Did beating the Boston Celtics actually cost coach Tom Thibodeau his job with the New York Knicks? Such a point of view might sound a bit absurd at first glance, but when you take a deeper dive into the concept being floated in such a statement, there is a case to be made that this could be true.

The New York Knicks will be searching for a new coach in the offseason after they relieved coach Tom Thibodeau of his duties. Per the team, Thibodeau is out as coach of the Knicks just days after he and the team were ousted in the Eastern Conference Finals.

The New York City Democratic mayoral candidates have entered the Tom Thibodeau discourse. During Wednesday’s debate, each candidate had to pick a side on the thumbs up/thumbs down binary about the New York Knicks’ decision to fire Thibodeau following their Eastern Conference finals defeat to the Indiana Pacers.