There have been plenty of rumors throughout the off-season concerning Ed Pinckney — would the highly-regarded assistant coach who was under contract with the Denver Nuggets end up on Tom Thibodeau’s bench in Minnesota?
Pinckney was on Thibodeau’s staff in Chicago and received a large contract with the Nuggets after Thibs was fired from the Bulls. Pinckney’s contract in Denver reportedly included a non-compete clause and it was far from a slam dunk that he’d head north to Minneapolis.
But after resigning from the Nuggets over the summer, the main hurdle to clear was that pesky non-compete.