An esteemed member of the NBA coaching circle believes Tom Thibodeau’s dismissal was nonsensical.

“Should he have been fired? Hell no,” Ty Lue, the current Clippers coach, said on the “ Club Shay Shay ” podcast. “I mean, it’s the first time they’ve been to the conference finals in 25 years. Twenty-five years! And so, the city was on fire, the fans were on fire. The players did a hell of a job. And Thibs did a hell of a job. And to take a team to their first [conference finals] in 25 years and then get fired, like, it just doesn’t make sense.”

Still with three years and over $35 million remaining on his Knicks contract, Thibodeau was surprisingly fired just a few days after his team was eliminated by the Pacers in Game 6 of the East finals. 3

The reasons were never explained on

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