When the New York Knicks announced the hiring of Tom Thibodeau as head coach, some fans were worried what that might mean for the development of their younger players. After all, Thibs is an older coach, viewed by many as a “win now” kind of guy, and he traded away a number of young players for vets during his stint as coach-slash-president in Minnesota.
Team president Leon Rose has a plan to satisfy both Thibodeau’s desire to hire his own staff and the organization’s need to focus on player development. His plan, according to Ian Begley, is to hire way more coaches:
There is internal consideration in the organization to hire a significant number of player-development coaches for Thibodeau’s staff, per SNY sources.