[Sidery] The Knicks are preparing to offer Tom Thibodeau a long-term extension this offseason approaching $10 million annually to remain their head coach, per @ShamsCharania on @RunItBackFDTV. Thibodeau will be entering the final year of his contract next season in New York.
by ploptankploop
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we made the playoffs with him with essentially three totally different rosters.
A coach actually finishing his contract. You can tell he’s good.
Done deal. Congrats, Coach. Well earned.
Worth every single penny and then some
Well deserved
He deserves that. Thibs, has worked wonders with this group. Ahhh haaa to all the thibs naysayers.
Make Thibs the highest paid coach! Give Rick Brunson and Johnny Bryant a raise!
Tbh well deserved
Can’t believe the head coaches we’ve ran thru to get to Thibs
Makes me cry thinking about it
Still blows my mind we actually have a long-term coach 😭
Remember when 95% of this sub’s posts were some flavor of “Fire Thibs” or “Trade Randle for peanuts”?
We’ve come a long way
We’re so lucky to have him for as long as he wants to coach.
Thibs gonna die yelling at someone on the Knick not playing defense. lol 😂
watched the game last night with my friend that knows nothing about basketball. one of his only comments on thibs was “they basically won and he still doesnt look happy.” — we’ve had so many coaches that were happy to lose, now we have one thatll call a timeout if the 3rd stringers make a mistake up 20. give this man that contract.
hes a knickerbocker
Thibs has brought something to NYK that they haven’t had for a loooong time, which is being consistently competitive. We can talk about getting to the ECF or Finals, but I’m just so grateful that this team is competitive on an annual and nightly basis. My interest in the Knicks was near zero in those dark years after Melo. Thibs has made this team tough and gave a reason to be proud as a fan.
Good for him. Remember when Dolan basically banned Thibs because he thought Thibs was Isola’s source.
Thibs mindset is our identity at this point. Idk how hard nosed this team would be with another coach. He’s earned it. And hopefully he gets us over that hump. If we make it to the ECF with how donated we are he deserves a lot of credit.
Good. Sign him for 20 years until he is as old as Hubie Brown. Thanks Dolan.
Well deserved. As someone who wasn’t a fan of thibs when he was hired and then at times during his tenure here, he’s really grown so much as a coach. He’s always been able to get a lot out of his players, but he’s been excellent with his talent development and has come such a long way with his adjustments both before and during games.
“Get money” – Junior Mafia circa 1990s
Thibs deserves every cent.
He literally transformed the Knicks from the laughingstock lolKnicks into the eventual 2-seed in the east.
He got them to the playoffs in his 1st season.
He helped Randle transform from a beyblade into a well-paid multi-year All-Star.
He developed both centers into some of the best in the league.
He got them to the playoffs 3 out of 4 years.
He has the team laser-focused on winning and has them working like a true team (or like a squad of Navy SEALS as was talked about on the broadcast 😂).
And a lot more….
Well done, coach.
Feels like this is so destined to be one of those Larry Brown situations where a coach has success for many years with different teams but never could quite win the whole thing until he finally got the right roster years into his career. Thibs wiith Chicago, then Minny, now NY. Hopefully this is the team that he gets over the hump with. He’ll be immortalized along with the whole team.
Viva Thibs!
He’s right up there with Van Gundy as my favorite Knicks coaches of all time.
In fact I have him a tiny bit higher than Van Gundy because JVG inherited a good winning team but Thibs had to start from relatively scratch.
Not my money and I don’t care how much the Knicks pay him. He’s done the job extremely well.
He’s righted the ship after years and years of mediocrity (and worse) and he’s actually finishing out his contract… coaching the Knicks. Would you look at that?
Pay the man
I love you Thibs. I’m sorry I ever doubted you.
He did better this year than his COTY award season. Earned it, and this is coming from someone 50-50 on Thibs
but he hates his players and wants them to die??? what is this???
I mean the number doesn’t matter and dolan is always willing to pay out.
The words extension and head coach contract are usually never in the same sentence with the Knicks. This man changed our culture.
He needs that Spo deal soon.
Saved this franchise from decades of mediocrity and has instilled a winning culture and a standard of playing with effort.
Empowered second rounders like Mitch and Deuce to become great NBA players. Sends a message to any new player: if you defend, you have a path to playing time.
And best of all: his players continuously have his back. These guys love playing for him.
Give him whatever money he asks for. Great defensive coach with solid offensive schemes as well. He built a winning culture and we have a chance to make the ECF for the first time since 2000 AND we’re doing it with an injured af roster. We got players believing in themselves and one another and defying all odds. It’s beautiful to see.
Snoop from the Wire saying you earned that brick like a morherfucker
But but he was voted the worst coach to play for in the NBA.
Bing Bong… Thibs is that guy
Oh he’s signing
Thibs can spend the rest of his career here. He’s getting the best out of this entire roster. Everyone having career years
Even I could play 10 hard minutes for Thibs. And then throw up.
Keep him till he retires
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