Tom Thibodeau felt “a sense of betrayal” when the New York Knicks fired him immediately after making their first Eastern Conference Finals since 2000, according to a source who spoke with Ian O’Connor of The Athletic. While those feelings likely contain multitudes, the sentiment seems directed at one person in particular when reading between the lines.
And it’s Knicks owner James Dolan.
As O’Connor writes, the kazoo-playing billionaire “did a deep dive on the coach’s imperfections, invited himself to player and staff exit interviews, and decided the Knicks had crashed into their ceiling.