The pair of Knicks offered kind words for their former coach, who was fired despite leading the team to the conference finals for the first time since 2000.

New York Knicks forward Josh Hart came to Tom Thibodeau’s defense in his latest social media post. The Villanova forward said that fans should appreciate what Thibodeau contributed to the team in the past five years.

Tom Thibodeau is out in New York, but Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart appreciate all he did for them and the Knicks as a whole. That duo was highly complimentary of Thibodeau on the latest episode of their podcast,

New York Knicks Have 2 New Head Coaching Targets After Recent Misses originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The New York Knicks have now whiffed on five head coaching interview opportunities, as five different NBA teams have denied their request.

New York took swings at coaches under contract that interested them, such as Dallas' Jason Kidd, but was rejected at every turn.