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The New York Knicks made a drastic move following their playoff exit against the Indiana Pacers, firing head coach Tom Thibodeau.
The NBA legend has some experience picking up the pieces and succeeding after his coach loses his job, and claims the New York Knicks are out of excuses.
Charles Barkley is never afraid to speak his mind -- and he let loose on the Knicks for how they’re handling their coaching search. “The Knicks gotta be the stupidest damn people in the world,” Barkley said on NBA TV during Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
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Over a week after firing Tom Thibodeau, the New York Knicks' search for an experienced successor has hit some road blocks. One day after New York was rebuffed when asking permission to speak with Chris Finch (Minnesota Timberwolves) and Ime Udoka (Houston Rockets),
If the team's real plan was to poach another team's coach, that shows a level of organizational incompetence that Barkley is right to roast them for having. However, we'll give the Knicks the benefit of the doubt until we see who their next head coach is.
The Knicks, meantime, are the only coaching opening in the NBA but they have been shut down while trying to speak with numerous sitting NBA head coaches, including Jason Kidd (Dallas), Ime Udoka (Houston), Chris Finch (Minnesota), Billy Donovan (Chicago) and Quin Snyder (Atlanta).
Amid these deliberations, a new report emerged about who the Knicks have not requested permission to interview. One of these coaches in Los Angeles Lakers' JJ Redick, who was named by Sam Amick of The Athletic as one of a handful of names the Knicks are not pursuing.
The New York Knicks are less than two weeks away from this year's NBA Draft, and they don't have a first-round pick. However, the Knicks are still expected to select someone with the No. 50 overall pick,