Tom Thibodeau

People often stack up Jimmy Butler’s tenacious approach to defense alongside Tom Thibodeau’s maniacal approach to coaching. And where some players might try to separate themselves from such a comparison, Butler is leaning into it as a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves. As he told The Vertical’s Shams Charania: “These young guys do listen, but it’s [...]

Tom Thibodeau is done waiting on the Minnesota Timberwolves. Sure, they wrapped 2016-17 as the NBA’s youngest team. And yes, their two most important players, Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins, still get carded when buying scratch-off lotto tickets. And no, preseason letdowns aren’t supposed to send head coaches into a tizzy. But Thibs is mad [...]

So about Andrew Wiggins’ five-year, $148 million extension with the Minnesota Timberwolves…We’ve yet to hear confirmation that he’s actually signed it, which is weird. The question is: Might this be a sign of something more sinister at play? Timberwolves coach-president Tom Thibodeau doesn’t think so, per Jerry Zgoda of the Star Tribune: [tweet https://twitter.com/JerryZgoda/status/913187813142577152] As someone [...]

Tom Thibodeau, head coach and president of the Minnesota Timberwolves, is no softy—unless you compared him to Kentucky head coach John Calipari. Okay, fine. That’s not exactly what Karl-Anthony Towns told CBS Sports’ Reid Forgrave. But he did say that Coach Cal has was much harder on him than Thibs is now: Q.Who’s tougher on you, [...]

Seeing Lance Stephenson play for Tom Thibodeau isn’t something you know you want more than anything ever until it actually happens. And, well, it’s about to happen. From The Vertical’s Shams Charania: Free-agent guard Lance Stephenson plans to sign a 10-day contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves, league sources told The Vertical. Stephenson is expected to [...]

Ricky Rubio’s name is the constant source of trade speculation, but that doesn’t mean he and Minnesota Timberwolves coach-president Tom Thibodeau are on bad terms. At least not according to Thibodeau, as he intimated in a question-and-answer session with MinnPost’s Britt Robinson: MP: There has been a lot of talk about the fact that you [...]

With the Minnesota Timberwolves sitting at 4-10, touting the Western Conference’s second-worst record, there are those around the NBA who expect head coach and president Tom Thibodeau to do something about it. Here’s Ric Bucher of Bleacher Report (via ProBasketballTalk’s Dan Feldman): Tom Thibodeau is not exactly a paragon of patience, which is why league [...]

Tom Thibodeau has liked what he’s seen from the New York Knicks this summer. I’m sure that is a totally objective stance and has nothing to do with them acquiring two of the most renowned players from his time as the Chicago Bulls’ head coach. Here’s the New York Post‘s Marc Berman with the lowdown: [...]

Imagine Joakim Noah in a Minnesota Timberwolves jersey. You can’t, right? Well, new Timberwolves coach and president Tom Thibodeau already is, according to the Sporting News’ Mitch Lawrence: League sources tell Sporting News that Thibodeau has targeted Joakim Noah, who is an unrestricted free agent and has interest in leaving Chicago and re-joining Thibodeau. When [...]

Those who wanted the New York Knicks to hire Tom Thibodeau as their next head coach will want to avert their eyes. Carmelo Anthony thinks Thibs would have came to New York if he was offered the job, per ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: Carmelo Anthony thinks Tom Thibodeau would have accepted the Knicks’ head-coaching job if [...]