Knicks’ firing of Tom Thibodeau raises a question: What do we want from NBA coaches?

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Offseason Fallout

The New York City Democratic mayoral candidates have entered the Tom Thibodeau discourse.

During Wednesday’s debate, each candidate had to pick a side on the thumbs up/thumbs down binary about the New York Knicks’ decision to fire Thibodeau following their Eastern Conference finals defeat to the Indiana Pacers. Seven candidates did not agree with the Knicks’ move, while Michael Blake had the backs of James Dolan and Leon Rose.

“Our goal is to win the finals, not to get to the conference finals,” Blake said.