Knicks on troubling trajectory with Tom Thibodeau's tired ways reinforced yet again in blown lead against Nets

Thibodeau is taking New York down a road we've seen before when he coached Chicago and Minnesota

Last week's NBA trade deadline -- and all the change it engendered across the league -- further eclipsed a painfully true reality for the New York Knicks: The honeymoon period between Tom Thibodeau and his latest team is very, very over.

The Brooklyn Nets made a big move, landing Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, Andre Drummond and picks. The Philadelphia 76ers, in that same trade, acquired James Harden. The Mavericks bolstered their Luka Doncic-led squad with Spencer Dinwiddie and Davis Bertans. CJ McCollum is now a Pelican, Serge Ibaka a Buck, Montrezl Harrell a Hornet.

And the Knicks? They're just still the Knicks. They didn't change at the deadline. They tend not to. A fact, unfortunately, that particular long-hapless organization has in common with their hard-charging, overly demanding, talented and -- inevitably, always -- disappointing head coach.