Charles Barley brutal calls for a lack of plan

The New York Knicks They take heat from all sides After shooting the main coach Tom ThibodeauBut no one strikes harder than Charles Barkley. Speak before the game 3 NBA Final Barkley did not retain. He put on the knicks to reject a successful coach without preparing a clear replacement.

“Knicks will be the dumbest damn people in the world”, the NBA hall said before the game. “Don’t fire such a good such coach and you don’t have a hell job, obviously something happens, but now you will have a plan. I don’t know what the hell will do.”

Barkle’s frustration resonates what many around the league feel. This season was led by Knicks at 51-31 minutes, the leading team in the Eastern Conference of the Final For the first time in 25 years. During his five seasons with New York, Thibodeau published a record of regular season 226-174 together with a mark of 24-23 in Plejoma. Under his leadership, Knicks transformed from a combat franchise in a legitimate candidate in the east.

Despite success, the front office of Knicks made a courage decision to separate with him after leaving the landscape in Indiana. Many assumed that Knicks had a star replacement, but that was not the case. The search quickly turned into a public disaster.

New York reached several high-profiles candidates. They searched for a Jason Kidd, Chris Finch, the name of the wide, Quin Snider and Billy Donovan. Each of them refused. Knicks also tried to lure Jay Vright from Pension and He made a run in Uconn’s Dan HurleyBut both faculty coaches said no. The rejection left Knicks crushing without a clear direction.

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The failed search asks questions about the front office Knicks and its decision-making. Critics like Barkley and others in the NBA world wonder how the team could fire coach fresh than one of the most successful seasons in decades, and to secure the top candidate first. Former Coach NBA PJ Carlesimo He also movedsaying the wedges are often their worst enemy.

“Knicks always think they’re smarter than all others, it’s philosophy of Knick,” Carsimo told Podcastu Rien Russillo. “They think they’re different and we are smarter than all these other teams, and we know what they are doing and are often time. They often vary. They are often time.” They are often time. ” Often times are. “

New York still has a talented roster with Jalen Brunson and the cities of Karl-Anthony leading the way. However, the longer the training, the vacation is pulled, the more pressure is performed.

Barklei’s sharp words reflect the growing sense that the wedges may have made a huge cube without thinking through the consequences. The clock is ticking in New York, and the basketball world is carefully watching.