Knicks fire Tom Thibodeau
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🗓️ 4 June 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
The New York Knicks have fired head coach Tom Thibodeau. Dave DuFour, Zena Keita, and James Edwards discuss the Knicks surprising move and who they may hire to replace Thibs. Then, Fred Katz joins the show to discuss the Pacers offense vs. the Thunder defense and how the Pacers pull off an upset.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita, James Edwards, & Fred Katz
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
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| 0:42.9 | Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily for June 4th, 2025. |
| 0:46.9 | I'm Dave DeFore here with Zina Keda and James Edwards coming up. |
| 0:49.2 | Tom Thibido is out for the Knicks. |
| 0:51.3 | That's why James is here, so we're going to talk about it a little bit. |
| 0:54.2 | And then Fred Katz comes by before Tom Thibito got fired to talk about Pacer's Thunder. |
| 1:02.7 | Good morning, everybody. Good morning, guys. What's new in your world, James? |
| 1:09.7 | Oh, you know, just got approved for two weeks' vacation about eight hours ago, |
| 1:17.2 | was going to knock out one more piece. |
| 1:20.1 | Tough. |
| 1:20.6 | I was going to relax, go back to the great city of Flint, Michigan, and see family and friends. |
| 1:26.7 | And it's like clockwork, man. |
| 1:31.7 | When I'm covering a team, every summer, there's something. |
| 1:35.4 | There's something. |
| 1:36.2 | I can't just have a normal summer. |
| 1:38.1 | This summer, the Knicks are going to be looking for a new coach. |
| 1:40.7 | Tom Fibito out after five seasons, five extremely successful seasons, |
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