The New York Knicks did not take long to answer the question of whether they would be aggressive in the offseason or count on continuity and familiarity to bolster this year’s overachieving team. They may be blowing the whole thing up.

In a stunning move, the Knicks have fired coach Tom Thibodeau, overriding a three-year contract extension he got last year, which hasn’t even kicked in yet. Thibodeau was widely considered to be in trouble heading into the playoffs; many felt the team had stagnated under his leadership, though he led them to their best regular-season record in decades. But Thibodeau was thought to have salvaged his job when the Knicks beat the Pistons and then, much more unexpectedly, the Celtics. Hence most people’s surprise at Tuesday’s news.

Thibodeau’s firing initial

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