Tom Thibodeau Could Be Rising Star Among Rising Stars
The Chicago Bulls are a team on the rise, so it is only fitting they will hire a coach following a similar path. Published reports state the Bulls will make Boston Celtics associate head coach Tom Thibodeau the team’s 18th head coach in team history. He will be asked to take a young core of Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah to places Vinny Del Negro failed to go. Del Negro recorded an 82-82 record in two seasons in Chicago before being axed after the team’s first round loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Despite not having head coaching experience, Thibodeau is the anti-Del Negro. Doc Rivers’ right-hand man has been on the bench for 153 playoff games, 80 of which came as the top assistant under Jeff Van Gundy when he coached the New...
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