One of the potential reasons the New York Knicks fired head coach Tom Thibodeau this week was the heavy minutes he played star point guard Jalen Brunson, one of the familiar critiques of Thibodeau's coaching style throughout his career.

Mere days after falling to the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals, the New York Knicks did the thing that NBA franchises do when they don’t know what to do: They canned their coach.In his 13 years as an NBA sideline general,

The New York Knicks stunned the NBA world this week by parting ways with head coach Tom Thibodeau, just days after their Eastern Conference Finals exit at the hands of the Indiana Pacers.