Jalen Brunson has finally spoken. Kind of. The superstar guard reacted Sunday on Instagram to the Knicks’ firing of head coach Tom Thibodeau on Tuesday. Brunson posted a photo of him with Thibodeau with a heart emoji, and another emoji of fingers crossing.

With the New York Knicks' head coaching spot vacant for about a week now, further details have emerged about the surprise ousting of Tom Thibodeau. New intel from insider Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo! Sports revealed that the decision to fire Thibodeau came after exit interviews that featured a prominent role for team owner James Dolan,

More recently, the Los Angeles Lakers hired JJ Redick as their head coach last offseason. The Lakers were knocked out in the first round of the playoffs, but they went 50-32 in his first season, which was their best record since 2019-20.