Now you might ask, "Hey Marty, what do the Bulls and their coach have to do with LA?" Good question, let me just start by saying Doc Rivers is a great guy to have in the building. He's always had a knack for putting together the right pieces and personalities for a successful squad. With that said, if we can somehow get Thibodeau, the Doc Rivers Experiment needs to come to a close. Vinny Del Negro is not a good coach. And with this team his record during his last season was 56-26. Doc was 57-25 last year, even after making a couple nice moves in free agency in JJ Redick and Darren Collison. Sure, they lost Bledsoe, but he's injury prone and would have left anyway with the money he wanted.
Doc had success in Boston because he had three elite players willing to sacrifice stats for rings and a defense that led the way to the Finals. Doc's top assistant in charge of that defense - Thibs. Jeff Van Gundy came out the other day with some comments on the supposed rift between Thibodeau and Bulls management, and he flat out said when he was the head coach of the Knicks (one of the most stifling defenses of all time) the best coach on that team was Thibodeau and every single person on the bench knew it.
He's on his way out the door no matter what, this is the third incident with the team in 3 years. Plus Doc is already head of basketball operations, he still has a fallback job. Chicago has already tried trading him once. Last year to the Lakers for a draft pick. He has a proven ability to develop players (Taj Gibson, Jimmy Butler, Joakim Noah, *wink* Blake Griffin *wink*), he has a proven ability to coach his way through devastating injuries, and he might very well be of the most dastardly defensive minds of all time. I could understand if there were actually concerns with Thibs and the way he coaches but where are the concerns? The results speak for themselves. He took what was arguably the worst offensive team in the league, save Philly, and turned them into a middle of the pack playoff team who consistently beat good teams during the regular season. No shit those Rose-less lineups did nothing in the playoffs, on paper they should not have even been there.
All I'm saying is this. Chicago has shown they want to move him, Doc Rivers isn't the coach we need him to be, and he's a great guy to have behind the scenes in the front office to help bridge the gap between team and ownership. Plus, Doc already has a great relationship with Thibodeau from their time in Boston together and a complete change in ownership styles a la this fucking maniac Steve Ballmer could be just the breath of fresh air he's looking for. Match made in heaven, now make it happen Ballmer you fucking cannon!
Live look into the future when this definitely happens...
Guy's intensity is set to ten thousand trillion and I love every second of it.
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