{"id":23028,"date":"2024-07-25T17:17:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T17:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=23028"},"modified":"2024-07-26T15:22:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T15:22:01","slug":"nba-new-york-knicks-coach-tom-thibodeau-reach-3-year-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=23028","title":{"rendered":"NBA: New York Knicks, Coach Tom Thibodeau reach 3-year extension"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New York Knicks\u00a0coach Tom Thibodeau has agreed on a three-year contract extension that will take him through the 2027-28 season, sources told ESPN on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Thibodeau, a two-time NBA Coach of the Year, has been at the forefront of a franchise resurgence that includes a No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs after a 50-32 mark last season. The Knicks return a team with higher expectations and expect to compete with the Eastern Conference elite.<\/p>\n

The Knicks have reached the conference semifinals in each of the last two seasons after winning only one playoff series between 2001 and 2022, according to ESPN Stats & Information. Thibodeau ranks fifth in team history with 175 wins, reaching the playoffs in three of his four seasons as coach.<\/p>\n

Under Thibodeau, the Knicks were one of four teams to rank among the top 10 in both offensive and defensive efficiency last season, according to ESPN Stats & Information. (The\u00a0Boston Celtics,\u00a0Oklahoma City Thunder\u00a0and\u00a0Denver Nuggets\u00a0were the other three teams.)<\/p>\n

Head coach Tom Thibodeau of the New York Knicks celebrates with OG Anunoby (Photo by Michael Reaves\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Knicks president Leon Rose continues a strong summer that includes adding\u00a0Mikal Bridges, keeping free agent\u00a0OG Anunoby\u00a0and securing\u00a0Jalen Brunson\u00a0and Thibodeau with extensions.<\/p>\n

Thibodeau\u2019s hiring as Knicks head coach in 2020 was a full-circle moment in his life. Growing up in New Britain, Connecticut, his father, Thomas Sr., became a Knicks fan because Eddie Donovan \u2014 the coach at his alma mater, St. Bonaventure \u2014 left the school to become coach and GM of the Knicks.<\/p>\n

Jalen Brunson #11 of the New York Knicks (Photo by Elsa\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Thomas Sr. introduced his son to Knicks fandom at a young age, and Thibodeau eventually served as a Knicks assistant coach under Jeff Van Gundy from 1996 to 2003.<\/p>\n

The Knicks are Thibodeau\u2019s third head-coaching stop in the NBA, including runs with the\u00a0Chicago Bulls\u00a0(2010-2015) and the\u00a0Minnesota Timberwolves\u00a0(2016-2019). He is 527-389 (.575) in 13 overall seasons, including 38-47 (.447) in the playoffs.<\/p>

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