Report: Thibodeau will be back with Boston

[greenbeans]

PPRRRAAAAIIISSEEE JEEEBUSSSS

And the inept Sacramento & Philly fo's.

[TMU]

Probably has to do with his experience and managerial skills, which he lacks. Tough for Tom but good news for the Celtics.

[DorfonCeltics]

My man Thibs from Hard Hittin New Britain...my hometown!!!!! Behind the bench tix here i come!

You're from New Britain, CT? I have a very good college friend from New Britain. Her parents were both educators/principal in the school system. I'm assuming you are a bit older what what year did you graduate from high school?

[bruno sundov]

This is great news.

[campybatman]

Even more insight on this.

The Kings chose Westphal over Lakers assistant Kurt Rambis, who was thought to be the front runner for the job, and Boston assistant Tom Thibodeau.

It was curious that the Kings, according to a source, wanted Rambis to decide whether to take the job now, while the Lakers were in the midst of The Finals. Westphal had already agreed to the parameters of the deal, but Rambis was holding out for a higher salary than the $1.5 million in the first year of the deal, which will make Westphal the lowest-paid head coach in the league.

But Maloof said that the Kings were impressed not only by Westphal, but by the number of different people that gave him strong recommendations, including Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and former Suns player Kevin Johnson, now the mayor of Sacramento.

"He's an offensive genius, I think," Maloof said. "I think what he'll do is hire an assistant who's super on defense...

http://www.nba.com/2009/news/06/10/king ... index.html

[Kefa461]

“He wants to come back,” said Ainge, who noted that talks had already begun. “He thinks we have something special here.”

http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/bask ... position=3