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Tom Thibodeau was fired as Knicks head coach a year ago to the day of the team\u2019s Game 1 win in the NBA Finals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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But he\u2019s thrilled his former team was able to finish the job against the Spurs, according to ex-Knicks center Taj Gibson.<\/p>\n

Gibson, who has spent the majority of his NBA career coached by Thibodeau, revealed that the two-time NBA Coach of the Year has \u201cno malice\u201d toward the Knicks\u2019 success.<\/p>\n

\u201cI talked to Thibs (Saturday) and the first thing we talked about was that he had no malice in his heart, he didn\u2019t have any kind of hatred,\u201d Gibson said during a Sunday appearance on SiriusXM\u2019s NBA Radio.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was so happy for the guys, he was just really proud of the guys for what they accomplished.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thibodeau, 68, was hired as the 31st head coach in Knicks history in July 2020 and oversaw the organization\u2019s rise from laughingstock to perennial contender.<\/p>\n

New York reached the postseason in four of Thibodeau\u2019s five seasons at the helm, including a trip to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2025. However, shortly after falling to the Pacers in a memorable six-game series, the Knicks shockingly parted ways with Thibodeau.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe team is really built on the shoulders of Tom Thibodeau. He built that core,\u201d Knicks owner James Dolan said during an interview with WFAN in January. \u201cWe went as far as we did last year. So you really got to take your hat off to Tom, and the job that he did. But we did come to the conclusion that we had an idea how we wanted to organize the team. And that meant we needed to evolve. Actually beyond the old traditional coaching formulas.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd we tried to work that with Tom. It really wasn\u2019t his thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Knicks replaced Thibodeau with Mike Brown, who led the Knicks to the organization\u2019s first NBA championship since 1973.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Thibodeau] said he\u2019s so happy that everything is going right for them,\u201d Gibson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was like, \u2018Man, that\u2019s how it goes. You may have some good things going for you, may have some things that don\u2019t go right for you, but I\u2019m just proud of the guys.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Few players in the league can speak to Thibodeau\u2019s mindset better than the Brooklyn-born Gibson, who has been coached by him in 10 of his 17 NBA seasons, including during stints with the Bulls and Timberwolves.<\/p>\n

Gibson started 56 games for the Knicks in 2019, and once Thibodeau became head coach, his affinity for keeping the veteran on the roster was evident as he kept re-signing with the team on a series of 10-day contracts.<\/p>\n

While Thibodeau was not around to celebrate the end of New York\u2019s 53-year championship drought, Gibson insists the longtime coach\u2019s ties to the Knicks remain forever solidified.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was like, \u2018Man, that\u2019s just love,\u2019\u201d Gibson said. \u201cTo have that humility and just knowing that you trained these players and have put so much into them, and to know that they finally made that final leap to really take the top and go to the championship of New York City.\u201d<\/p>\n

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