EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) -The Boston Celtics apparently will need a new assistant coach after the NBA finals.
Bulls.com and ESPNChicago.com both reported on Saturday that Tom Thibodeau had accepted a deal to replace Vinny Del Negro. Considered one of the NBA’s top defensive minds, Thibodeau was also a candidate for jobs in New Orleans and New Jersey.
However, Celtics coach Doc Rivers would not confirm reports that Thibodeau had accepted the Chicago Bulls’ head coaching job.
Rivers says Saturday that he “hopes it’s true,” and says Thibodeau deserves the job, but otherwise the Celtics were “focused on the NBA finals.”
Thibodeau was not made available before the Celtics practiced the day before Game 2 of the series against the Los Angeles Lakers.
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