A person unfamiliar with the National Basketball Association watching the Minnesota Timberwolves play for the first time probably wonders why that little man hoarsely barking on the sidelines is so angry.
But for those who watched the profanity pour forth from coach Tom Thibodeau last season, flecked with aggrieved vitriol and an occasional speck of spittle, he has been a model of contentment and decorum by comparison thus far during the 2017-18 campaign.
Thibs, an undeniably wise man in the ways of basketball, will never be likened to a serene sensei almost imperceptibly guiding his charges along the path toward righteousness.