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Tom Thibodeau Fired by Chicago Bulls

Well, it happened.

The Bulls have fired Tom Thibodeau, team announces.

— Sean Highkin (@highkin) May 28, 2015

The speculation had been there for months, and now, Tom Thibodeau is out of a job.

Thibodeau amassed a 255-139 record during five seasons with the Bulls, including two trips to the NBA Playoffs as the Eastern Conference’s top seed.

Here’s the … interesting … press release from the Chicago Bulls‘ public relations department on Thibodeau’s departure:

Official Release: http://t.co/vcAPYusoZF

— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) May 28, 2015

Bulls management and Thibodeau didn’t seen eye-to-eye on matters over recent memory, and it showed not only in the press release, but in the Bulls’ willingness to pay $9 million for the final two years of his contract to not coach the Bulls.