Of course, the Knicks are coming off their first Eastern Conference Finals appearance since 2000 last season, though they started off the summer by making a shocking decision as they fired head coach Tom Thibodeau.

Some believe that the Knicks shouldn’t have ever fired Thibodeau in the first place, with many coming to his defense especially after Brown was hired. One of those is Stan Van Gundy, a former head coach and current broadcaster, who said on the Nothing Personal with David Samson podcast that the Knicks made a ‘big mistake’ firing Thibodeau.

Rose reunited with Thibodeau, his longtime coach on the Chicago Bulls, as a member of the Knicks late in his career