New York Knicks Welcome Back Former Members For Minnesota Game
The New York Knicks will be seeing a number of familiar faces when the Minnesota Timberwolves come to town on Friday, December 2.
The New York Knicks will host the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second leg of a home and home on Friday, December 2. It’ll be a big game for New York, which is poised to win at home and improve to 10-9 on the season.
Before the game can occur, however, a number of former Knicks will enter Madison Square Garden as members of the road team.
The Knicks were one of the original teams in the BAA before the Association merged with the NBL to create the NBA. Thus, it’s hardly surprising that former members of the Knicks can be found scattered around the Association.
New York posted a picture welcoming back four former members of the Knicks who are now with the Timberwolves.
Picture outside of the T-Wolves locker room at MSG features Tom Thibodeau, Scott Layden, Rick Brunson, Cole Aldrich during their Knicks days pic.twitter.com/6i5Cqp4ACf
— Ian Begley (@IanBegley) December 2, 2016
Once a Knick, always a Knick.
Tom Thibodeau was an assistant coach for the Knicks from 1996 to 2004. He helped Jeff Van Gundy lead New York to the 1999 NBA Finals and 2000 Eastern Conference Finals, and helped build one of the most dominant defensive units in league history.
Thibodeau is in his first year as head coach of the visiting Timberwolves after spending five seasons in the same position with the Chicago Bulls.
Scott Layden was the general manager of the Knicks from 1999 to 2003. He was the executive behind re-signing Allan Houston, trading for Antonio McDyess, and dealing Patrick Ewing to Seattle.
Layden is now the general manager of the Timberwolves.
Rick Brunson played 69 games for the Knicks between 1998-99 and 2000-01, and is now an assistant coach to Thibodeau with the Timberwolves. Rounding out that group is Cole Aldrich, who played 107 games for the Knicks between 2013-14 and 2014-15.
The hope in New York is that the Knicks can welcome them back amicably and then defeat the Timberwolves.
As the saying goes: once a Knick, always a Knick.
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