Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau has fond memories of his time as an assistant with the Celtics. He was on Doc Rivers’s staff when Boston won the title in 2008, and remained with the franchise until 2010.
Thibodeau played college basketball at Salem State and began his coaching career there. He later had a stint as an assistant coach at Harvard. Winning a title with the Celtics on his last stop before becoming an NBA head coach was special, he said.
“It was just unbelievable, I think, from top to bottom,” Thibodeau said before his team’s 108-105 overtime victory at TD Garden Monday night.