{"id":234651,"date":"2021-04-24T10:54:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T07:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tom-thibodeau-has-improved-as-a-coach\/"},"modified":"2021-04-24T10:54:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T07:54:26","slug":"tom-thibodeau-has-improved-as-a-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tom-thibodeau-has-improved-as-a-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"#Tom Thibodeau has improved as a coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Tom Thibodeau has improved as a coach<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Entering the home stretch of his first season with the Knicks, Tom Thibodeau has emerged as a legitimate Coach of the Year candidate.<\/p>\n

His team is overachieving beyond even the most optimistic preseason projections, defending at an elite level and in position at the moment to earn home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n

For a variety of reasons, Thibodeau didn\u2019t thrive with the Timberwolves, and he was fired 40 game<\/a>s into his third season there. He has used that experience to his new franchise\u2019s benefit. Just ask Derrick Rose, one of the players who played under him with Chicago and Minnesota.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt shows that he\u2019s improved as a coach. He\u2019s already a great coach, but every year he\u2019s improving and adjusting,\u201d Rose said on Friday after practice, as the Knicks prepared to host the Raptors on Saturday riding an eight-game winning streak. \u201cThat\u2019s the big difference that I see with him this year. He\u2019s giving guys more freedom to go out there and play the way they want. He\u2019s being positive on the court.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tom Thibodeau and Derrick Rose<\/figcaption>
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The fiery Thibodeau has rubbed off on the Knicks, who have fully bought into his structure and demands of all-out effort. Even he had to tell them they needed to take a break on Thursday from working out, calling it a \u201cblackout day.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWith a condensed schedule, you have to be smart about what you\u2019re doing I think,\u201d Thibodeau said. \u201cAs a head coach, you\u2019re always concerned how you pace the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love our group. We have such a great group of guys that are all serious, hard-working, dedicated. You couldn\u2019t ask for anything more as a coach.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rose joked that Thibodeau is so intense, he sometimes gives off the vibe that he wants to win more than his players do. That\u2019s unique.<\/p>\n