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.

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. Seven candidates did not agree with the Knicks’ move, while Michael Blake had the backs of James Dolan and Leon Rose.