Thibodeau should be automatic COY every season...

[stalkerforlife]

Dude makes lemonade with lemons like no other. Seriously, the guy is a genius and should be paid like a superstar player. It's like having an extra player on the court.

Best coach in the league with Popovich.

[Beastmode88]

In before he "runs players into the ground".

[stalkerforlife]

And while I appreciate Melo's alpha loyalty to the Bulls, it would have been AMAZING to see him play on that team.

They'd win the east, easily.

[navy]

Pop Offense
Thibs Defense

[Beastmode88]

Pop Offense
Thibs Defense

Diaw and Leonard's defense are quite solid.

[Andrew Wiggins]

In before he "runs players into the ground".

he does tho

he's a great coach but he plays his main guys way TOO many minutes and doesn't trust enough players. that's what separates the elite coaches from the great coaches. guys like pop and phil jackson get the most out of guys like matt bonner and shannon brown. thibs would rather go with a 6 man rotation than go deep into his rotation

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Thibodeau is the greatest defensive coach in NBA history. Nikkas dont even know about the defensive schemes he was behind even before he got to Boston. he was so ahead of his team and pretty much every top defense of the past several years have copied his strategies

The top 3 coaches are and have been for years Pop, Carlisle and Thibs. 4th place is not remotely close whoever it is maybe Stan Van or Hornacek

[Bosnian Sajo]

Just off of the boxscore for Clips vs Bulls, Thib has only given 3 bench players playing time. Of those 3, not one of them is over 18 minutes and one of them has only 8 minutes. That seems to be his flaw, but other than that Thib is a truly amazing coach, hats off to that man.

[navy]

Diaw and Leonard's defense are quite solid.

I was referring to coaching. The Spurs are good offensively and defensively, hence the title.

[stalkerforlife]

Doc Rivers has the reputation he has because of Thibs.

Period.

[hawksdogsbraves]

I agree that Thibs is the second best coach in the league, but if he's winning COY every season what is Pop getting?

Pop is playing in and winning ships out of a much tougher conference with what is on paper a less talented team than the one in Chicago.

[Bosnian Sajo]

Doc Rivers has the reputation he has because of Thibs.

Period.

Agreed.

[Micku]

Thibodeau is the greatest defensive coach in NBA history. Nikkas dont even know about the defensive schemes he was behind even before he got to Boston. he was so ahead of his team and pretty much every top defense of the past several years have copied his strategies

The top 3 coaches are and have been for years Pop, Carlisle and Thibs. 4th place is not remotely close whoever it is maybe Stan Van or Hornacek

Larry Brown was pretty good as a defensive coach man. He has a good track record. Pop as well.

[Andrew Wiggins]

Larry Brown was pretty good as a defensive coach man. He has a good track record. Pop as well.

yep

jeff van gundy too. thibs served under jvg for years

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Larry Brown was pretty good as a defensive coach man. He has a good track record. Pop as well.

Neither are as good as Thibs defensively. Its not even close. You know that Thibs was the mind behind those 90s Knicks defenses right? When he got to Houston they became an elite top 5 defense when they were middle of the pack before.......he was the mind behind a GOAT defense in the 08 celtics and now w/ the bulls........his body of work is incredible

Both Brown and Pop had way better defensive talent
can u imagine Thibs w/ WallacenWallace, Chauncey and Prince. Or DRob, Timmy, SJax, Bowen, Manu etc

neither are on Thibs level defensively