Tom Thibodeau’s relationship with Doc Rivers goes back decades and they earned a championship ring together in Boston when Thibodeau was an assistant to Rivers.
"Yeah, he’s a good friend and we know each other very well," Rivers said. "We were together a long time. We stay in communication. So it’s a great relationship . . . He is one of those guys whose love is basketball. Early on I tried to get him out of the office. And then I realized that would make him unhappy. So let him be."
"We spent a lot of time not only then but after our time together in Boston," Thibodeau said.