Life is coming full circle for Tom Thibodeau and the New York Knicks. The grizzled veteran of a head coach is returning to the place he once called home to coach the team he grew up rooting for in Connecticut. Thibodeau was an assistant on Jeff Van Gundy’s staff in the ’90s when the Knicks were among the toughest teams in the NBA.
“This a dream come true for me,” Thibodeau said in a Zoom press conference. “This is my dream job”
“Maybe part of that is I grew up in Connecticut,” Thibs later continued.