Together again: Derrick Rose reportedly joining up with Tom Thibodeau and the Timberwolves

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Tom Thibodeau really is getting the band back together up in the Land of 10,000 Lakes.

According to a Thursday morning report from ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, Derrick Rose will be signing with the Minnesota Timberwolves for the remainder of the season.

Rose has had himself a tough season, playing in just 16 games with the Cleveland Cavaliers while again battling injury woes and apparently considering retiring from the game.

But here he is now, reuniting with Thibodeau, who coached Rose for five seasons with the Bulls and is in his second season coaching the Timberwolves, who currently hold the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference playoff race.

This move will inject even more former-Bull flavor into the Timberwolves, who acquired Jimmy Butler (in a trade with the Bulls) and Taj Gibson last offseason.

Rose averaged 9.8 points and 1.6 assists a game in those 16 contests with the Cavs earlier this season before being traded to the Utah Jazz last month. He was waived two days after that trade. Last season, his first since being traded away from the Bulls, he averaged 18 points and 4.4 assists in 64 games with the New York Knicks.

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