY FOR THE AD BECAUSE THEY’RE SPENDING MILLIONS. YES, HE’S DONE IT 299 NOW. AFTER THE AD, IS THERE ANY CHANCE HE POSTED THIS TO COMBAT HIS IMAGE THAT’S BEING PORTRAYED AS A OVERLY TOUGH GUY. IT SEEMS LIKE HIS IMAGE IS BEING A LITTLE SULLIED ON THE WAY OUT. WELL, THIS DOESN’T CHANGE MY OPINION OF THE WAY HE ROTATED HIS PLAYERS. YEAH, MORE. SO LIKE HE’S NOT A PLAYER’S COACH. HE’S, HE’S A BIT TOO ABRASIVE AND I JUST GOT TIRED OF I THINK HE’S A TOUGH GUY, UH, DEMANDING GUY. UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS AN ULTERIOR MOTIVE HERE. BY THE WAY, SHAM SAYS, THE KNICKS HAVE NOT REQUESTED PERMISSION FOR THE MAVERICKS COACH JASON KIDD AS OF TUESDAY NIGHT. BUT SOURCES TELL ESPN THE MAVERICKS WOULD REJECT THEM. JUST BRING IN THE COMMISSIONER OF THE NBA. ADAM SILVER BACK ON THE PROGRAM OR IS HE READY TO JOIN A COUPLE MINUTES? OH, OKAY. UM, SO THE KNICKS HAVE NOT REQUESTED PERMISSION OF FOR JASON KIDD BUT UH YOU KNOW BRIAN WINHAR SAID THERE’S MUTUAL INTERESTS OR THERE WAS MUTUAL INTERESTS. SO I DON’T KNOW THE KNICKS ARE INTERESTED IN JASON KIDD, HE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THEM BUT THE MAVERICKS AREN’T INTERESTED IN LETTING HIM BE MORE INTERESTED IN THE NEW YORK KNICKS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE HERE. ALL RIGHT, UH, WHAT A POLL QUESTION, WE’RE GOING TO SETTLE ON IS UH IS WHAT THEIR SEE, YOU KNOW I TOPIC QUICKLY THAT UM SO THE KNICKS HAVE NOT DO THINK JUST BACK TO THAT SORT OF TAKING THE HIGH ROAD PUBLICLY UM ISN’T ISN’T A BAD LOOK AND SORT OF LIKE A UH AND JUST A REMINDER THEY ASKED ME TO LEAVE. I DIDN’T WANT TO GOOD LUCK. SEE YOU AROUND EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS. SURE WAS FUN. SEE YOU GUYS LATER. YEAH. AND IT’S ALMOST AS IF THEY OVER-ACHIEVED BECAUSE THE CELTICS INJURIES, UH, WITH TATUM, UH, THE CAVALIERS INJURIES. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT FURTHER AND FURTHER AND THEN IT PROBABLY BECAME TOUGHER AND TOUGHER FOR YOU TO GO. UH, HOW DO WE VALIDATE FIRING THIS GUY? I THINK THEY PROBABLY HAD THIS DECISION MADE BEFORE THE PLAYOFFS STARTED, AND THEY PROBABLY PLAYED TOO WELL. BUT UH,

After Tom Thibodeau took out a full-page ad thanking Knicks fans, Dan Patrick reflects on how the veteran head coach “did a great job” for a franchise that was “desperate for a winning attitude.” #DanPatrickShow #nbcsports #NBA
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