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Tom Thibodeau after being fired from Bulls: 'I have no regrets'

Published Aug. 12, 2015 5:02 p.m. ET

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Tom Thibodeau was head coach of the Chicago Bulls for five seasons, and in the most recent one, he guided his team to the second round of the playoffs before being eliminated at the hands of LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

There's no shame in that, obviously, but Thibodeau's time in Chicago had run its course. He was resistant to include management in his decision-making process, and his relentless style of playing his players heavy minutes while demanding maximum effort every single moment became grating, and it was simply time to make a change.

Thibodeau is in Las Vegas this week as an assistant coach at the USA Basketball minicamp, and he had nothing but positive things to say about his stint with the Bulls.

"I have no regrets," Thibodeau said after the first day of USA Basketball's minicamp, via Nick Friedell of ESPN Chicago. "I have no regrets. Every year you look at what you did. You try to analyze the things you did well, the things that you'd like to improve upon. I think you always want to try and get better; you never want to stay the same. From that standpoint, I don't think I'll change. I thought I learned each year I was there, and I'm looking forward to whatever comes next."

"It was a great run," Thibodeau said. "I had a great staff. I enjoyed them. The players were terrific. My whole experience there was great. In pro sports, [getting fired] happens. You move on. You look back and I'd rather reflect on the positives than think about any negatives, because the good far outweighed any bad. ... I'm very proud of what we accomplished. To win the games that we did, to deal with the adversity that we did. We dealt with [point guard] Derrick [Rose] and his injuries. We survived that; we lost players along the way. But we always find a way to compete, and I'm very proud of that. I thought we had a great group of guys."

(h/t: ESPN)

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