Skip to content  Nets interested in Tom Thibodeau?  Apr 20,
2010, 2:41 PM EST  According to Julian Garcia of the New Jersey
Daily News, the New Jersey Nets may be interested in hiring
Boston Celtics assistant coach Tom Thibodeau as the next head
coach of the Nets.   Nets president Rod Thorn did not mention
Thibodeau by name, but seemed to describe Thibodeau when talking
about coaches that would be a good fit in New Jersey. Thibodeau
has long been considered one of the best assistant coaches in
basketball. He has few peers as a defensive strategist; the
Knicks and Rockets both played great defense when Thibodeau was
an assistant for them. His current team, the Celtics, have been
a great defensive team when Thibodeau (and Kevin Garnett) came
to the team in 2007. There are flashier head-coaching hires that
the Nets could potentially make, but Thibodeau would be an
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