VDesai wrote:Halftime on Friday, around 10PM est - we're all thinking, wow the Knicks can win the championship.Tuesday morning - will the Knicks ever win another game?
Amazing how fast a house of cards can fall!
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Her thighs look great, but would look even better from different angles up close
Clean wrote:
A good reporter would have asked him why he thinks they played a low-energy game.
Better yet after the Bulls game we started to hear comments related to tough back-back, had to travel after rough game in OKC and sometimes schedule catches up to you physically and mentally.
Well no sh*t Sherlock —— the Chicago game was the absolute game you use the bench to boost low energy/effort from the starters and any commentary on bench sucking goes back to bench not used.
I think we have 9 back to backs left somehow - is that possible? Thought the schedule redo was to reduce back to backs
Clean wrote:
This is where I am —- great culture builder, he brings in tough players that we as fans love, we play hard and we have won.
The flip side is whether he is going to run our top assets into the retirement home early and IM TRULY NOT AMINUTES POLICE GUY —- JUST SEEMS TO OVER THE TOP LATELY.
Is Thibs sending hard message to Leon that he needs another player or 2?
Clean wrote:
Someone did ask. His answers makes it seem like the minutes will not bne reduced. Just get more rest at home.
I get all that but this is concerning because wear/tear and grind of season is real on the body —— worrisome that Thibs never played to understand how it feels.
It’s almost if he ignores it he thinks it will go away.
Again I’m not minutes police but when the physical decline is so significant (last 2 games) and you really don’t account for it —- that’s worrisome.
Hard to believe Leon would go away from him this season.
Nalod wrote:HI, My name is Nalod.
Im a minute denier. I have always been one.
I pretend Thibs knows better but he does not show it.
I want to think that players who are not playing would be better than the players playing even though they really good.
We won 9 in a row. Then lost three.
If I Put out tweets I'd say "Last 12 games knicks are 9-3".
This is why I don't talk shit about other teams. Knicks are not immune to problems. No team is.
Hey, we had christmas!
What exactly the hell are you saying above?
Concerned with Thibs usage of top 5 guys are not?
VDesai wrote:Halftime on Friday, around 10PM est - we're all thinking, wow the Knicks can win the championship.Tuesday morning - will the Knicks ever win another game?
It’s true and to a point laughable but the playoffs showed us all how quickly things can go south.
LivingLegend wrote:Sims is as incompetent on offense as Mitch - when you add up the combined skills of our 4 non-Kat bigs (Mitch/Sims/Precsious/Huck) you basically get nothing.
Huk can give us offense, much more than Sims. He needs playing time.
Knicksfan wrote:Clean wrote:
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That might be the worst thing an FO hears about a coach, next to losing the locker room. That opposing teams see their coach as predictable.
Starters are still running through brick walls for Thibs. If it’s another early exit, the FO should be asking themselves why. At least Riley got us to the Finals with his style of coaching.
Clean wrote:
The fact that players on opposing teams are talking about all of the mins our startes play in a game goes to show that this is defintely a 'thing', and is not a non-issue. This is clearly on the scouting report....Wear us down and make a push in the 4th quarter. I saw a stat that we are top 10-12 defensively, in the first half. Then fall to 27th, defensively in the 4th quarter. Fatigue is defiinetly a factor....
I'm sure we track just about every data point available. Steps, miles run per game, practices...pace...etc.
I do think fatigue is somewhat of an issue, but I think it's an issue for just about every team at some point during the season. I think it's an issue for us more so right now because A) we've ironically been the healthiest team in the NBA, B)We've played a ton of games lately including C) the most road games in the NBA.
So yea I think the minutes don't help but I don't think it's the main issue considering the pace we play at. I wouldn't be surprised if 36mpg for our guys was the equivalent of 34mpg on most teams.
Why should we embrace a flaw rather than him fix it? It just does not make sense to me. Bondy also makes the assumption the players not playing will not be able to help. From what evidence is he basing that on? Huk helped very well everytime asked. Kolek helped recently with a +11 in 12 minutes then back to no time. Thibs made the assumption Burks could not help in the playoffs no matter how many injuries we suffered. He was proven wrong because Burks did help the second he actually got a chance due to us being so injured. Sorry if I don't agree with a reporter making assumptions off little to no evidence pointing in the direction of the the assumption he is making. Even if their help is limited it will help keep the starters more fresh anyway. Shooting has gone down steadily over time. 2nd halves have become hold on tight to the lead we have because our 2nd halves always suck. I wonder if two these things are just a random coincidence? or can they also be explained by tired players? Sorry nothing in that tweet makes sense to me.
Clean wrote:Why should we embrace a flaw rather than him fix it? It just does not make sense to me. Bondy also makes the assumption the players not playing will not be able to help. From what evidence is he basing that on? Huk helped very well everytime asked. Kolek helped recently with a +11 in 12 minutes then back to no time. Thibs made the assumption Burks could not help in the playoffs no matter how many injuries we suffered. He was proven wrong because Burks did help the second he actually got a chance due to us being so injured. Sorry if I don't agree with a reporter making assumptions off little to no evidence pointing in the direction of the the assumption he is making. Even if their help is limited it will help keep the starters more fresh anyway. Shooting has gone down steadily over time. 2nd halves have become hold on tight to the lead we have because our 2nd halves always suck. I wonder if two these things are just a random coincidence? or can they also be explained by tired players? Sorry nothing in that tweet makes sense to me.
What evidence do you have that playing second round picks like Huk is a good thing versus what they have been doing?
Is it better long term, meaning second half of season, to keep the rookies learning until they get to a certain level? Rookies normally hit a wall. Exposure to NBA level defenses and offenses is tough. What is the normal ramp up time for non elite rookies? Why wouldn't you have them progress through GLeague?
There are benefits and downsides to both decisions. You keep assuming that Thibs is wrong after he and staff are watching the kids in practice every day. Why are YOU assuming they can be accomplished playing 10 minutes per and that benefit outweighs what they are going through?
Deuce seems like the perfect recent example.
How long does it typically take a rookie to learn a defense and offense to not fuck up the rest of what is going on on the court?
Miami team typically ramps up all those second round guys over a couple of years before they get playing time, as an example.
