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Vic Mackey

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  1. Yes, Tatum going down wasn't the reason they lost but it diminished any chances they had at coming back. Boston absolutely could have come back down 3-1 with Tatum. Either way, the Knicks turned around in the ECF and did what Boston did. Lose the first 2 at home. Against a team they probably should have beaten. Thibs has been criticized for his style of play and approach forever now. He hit his ceiling here. But they do need to hit on the replacement. Not sure who they have in mind.
  2. Tatum got hurt and that did Boston in. Also, blowing 2 huge second half leads in the first 2 games. Absolutely smoke and mirrors. I have zero problem with moving on from a coach like Thibbs if you have a plan to replace him with something better. The whole concept of a franchise should stay content with a coach just because he's better than past failed coaches is a flawed way of thinking. Knicks have a roster to contend but this coach isn't going to get it done. No different than the Mavs moving on from Avery Johnson. I heard the same things from Mavs fans as I'm reading about Thibs. "So dumb to move on from a guy who just had all this success". Thibs was schooled by a veteran coach and so was Avery back to back years against Riley and Nelson.
  3. I see why the Knicks fired him. If they want to get to the next level, it wasn't going to be with him. Now they actually have to hit on the replacement or it won't mean much. Not sure if Malone is the answer as they are mirror images of each other
  4. Yep that was a great game. It was looking like the Suns were slowly taking over that game and series but Dirk dropped his nuts all over the Suns after Tim Thomas did that. Followed up a few days later with a huge comeback in Phoenix to close it out.
  5. Article: Tracing the Thunder’s rise back to a 2007 trade Sam Presti made with Steve Kerr "In the summer of 2007, Steve Kerr was the recently elevated general manager of the Phoenix Suns. In his first month, he was given a mandate from owner Robert Sarver: Shed enough salary to escape the luxury tax. “We were, like, exactly eight million over the tax,” Kerr recalled recently to The Athletic. “Just trading Kurt Thomas got us under the tax. And there was only one team, literally one team in the entire league, that could absorb his salary into a slot.” “Sam knew exactly what he was doing,” Kerr said. “I knew how smart he was and how well-prepared for the job he was just from being with (Gregg Popovich) and R.C. (Buford) and learning the ropes from them. I was a young GM. I’m put in this position that I have to make this deal. Business is business. We ended up giving up two unprotected firsts.” Kerr traded Phoenix’s 2008 and 2010 first-round picks along with Thomas’ contract. The Suns finished that next season 55-27, delivering Presti and the Thunder not a premium asset, but a valuable tool if utilized correctly. Presti used the 24th pick on Serge Ibaka, a young power forward flashing some upside in Europe. After Ibaka’s seventh season, on draft night of 2016, Presti sent him to the Magic for Victor Oladipo and the 11th pick. He’d immediately use that draft pick on Domantas Sabonis, bringing in a young starting shooting guard and what appeared to be Ibaka’s long-term replacement at power forward. Presti pulled the trigger on a trade the following summer (2017) for Paul George, the replacement co-star next to Westbrook. To acquire George, he sent Oladipo and Sabonis to the Indiana Pacers, the exact package he received for Ibaka. Presti traded George to the LA Clippers for a package that included Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and a war chest of draft assets. One of those picks, the No. 12 pick in 2022, was used on Jalen Williams." https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6397881/2025/06/03/steve-kerr-sam-presti-thunder-trade/?source=user_shared_article
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