The Knicks weren’t acting rash (hasty, incautious) in firing Derek Fisher this soon,they were just following a growing NBA trend
For the first few months of the season, the fresh York Knicks pulled off a convincing imitation of a functional NBA franchise. Not only did they have a winning record, or the Knicks looked like they could be in position to accomplish a playoff sprint. That would have been a remarkable turnaround for a team that won all of 17 games last time around.
Then the Knicks remembered that they were the Knicks. After a promising start to the season,highlighted by the ascent of rookie Kristaps Porzingis, their record was just 23-31, and “good” for fourth-worst in the Eastern Conference. On Monday,after a stretch where they had lost nine of their last 10 games, they fired head coach Derek Fisher in the middle of year two of a five-year contract.
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Source: theguardian.com