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Despite leading the New York Knicks to their most successful season of the millennium, head coach Tom Thibodeau was unceremoniously fired by the team. Meanwhile, every other team in the NBA either already had or has already hired their new bench leader,

Thibodeau made the Knicks better. They had made the playoffs four times in the 20 years preceding his arrival, winning one playoff series. In five years with Thibodeau as the coach, the Knicks went to the playoffs four times and won four playoff series,