With the news that the NBA coaches had voted Phoenix’s Monty Williams as its coach of the year, Taj Gibson praised Williams but also stated the case for his coach, Tom Thibodeau.
"First things first: Hats off to Monty Williams," Gibson said. "He’s an extremely good coach, well-deserved. He did one hell of a job. He’s been a good coach for a long time. He deserved that for a while. It’s only a matter of time. I was there when Thibs got his first Coach of the Year [in Chicago]. I understood how thrilled he was.
"But to be honest with you, we in the locker room felt he was the coach of the year to us.