Denver coach Mike Malone retold his favorite anecdote about Tom Thibodeau before his Nuggets gave his good friend a jarring reminder of what the slumping New York Knicks have been missing.
“The thing that jumps to mind is when Thibs was just to be a Summer League coach. [The NBA] used to have a famous Summer League, before they moved to [Las] Vegas, it used to be in Boston and we used to practiced at the Westchester Civic Center. Then I remember looking at Don Chaney with iced pack on his knees, this used to be before our practices,” said Malone with a chuckle.