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NBA insider: Trade deadline keeps Tom Thibodeau working

You probably couldn’t imagine Tom Thibodeau jetting off to the Caribbean this time of year when he held only the job title “Coach.”

Now that he’s the Timberwolves’ president of basketball operations as well, the NBA’s lengthened All-Star break will be that in name only, particularly with the league’s trade deadline approaching Thursday afternoon.

“You just go in and you work, that’s what you do,” he said. “You look at all the things happening this time of year. You look to our roster, to what’s going on around the league. There’s always something to do.”

Thursday’s deadline already has sent Serge Ibaka, Terrence Ross, Jusuf Nurkic and Mason Plumlee on the move, with more — Brook Lopez?