Knicks stars party in NYC after playoff ouster — hours before Tom Thibodeau firing
The Knicks seemed to be in high spirits on Monday night, less than 24 hours before head coach Tom Thibodeau was fired, as Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges and company partied at The Fleur Room in Chelsea.
In photos obtained by The Post, the Knicks were all smiles as they partied it up a few blocks from Madison Square Garden days after they had been eliminated from the Eastern Conference finals with a 125-108 loss to the Pacers on Saturday night.
The players happily posed for the camera in several shots, which included Brunson and Towns standing next to one another and Hart flashing a smile in a separate pic.
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8 Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns partying at The Fleur Room on Monday night.
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8 OG Anunoby (l. to r.), Karl-Anthony Towns, Jalen Brunson, Cam Payne, Josh Hart and PJ Tucker of the Knicks partying at The Fleur Room on Monday night.
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8 Josh Hart and Knicks great Latrell Sprewell party at The Fleur Room on Monday night.
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In one photo, P.J. Tucker held a mic in his hand near the DJ booth with a bottle in his other hand raised above his head.
Another snap saw Bridges, Tucker and Hart all smiles while chatting it up.
Also on hand was Crystal Palace striker Eddie Nketiah, who in one photo was seen dapping up Bridges, Knicks great Latrell Sprewell, photographed in conversation with Hart, and rapper Busta Rhymes.
8 P.J. Ticker of the Knicks grabs the mic as he parties with his Knicks teammates at The Fleur Room on Monday night.
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8 Josh Hart of the New York Knicks partying at The Fleur Room on Monday night with his teammates.
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It did not appear that the Knicks, or their celeb guests, were expecting what took place the following day when the team announced it had fired Thibodeau, only a few days removed from the end of their first trip to the Eastern Conference finals in 25 years.
The players reacted with shock on Tuesday at the news with Towns posting a captionless image on his Instagram Story of himself sitting with Thibodeau.
8 Knicks center Mitchell Robinson parties at The Fleur Room on Monday night with his teammates.
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8 Karl-Anthony Towns parties at The Fleur Room on Monday night with his teammates.
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8 Delon Wright (l. to r.), Ariel Hukporti, Mikal Bridges and Miles McBride party at The Fleur Room on Monday night with his teammates.
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Hart reacted nearly immediately on X when he wrote, 'Forever Grateful. Thank You!'
In a statement from Knicks president Leon Rose, he said that 'ultimately, we made the decision we feel is best for our organization moving forward.'
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