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James Edwards

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The Athletic NBA Daily
Knicks fire Tom Thibodeau

I tend to agree. I tend to agree, and I'm not sure it works for the Knicks and their โ€“ They're wanting to keep things in-house. I don't know if that's conducive to that. Listen, I'll say this. I think over the last 10 months, more so than the previous four years, the suits in New York have taken major risks, trading for Mikael Bridges, trading for Carl Anthony Towns, firing Tibbs.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Knicks fire Tom Thibodeau

I tend to agree. I tend to agree, and I'm not sure it works for the Knicks and their โ€“ They're wanting to keep things in-house. I don't know if that's conducive to that. Listen, I'll say this. I think over the last 10 months, more so than the previous four years, the suits in New York have taken major risks, trading for Mikael Bridges, trading for Carl Anthony Towns, firing Tibbs.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Knicks fire Tom Thibodeau

These are franchise-altering decisions, and they have to be right.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Knicks fire Tom Thibodeau

These are franchise-altering decisions, and they have to be right.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Knicks fire Tom Thibodeau

These are franchise-altering decisions, and they have to be right.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Knicks fire Tom Thibodeau

Yeah, I think the big thing is maximizing the offense. They invested so much in the five, Jalen Brunson, Carl Anthony Towns, OG Ananobi, Mikael Bridges, Josh Hart, giving up first-round picks for basically all those big contracts for all those guys. Obviously, Jalen Brunson took a pay cut, but... That group was not consistently good. That group struggled as the season went on.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Knicks fire Tom Thibodeau

Yeah, I think the big thing is maximizing the offense. They invested so much in the five, Jalen Brunson, Carl Anthony Towns, OG Ananobi, Mikael Bridges, Josh Hart, giving up first-round picks for basically all those big contracts for all those guys. Obviously, Jalen Brunson took a pay cut, but... That group was not consistently good. That group struggled as the season went on.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Knicks fire Tom Thibodeau

Yeah, I think the big thing is maximizing the offense. They invested so much in the five, Jalen Brunson, Carl Anthony Towns, OG Ananobi, Mikael Bridges, Josh Hart, giving up first-round picks for basically all those big contracts for all those guys. Obviously, Jalen Brunson took a pay cut, but... That group was not consistently good. That group struggled as the season went on.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Knicks fire Tom Thibodeau

So is there a way to maximize their talents? On paper, that is a very talented starting five. Obviously, they switched up the starting lineup in the Eastern Conference Finals, but I would say I think we all would agree that's their core group. And is there a way to maximize that collective better? I think defensively, there's just going to naturally be issues.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Knicks fire Tom Thibodeau

So is there a way to maximize their talents? On paper, that is a very talented starting five. Obviously, they switched up the starting lineup in the Eastern Conference Finals, but I would say I think we all would agree that's their core group. And is there a way to maximize that collective better? I think defensively, there's just going to naturally be issues.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Knicks fire Tom Thibodeau

So is there a way to maximize their talents? On paper, that is a very talented starting five. Obviously, they switched up the starting lineup in the Eastern Conference Finals, but I would say I think we all would agree that's their core group. And is there a way to maximize that collective better? I think defensively, there's just going to naturally be issues.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Knicks fire Tom Thibodeau

Jalen Brunson tries his ass off on defense, but there's limitations with him and Cat at the point of attack and then at the back line. Are they learning? Did they learn throughout the postseason that what Minnesota did was correct, that they need to put a more traditional five next to Towns, and they played Mitchell Robinson.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Knicks fire Tom Thibodeau

Jalen Brunson tries his ass off on defense, but there's limitations with him and Cat at the point of attack and then at the back line. Are they learning? Did they learn throughout the postseason that what Minnesota did was correct, that they need to put a more traditional five next to Towns, and they played Mitchell Robinson.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Knicks fire Tom Thibodeau

Jalen Brunson tries his ass off on defense, but there's limitations with him and Cat at the point of attack and then at the back line. Are they learning? Did they learn throughout the postseason that what Minnesota did was correct, that they need to put a more traditional five next to Towns, and they played Mitchell Robinson.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Knicks fire Tom Thibodeau

But with that, are you maximizing Towns because he's not playing the five on offense, right? So I think there may be, I would assume in this decision that they think that there's more to unlock there or maybe that they're going to make moves beyond this and try to tinker. I just think that

The Athletic NBA Daily
Knicks fire Tom Thibodeau

But with that, are you maximizing Towns because he's not playing the five on offense, right? So I think there may be, I would assume in this decision that they think that there's more to unlock there or maybe that they're going to make moves beyond this and try to tinker. I just think that

The Athletic NBA Daily
Knicks fire Tom Thibodeau

But with that, are you maximizing Towns because he's not playing the five on offense, right? So I think there may be, I would assume in this decision that they think that there's more to unlock there or maybe that they're going to make moves beyond this and try to tinker. I just think that

The Athletic NBA Daily
Knicks fire Tom Thibodeau

for a guy in Tom Thibodeau who did so much and was basically handed such a seismic piece and Carl Anthony towns right before training camp and getting them to the Eastern conference finals, not giving them a chance to kind of like iron out things he might've learned throughout the year. I think that's a really tough blow.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Knicks fire Tom Thibodeau

for a guy in Tom Thibodeau who did so much and was basically handed such a seismic piece and Carl Anthony towns right before training camp and getting them to the Eastern conference finals, not giving them a chance to kind of like iron out things he might've learned throughout the year. I think that's a really tough blow.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Knicks fire Tom Thibodeau

for a guy in Tom Thibodeau who did so much and was basically handed such a seismic piece and Carl Anthony towns right before training camp and getting them to the Eastern conference finals, not giving them a chance to kind of like iron out things he might've learned throughout the year. I think that's a really tough blow.