One New York Knicks writer thought of Tom Thibodeau's failures during the team's opening night win over the Cleveland Cavaliers at MSG on Wednesday.

After coaching the New York Knicks to the Eastern Conference Finals, Tom Thibodeau was shockingly let go. At this point, the Knicks replaced one veteran with an

The Garden’s position is that Rose decided with Dolan’s full support. The team president had protected the coach from the antsy owner a couple of times in past seasons, but when it was clear last spring that Dolan was moving back in that direction, Rose was done stepping in front of the bus. Ditto for another longtime Thibs ally, Jalen Brunson.

Prince J. Grimes speaks with Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns about his relationship with former coach Tom Thobdeau.

That recently changed. Tom Thibodeau spent a couple of days around the Thunder. He attended this past Thursday's practice, where he was spotted talking to Isaiah Hartenstein. And he was at Paycom Center when Ousmane Dieng hit a game-winner in their preseason finale on Friday.

Boston’s leading man in Tatum’s absence, was upgraded from questionable to active before tipoff against the Philadelphia 76ers at TD Garden. Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla said pregame that Brown needed to go through his warmup before determining whether he’d be able to suit up.

The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Boston Celtics are going to have to endure most or all of this season without superstar Jayson Tatum. The bad news is that Jaylen Brown isn't perfectly healthy heading into the season opener,