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Josh Hart Has Hilarious Reaction to Knicks Head Coaching News

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Svyato Rovenchuk | Last updated Jun 7, 2025 4:58 PM ET

The New York Knicks shocked many when they decided to move on from Tom Thibodeau following the team's elimination to the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals. They will now have one of the top coaching vacancies in the NBA.

Thibodeau brought a lot of success to the Knicks during his time there. In five seasons with the team, the head coach managed to reach the NBA Playoffs in four of them.

Thibodeau was also responsible for getting New York to their first Eastern Conference Finals appearance is 2000, falling short of their first NBA Finals appearance since 1999 by two wins. Leon Rose and the organization did not deem this to be enough.

New York Knicks President Leon Rose released a statement after relieving head coach Tom Thibodeau of his duties. pic.twitter.com/mZ6BDoluTL
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Citing a desire to be better-aligned with their championship dreams, the Knicks clearly did not believe Thibodeau would be the man to get them to the promised land. New York has looked in several directions ever since.

One of those directions involved retired coach Jay Wright. The Villanova players on the Knicks would be very familiar with Wright considering he served as the head coach for the school during their time there.

However, Ian Begley reported on Twitter/X that the Knicks will not be adding the friendly face to the organization.

Begley wrote, "With regard to reports/suggestions of Jay Wright as a Knick coaching candidate, yes, team president Leon Rose & Wright have a close relationship and speak regularly. Because of that, Rose knows Wright is very happy as a retiree, per league source. So Wright is not a candidate for the job, league source said."

Josh Hart had no love lost for his old coach. The Knicks fan favorite responded to the report from Begley, joking about his lack of desire to reunite with Wright.