“There's obviously different roads you can go down. And I think if you study it, how teams are built - and I went through this in Minnesota - the draft is critical, free agency is critical, player development is critical and trade opportunities are critical.”

American basketball coach

Tom Thibodeau, known as Thibs, is an American basketball coach. He was most recently the head coach of the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association. He also served as an assistant coach for the United States men's national team from 2013 to 2016, and was part of the staff that won gold at the 2016 Olympic Games. His public profile is tied to coaching at the highest level of the sport, especially in the NBA and with the national team.