The New York forward has been reunited with a familiar face.
For Towns, however, the presence of a familiar face will ease the transition. Towns has been reunited with Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau, who coached the forward on the Timberwolves from 2017 to '19.reporters Thursday via ESPN's Chris Herring. "I know the offense he likes to run. I know the way he likes to play defense and what he expects from his players."
With Towns and Thibodeau, Minnesota went 31-51 in '17, a rock-solid 47-35 in '18, and 36-46 in '19—a season that included Thibodeau's January firing. Thibodeau has coached some of the best basketball of his career with New York. His 50-32 mark in '24 was his best since 2015 with the " gotten a lot more experience. He's now been deep in the playoffs and knows what that's like," Thibodeau told reporters per Herring. "As much as you try to prepare for something like that, until you go through it, you don't fully understand what that is. His understanding is so much further along now than in his second year in the league."Patrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated.
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