The New York Knicks shocked many when they decided to move on from Tom Thibodeau following the team's elimination to the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals. They will now have one of the top coaching vacancies in the NBA.

Thibodeau brought a lot of success to the Knicks during his time there. In five seasons with the team, the head coach managed to reach the NBA Playoffs in four of them.

Thibodeau was also responsible for getting New York to their first Eastern Conference Finals appearance is 2000, falling short of their first NBA Finals appearance since 1999 by two wins. Leon Rose and the organization did not deem this to be enough.

Citing a desire to be better-aligned with their championship dreams, the Knicks clearly did not believe Thibodeau would be the man to get them

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