{"id":77615,"date":"2024-05-15T18:41:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T22:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=77615"},"modified":"2024-05-15T18:41:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T22:41:20","slug":"knicks-tom-thibodeau-contract-extension-could-approach-eight-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/05\/15\/knicks-tom-thibodeau-contract-extension-could-approach-eight-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"2-Time COY\u2019s Contract Extension Could Approach \u2018Eight Figures\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Thibodeau has made the most of his time with the New York Knicks, leading the team to the playoffs in three of his four seasons with the team.<\/p>\n<p>Taking over for a franchise that had won an average of 24.5 games per season the previous four years, Thibodeau was given a tall task when asked to redeem a franchise that had lost its way. Though the Knicks haven\u2019t won a championship in 51 years (and counting), they\u2019ve had 27 playoff appearances. Two of these postseason berths resulted in a trip to the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n<p>Now, for the first time in over a decade, they\u2019re a team to be taken seriously.<\/p>\n<h2>Tom Thibodeau Contract Extension Could Approach \u2018Eight Figures\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Making his customary appearance on Run It Back, The Athletic insider Shams Charania reveals that \u201c\u2026both (the Knicks and Thibodeau) will discuss a new deal in the offseason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Knicks very much want to lock in Tom Thibodeau long-term,\u201d Charania reports. \u201cIf he were to ever become a coaching free agent there\u2019s not a short list of teams that would go try to get (him).\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;The Knicks very much want to lock in Tom Thibodeau long term&#8230;It wouldn&#8217;t surprise anyone if his next deal approaches 8-figures.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ShamsCharania<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Knicks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Knicks<\/a> and Tom Thibodeau <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/20mN4t5ufs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/20mN4t5ufs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Run It Back (@RunItBackFDTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RunItBackFDTV\/status\/1790747943102025979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s at about $7 million per season right now on his current deal,\u201d adds Charania, \u201cand we see where these coaching contracts are going. So it wouldn\u2019t surprise anyone if his next deal approaches eight figures.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>A Rare Breed<\/h3>\n<p>Signing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brunsja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jalen Brunson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/randlju01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julius Randle<\/a> may be the most significant factor in the Knicks\u2019 recent success. However, Thibodeau\u2019s coaching <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/04\/04\/the-case-for-tom-thibodeau-as-a-coach-of-the-year-contender\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">has been invaluable<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s extremely detail-oriented and absolutely dedicated to his career. His knack for teaching has led to the Knicks consistently having a top-10 defense. He earns his players\u2019 trust with his basketball acumen and by establishing real relationships with them.<\/p>\n<p>On the outside looking in, it\u2019s easy to question Thibodeau\u2019s minutes distribution. Everyone does, from former and current players to media pundits and fans. To that point, there are reasons to be concerned about whether he\u2019s puts too much weight on his player\u2019s shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, the proof is in the pudding. He has the 13th-highest regular season win percentage (.575) among coaches to win at least 500 games. He\u2019s been to the playoffs nine times in the 12 years he\u2019s been a head coach. A two-time Coach of the Year, there are few people that can match his resume in any sports league.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Thibodeau has made the most of his time with the New York Knicks, leading the team to the playoffs in three of his four seasons with the team. Taking over for a franchise that had won an average of 24.5 games per season the previous four years, Thibodeau was given a tall task when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":77620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1608,62,3],"tags":[4557,596,215],"class_list":["post-77615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knicks","category-basketball","category-nba","category-news","tag-nba-offseason","tag-nba-playoffs","tag-tom-thibodeau"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}