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Knicks Morning News (2025.06.08)

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    • 7 replies on “Knicks Morning News (2025.06.08)”

    Spencer Harrison of the Athletic wrote about Thibs and did a good job articulating why some people can get you most of the way but not all the way:

    Using the whole toolkit is a very common problem in business. People sometimes engage in what we call “mythological learning.” The idea is simple: I’ve become successful, and as I begin to get promoted, I assume that my success is based on all the choices that I have made, rather than realizing that some of the choices I made might have led me to success in part by luck.

    As a result, some of the lessons that you’ve intuited from your success might be the wrong lessons.

    The problem is that what got you there is not necessarily going to get you over the hump in the next role. And if you’re not willing to second-guess or expand your learning, to actually have the conversations to explore what other ideas are available, then it’s hard to see your own blind spots. This might have been a key issue for the Knicks with Thibodeau.

    https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6409194/2025/06/07/new-york-knicks-tom-thibodeau-fired-culture/?source=user_shared_article

    It applies as much to Leon Rose as it does to Thibs. His blind spot is the NBA draft, and he’s never shown a willingness to second guess his approach to it.

    Rose hasn’t been successful bc he ignores the draft, he’s been successful bc he’s had extraordinary luck while ignoring it. His stubborn refusal to use the whole toolkit of team building is every bit the analogue to Thibs’ famous rigidity as a coach.

    It’s gonna be hard to get a good coach in here with Rick Brunson’s role so undefined and with it looking like he’s still gonna be around.(*)

    In the haste to rip him (deservedly) for his game coaching as the playoffs progressed, we missed the extent to which he kept the entire sub-surface mess from unraveling. DDV’s pre-season rant at Rick Brunson (**) now takes on an entirely new meaning — one that isn’t good.

    The LOLKnicks never *really* disappeared around here; Thibs just kept it from manifesting. Until he inevitably became its victim.

    (*) It’s not actually possible that he’s your next HC of NYK, is it? Is it? Will they, as DDV said, actually explicitly “let daddy run the show?”

    (**) Now looking in a way much too close for comfort to Littlefinger.

    Alcaraz Sinner best Sunday morning ever

    Agree, but why is Carlos dressed as the Hamburglar 😉

    So, MLB finally has a women’s league to compete with the WNBA and women’s soccer.

    Credit where it’s due — this is another smart move by Manfred.

    Hot take incoming: baseball fans here might hate me for this, but Manfred is turning out to be the best sports commissioner of his era. And honestly, it’s not even close.

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