Theres always some sort of drama or controversy with the New York Knicks and their fans. If its not one thing, its the other.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, it was their coaching hire. The Knicks are moving forward to make former Bulls and Timberwolves head coach Tom Thibodeau their next head coach, according to a report from ESPNs Adrian Wojnarowski.<\/p>\n
The two sides are in the middle of hammering out the final details on a contract that would keep Thibodeau in New York for the next five years. It will be on him to shape the prime of R.J. Barrett and Mitchell Robinsons careers.<\/p>\n
You can already hear the sound of creaking knees in the background just reading that tweet.<\/p>\n
The Knicks are in a unique space. Theyve got a ton of young talent on that team starting with Barrett and Robinson. They needed a coach who could help bring out their best while also shaping their future.<\/p>\n
And Thibodeau definitely has one part of that down. Lets, uh, leave the Timberwolves aside for a sec. He coached Derrick Rose to an MVP season, turned Jimmy Butler and Luol Deng into All-Stars and turned Joakim Noah into a Defensive Player of the Year.<\/p>\n
On the other hand? He ran also ran pretty much all of them into the ground Jimmy Butler is an exception because hes a cyborg.<\/p>\n
Thibodeau is known to grind his players away with heavy minutes and that concerns a lot of Knicks fans.<\/p>\n
The jokes were pretty funny, though.<\/p>\n
Its all good, Knicks fans. There are a couple of silver linings, at least! First, at least its not Jason Kidd. Second, we get to use this Vine again!<\/p>\n
Ah, yes. Everything comes full circle. Finally.<\/p>\n
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