NEW YORK — Tom Thibodeau is ready for his next challenge. It’s been nearly a year since he was abruptly fired as the head coach and president of the Minnesota Timberwolves, a franchise that reached the postseason for the first time in 14 years under his leadership.
Overall, the Wolves have played minus .500 basketball since Thibodeau was sacked. Likewise, the Chicago Bulls have not come close to matching the success they enjoyed under Thibodeau, who averaged 51 wins per season and made the playoffs in each of his five years in Chicago.
Thibodeau’s .589 winning percentage ranks 12th all-time among head coaches with at least 500 games. He has coached in 217 playoff games as an assistant coach, associate head coach and head coach and his teams are 111-106, including a championship with the Boston Celtics and three trips to the NBA Finals.
Thibodeau is an unapologetic basketball lifer who isn’t accustomed to having this much down time, certainly not in…
