The New York Knicks entered the 2022-23 NBA season with expectations, and after the Monday win at Minnesota, they are 5-5 and in the No. 7 slot in the standings – meaning when it comes to some of those expectations, there is no reason to let go of them.
But was there almost a reason to let go of head coach Tom Thibodeau?
“I heard,” an anonymous NBA scout allegedly said, “that if they lost (last week) to the shorthanded 76ers, there was a real chance Tom Thibodeau would likely have been fired.”
We will be frank here: That is, on one level or another, absurd. It is either …
1) “Absurd” because we find a real scout actually saying this to be a headscratcher.
2) “Absurd” because even if a real scout said this, we’re not sure his information is accurate
Absurd” because if the Knicks were really to do this because a non-contending team opened November a tick below .500 – and granted, Knicks management is historically fully capable of absurdities – it would be … well …
Absurd.
The Knicks started this season 3-1; using the knee-jerk logic applied above (by somebody), Thibodeau should have been handed a contract extension.