Report Claims Two Key Knicks Don't Want Tom Thibodeau Fired originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Some believe the New York Knicks should fire head coach Tom Thibodeau this offseason since the two-time Coach of the Year plays his starters heavy minutes and has never been to the NBA Finals as a head coach.

The job status of Tom Thibodeau has been revealed after the New York Knicks were eliminated from the Eastern Conference Finals.

The New York Knicks went further than they’d gone in 25 years, just not as far as they hoped. They signaled they were serious about making a run at the NBA title when they traded for Mikal Bridges in the summer and then Karl-Anthony Towns in a preseason blockbuster.

The New York Knicks' impressive season came to an end with Saturday's loss to the Indiana Pacers in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, but it sounds like they weren't even expected to reach that far.

"If they go get Al Horford this summer, ... I think (he) would be an unbelievable fit on this Knicks roster." " (...) That's a team that could beat the Pacers next year," suggested Bontemps. "That's a team that'll be in the mix in the East.

If there was one person who was excited to see the New York Knicks get eliminated from the playoffs it was Paul Pierce.

After losing to the Pacers in six games in the Eastern Conference finals, the Knicks will have all summer to contemplate what went wrong.

If you want to know why the New York Knicks couldn't beat the Indiana Pacers in their 125-108 Game 6 loss -- or in the Eastern Conference finals in general -- you probably have to go back to the summer of 2022.

New York paid a heavy price to land Bridges last offseason, and could be motivated by that to get a deal done. Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report has predicted that the Knicks will indeed extend Bridges to a massive deal.