We are 14 - 3 when he gets decent playing time but of course right now is the perfect/only time he would have helped the team. On another note, I am just happy to get some draft picks right for a change. Thank goodness the Frank and Knox type picks are no longer the normal. Sims, Grimes, McBride, Quick and Obi all contribute to winning. We don't draft stars but we get good players.
fishmike@ 12/15/2022 4:44 PM
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We are 14 - 3 when he gets decent playing time but of course right now is the perfect/only time he would have helped the team. On another note, I am just happy to get some draft picks right for a change. Thank goodness the Frank and Knox type picks are no longer the normal. Sims, Grimes, McBride, Quick and Obi all contribute to winning. We don't draft stars but we get good players.
its great and a volume game and they got a "type" and the common trait is the work. They all put in the work and it shows. Its just fun to watch every night
Video editing must have been challenging. Trying to fit the same 5 highlights into a 4 minute piece. 🤣 Deuce is the lunch pail dream.
Did hit a big three last night and kid gives it 110%.
EwingsGlass@ 12/19/2022 9:25 AM
HofstraBBall wrote:
martin wrote:This gotta be blkexec!
Video editing must have been challenging. Trying to fit the same 5 highlights into a 4 minute piece. 🤣 Deuce is the lunch pail dream.
Did hit a big three last night and kid gives it 110%.
Keep an eye on Deuce. His advanced stats are blowing away his "money stats". Reeks of a kid that just needs more opportunity. Defensive Rating is one. Best defense rating in the league for players with more than 10 mins per game. Steal percentage is off the charts. He doesn't really exist in the offense dominated by our "big 3" and that may be ok. I can't speak to his offensive skills but for his G-League performances, but man, this guy has All Defensive team written all over him IF (and its a big IF) these defensive numbers translate the same in extended minutes.
blkexec@ 12/19/2022 10:03 PM
Miles McBride is the Knicks’ lucky rabbit’s foot The Knicks haven’t lost a game since locking the tenacious sophomore into their rotation. By Russell_Richardson
Something is happening here? Finally? Is he turning the corner? Shaking off the fear of the big stage? I'm excited to see how he performs the rest of this season. Can he have a real breakout?
martin@ 2/6/2023 9:23 AM
Not for nothing but Deuce figuring stuff out at a faster rate than Obi has over the past years
Nalod@ 2/6/2023 9:57 AM
Knicks give its yoot time to play, time to grow, and some things can't be rushed. Except in hindsight. Its assumed if the playing time was there it would have happened sooner. Not always. Thibs and staff are encouraging its young players to shoot and play thru it. RJ included. Last night was Deuce and Grimes time and they are knocking them down. With Grimes, this makes life easier for RJ, Randle and Brunson to kick out. Now the double teaming them gets problematic for them. Deuce might make IQ expendable for trade. If he is the difference maker for an OG trade for example, we upgrade the 3, move RJ to the 2, (or just call it "Wings"). This is what you want, internal growth to create better players to play or trade.
NYKMentality@ 2/6/2023 10:17 AM
ramtour420 wrote:
NYKMentality wrote:R.J. Barrett. Quentin Grimes. Miles McBride. Immanuel Quickley.
It's been a long time coming but NY now finally has TALENTED guards.
They are all super young too.
And now the question is do we stay the course and develop or do we trade them all for Lillard or some other older star as soon as they gather interest from the league?
Hindsight is always 20/20 but our Front Office got this one right.
They kept all 4 of R.J. Barrett, Immanuel Quickley, Quentin Grimes and Deuce McBride.
Before then splashing on Jalen Brunson come Free Agency; and Jalen Brunson is without question the NBA's #1 Free Agent addition (of any team) here in 2022-2023.
(I never wanted Dame Lillard. We don't need to trade the farm + future for aging Superstars; because we're now in position to develop and mold multiple {extremely young} talents into All-Star caliber players).
BigDaddyG@ 2/6/2023 10:38 AM
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What I find interesting reading some of these posts lately. For a while, fans have been saying we don't have a bench and Deuce should not get the minutes he's getting.
But when we win, all of a sudden, we now have a bench. And now Deuce should get some minutes? SMH
Glad to see my boy Deuce hit some shots, since thats how fans measure his success. What I see is a consistent defender who gives 100% regardless if he's making shots and regardless of his minutes distribution. He's consistent on defense and this team needs more consistent players. Personally I don't care if he missed all his shots, he's contributing to winning basketball and his energy on defense spreads to other players and forces players to give a similar effort. Love it.
Making open shots is needed for this team. But having a player who Thibs can trust on defense is just an important. Now put the two together and we are seeing a solid 2 way guard develop in front of us. He was hand picked by Thibs and Deuce is a coaches dream. Blue collar worker who does everything the coach ask. Glad to see he's aggressive on offense. All he was missing was confidence he can score at this level. We already know he can score in the Gleague and he can score in college.
Congrats to Deuce. Lets hope Thibs utilizes these guys some more, and reduce RJ's starter minutes, while continuing to increase his second unit minutes. I like how Thibs is managing this situation between the big 3. JB and Randle are solid together and feed off each other. Let build around that.
BigDaddyG@ 2/6/2023 12:29 PM
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blkexec wrote:What I find interesting reading some of these posts lately. For a while, fans have been saying we don't have a bench and Deuce should not get the minutes he's getting.
But when we win, all of a sudden, we now have a bench. And now Deuce should get some minutes? SMH
Glad to see my boy Deuce hit some shots, since thats how fans measure his success. What I see is a consistent defender who gives 100% regardless if he's making shots and regardless of his minutes distribution. He's consistent on defense and this team needs more consistent players. Personally I don't care if he missed all his shots, he's contributing to winning basketball and his energy on defense spreads to other players and forces players to give a similar effort. Love it.
Making open shots is needed for this team. But having a player who Thibs can trust on defense is just an important. Now put the two together and we are seeing a solid 2 way guard develop in front of us. He was hand picked by Thibs and Deuce is a coaches dream. Blue collar worker who does everything the coach ask. Glad to see he's aggressive on offense. All he was missing was confidence he can score at this level. We already know he can score in the Gleague and he can score in college.
Congrats to Deuce. Lets hope Thibs utilizes these guys some more, and reduce RJ's starter minutes, while continuing to increase his second unit minutes. I like how Thibs is managing this situation between the big 3. JB and Randle are solid together and feed off each other. Let build around that.
When we've played a bunch of close games -- for example, the previous three games 2 were OT losses, and the other Knicks won by 2 pts -- yeah, it matters if he can hit a couple of shots. Could be the difference in a win or loss. Not to mention the kid's confidence.
NYKMentality@ 2/6/2023 2:15 PM
blkexec wrote:What I find interesting reading some of these posts lately. For a while, fans have been saying we don't have a bench and Deuce should not get the minutes he's getting.
But when we win, all of a sudden, we now have a bench. And now Deuce should get some minutes? SMH
Well. Thankfully I'm not one of those fans who you're referring to.
Because I might've not know who Deuce McBride was on draft night but the moment I had opportunities to watch Deuce play in both NBA Summer League games and also with our Westchester Knicks? I immediately fell in love with his style of play.
This post/quote (below) was created by me on 12/17/2021 (exactly 416 days ago).
NYKMentality wrote:Damn right.
15 points (off 6/11 from the field and 2/5 from 3PT). 9 assists (beautiful). 3 rebounds. 4 steals (glue like Defense).
And most importantly believe it or not?
0 TURNOVERS (I repeat, 0 turnovers)!
This kid is the three (3) E's of electric, explosive and exciting and looks to have an extremely high I.Q.
I'm already in love with the game of Deuce McBride.
It's just a good feeling when kid talents who you've believed in starts to get opportunities while begining to make the most of those opportunities.
NYStateOfMind@ 2/6/2023 2:17 PM
I agree with Panos, most are not judging him on offensive success. Deuce doesn't need to be a scoring machine, just score some shots. He was missing almost all his shots for a week. As much as fans appreciate his D, hitting an open 3 once in a while when he lights it up in the g-league, isn't much to ask for in a tight game. An open shot is an open shot, playground, g-league, or the NBA. He is a 2nd unit spark if he can hit open 3pt shots around 33-35%. Is that too much to ask for?
Panos wrote:
blkexec wrote:What I find interesting reading some of these posts lately. For a while, fans have been saying we don't have a bench and Deuce should not get the minutes he's getting.
But when we win, all of a sudden, we now have a bench. And now Deuce should get some minutes? SMH
Glad to see my boy Deuce hit some shots, since thats how fans measure his success. What I see is a consistent defender who gives 100% regardless if he's making shots and regardless of his minutes distribution. He's consistent on defense and this team needs more consistent players. Personally I don't care if he missed all his shots, he's contributing to winning basketball and his energy on defense spreads to other players and forces players to give a similar effort. Love it.
Making open shots is needed for this team. But having a player who Thibs can trust on defense is just an important. Now put the two together and we are seeing a solid 2 way guard develop in front of us. He was hand picked by Thibs and Deuce is a coaches dream. Blue collar worker who does everything the coach ask. Glad to see he's aggressive on offense. All he was missing was confidence he can score at this level. We already know he can score in the Gleague and he can score in college.
Congrats to Deuce. Lets hope Thibs utilizes these guys some more, and reduce RJ's starter minutes, while continuing to increase his second unit minutes. I like how Thibs is managing this situation between the big 3. JB and Randle are solid together and feed off each other. Let build around that.
When we've played a bunch of close games -- for example, the previous three games 2 were OT losses, and the other Knicks won by 2 pts -- yeah, it matters if he can hit a couple of shots. Could be the difference in a win or loss. Not to mention the kid's confidence.
blkexec@ 2/6/2023 2:46 PM
NYStateOfMind wrote:I agree with Panos, most are not judging him on offensive success. Deuce doesn't need to be a scoring machine, just score some shots. He was missing almost all his shots for a week. As much as fans appreciate his D, hitting an open 3 once in a while when he lights it up in the g-league, isn't much to ask for in a tight game. An open shot is an open shot, playground, g-league, or the NBA. He is a 2nd unit spark if he can hit open 3pt shots around 33-35%. Is that too much to ask for?
Panos wrote:
blkexec wrote:What I find interesting reading some of these posts lately. For a while, fans have been saying we don't have a bench and Deuce should not get the minutes he's getting.
But when we win, all of a sudden, we now have a bench. And now Deuce should get some minutes? SMH
Glad to see my boy Deuce hit some shots, since thats how fans measure his success. What I see is a consistent defender who gives 100% regardless if he's making shots and regardless of his minutes distribution. He's consistent on defense and this team needs more consistent players. Personally I don't care if he missed all his shots, he's contributing to winning basketball and his energy on defense spreads to other players and forces players to give a similar effort. Love it.
Making open shots is needed for this team. But having a player who Thibs can trust on defense is just an important. Now put the two together and we are seeing a solid 2 way guard develop in front of us. He was hand picked by Thibs and Deuce is a coaches dream. Blue collar worker who does everything the coach ask. Glad to see he's aggressive on offense. All he was missing was confidence he can score at this level. We already know he can score in the Gleague and he can score in college.
Congrats to Deuce. Lets hope Thibs utilizes these guys some more, and reduce RJ's starter minutes, while continuing to increase his second unit minutes. I like how Thibs is managing this situation between the big 3. JB and Randle are solid together and feed off each other. Let build around that.
When we've played a bunch of close games -- for example, the previous three games 2 were OT losses, and the other Knicks won by 2 pts -- yeah, it matters if he can hit a couple of shots. Could be the difference in a win or loss. Not to mention the kid's confidence.
All I'm saying is have patience with Deuce and his shot because even without it, he's giving you winning basetball plays (defense, steals, forced TOs, on ball pressure). Thats all I said. Some complain and ready for the quick hook. His recent play shows you a quick hook would've been premature. Can't have a team of all defense (agree). But the same can be said about offense (agree???). You need balance. And in this league where teams like to double JB or Randle, we need guys who can hit open shots (nobody disagrees with that).
I'm more worried about RJ hitting open shots than Deuce. When RJ miss, he will keep shooting until he hit. When Deuce miss, he doesn't keep shooting. So he's not going to shoot you out of a game. It's been 4 yrs now for RJ and his jumper is still not consistent while his defense got worse (I think he balked up too much). Deuce just getting playing time consistently this season, so it's not even a full season yet. RJ got consistent minutes from the day he was drafted. Lets have the same patience with Deuce. As you will see, if a lock down defender learns how to shoot, it's very rewarding for the team.
Eitherway, I'm happy for our team success this season.
My flowers goes out to Thibs. Complained about in game adjustments (check). Complained about not giving the yoots PT (check). I wanted Thibs to hold his big 3 accountable. Well we saw this with RJ's benching in the 4th (check).
