Thibodeau’s firing could bring Hoiberg back to Wolves

A month ago, league executives were curious: Does Fred Hoiberg’s firing in Chicago mean Tom Thibodeau’s days in Minnesota are numbered?

Minnesota owner Glen Taylor, as Thibodeau’s boss, was the only one could answer that truthfully. At the time, a Hoiberg-Wolves reunion seemed far-fetched. After a long, drawn-out saga, Jimmy Butler was finally traded to the Philadelphia 76ers. The move appeared to buy Thibodeau time to prove he could turn things around with newcomers Robert Covington and Dario Saric.

But after 27 games without Butler, Taylor apparently had seen enough. Thibodeau was let go as both coach and president of basketball operations on Sunday. The latter wasn’t a huge surprise;…