Tom Thibodeau has hilarious response to Jimmy Butler's slight toward Knicks: 'I'll beat him to a pulp'

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New York Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau is ready to lead his squad into the second round of the NBA Playoffs after defeating the Philadelphia 76ers in six games, but he had time to deliver the perfect response for Jimmy Butler’s quip against his team. 

In a recent video that went viral, Butler said his Miami Heat would’ve beaten the Boston Celtics in the first round if he was able to play, and he also mentioned the Knicks by saying they would’ve been "home" as well. 

"If I was playing, Boston would be at home, New York damn sure would be at home. Josh Hart? C’mon man," Butler said in the video. 

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Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat prepares to shoot a free throw against the Washington Wizards on Feb. 2, 2024, at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. (Kenny Giarla/NBAE via Getty Images)

Butler also mentioned Thibodeau, his former head coach, joking that he would beat him "to a pulp."

Thibodeau was asked what he had to say about Butler’s comments one day before the Knicks opened its series against the Indiana Pacers at Madison Square Garden. 

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"Who?" Thibodeau told the New York Post while smiling. "I don’t know him. But I’ll beat him to a pulp."

Butler added that he loves Thibodeau, but said, "You want me, I don’t want you."

Head coach Tom Thibodeau of the New York Knicks talks to the media after the playoff game against the 76ers on May 2, 2024, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. (Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)

Thibodeau coached Butler in the past, and their disarray with the Minnesota