If the Knicks trade for Derrick Rose that became official Monday had you wondering about the intentions of the newly constructed front office, all you had to do was look to the biggest move Leon Rose made since taking over — bringing Tom Thibodeau on board as head coach.
That was not the move of a franchise seeking a slow, public-relations focused path forward. If there was a criticism of Thibodeau that trailed him into his introductory news conference it was that he might be too focused on winning. For a franchise that had sunk to great depths of dysfunction that was not a worry.