Why Did the Knicks Fire Coach Tom Thibodeau? | ESPN Could Replace Doris Burke and Richard Jefferson

04/06/2025 25 min
Why Did the Knicks Fire Coach Tom Thibodeau? | ESPN Could Replace Doris Burke and Richard Jefferson

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Episode Synopsis

The Knicks are the talk of the town after they fired coach Tom Thibodeau after their best season in 25 years. So whom might owner James Dolan replace him with? And could this be Doris Burke’s and Richard Jefferson’s first and only season on ESPN’s primary NBA play-by-play team? FOS reporter Ryan Glasspiegel discusses who could replace them.

Plus, Stephen A. Smith gets a new show that won’t be about sports, and hockey commentator Jeff Marek joins Baker Machado and Renee Washington to preview the rematch of the Stanley Cup Final between the Panthers and Oilers.



Key Moments:

0:40 - Suns new coach, WNBA ratings without Clark, USA vs World ASG

4:35 - Tom Thibs out in New York

9:40 - Stanley Cup Final preview

17:37 - ESPN replacing Burke and RJ?

21:22 - Stephen A Smith new gig



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