Knox is defending on every possession

RJ is getting more touches and looks like a young Jimmy Butler at SG. He's also taken his defense to another level.

My hope is at least a few of our younguns learn some good habits and actually develop.

fishmike wrote:For starters DSjr is defending on every play and came out after lanching that bad 3 last night (RJ replaced him and Quickley moved to PG)

Knox is defending on every possession

RJ is getting more touches and looks like a young Jimmy Butler at SG. He's also taken his defense to another level.

I thought no one liked Thibs? I was bitchin about him being passed over for PJ. Lol

I totally agree with you. You can tell that he has somehow communicated to his team that defense is Number 1. Also liked when he took Smith out. That would have been a good possession for him to show good Bball IQ and drive strong to the basket. I was also hoping he would take out Randle when he went 1 on 3 during the the Cavs run. Was not sure if he did or not. Think Thibs will do a good job. How the players do is another story. As much as some think we suck. I like the idea of Rivers, Burks and Noel. Although I do not know if it is more than we had last year.

jrodmc wrote:

HofstraBBall wrote:

fishmike wrote:For starters DSjr is defending on every play and came out after lanching that bad 3 last night (RJ replaced him and Quickley moved to PG)

Knox is defending on every possession

RJ is getting more touches and looks like a young Jimmy Butler at SG. He's also taken his defense to another level.

I thought no one liked Thibs? I was bitchin about him being passed over for PJ. Lol

I totally agree with you. You can tell that he has somehow communicated to his team that defense is Number 1. Also liked when he took Smith out. That would have been a good possession for him to show good Bball IQ and drive strong to the basket. I was also hoping he would take out Randle when he went 1 on 3 during the the Cavs run. Was not sure if he did or not. Think Thibs will do a good job. How the players do is another story. As much as some think we suck. I like the idea of Rivers, Burks and Noel. Although I do not know if it is more than we had last year.

I think the thoughts were that some people really liked Mike Miller

Thibs glowing reviews of everyone's conditioning aside, I'm wary with this weird compressed everything that some of these promising yoots are going to get injured early, if Thibs leans on them too hard, too fast.

Waiting for someone to post the first Obi-1 defensive highlight vid.

Quite frankly, this is why I think the Knicks loaded up on redundant players

Then i see this quote on ESPN this morning

Lucas says he was amazed at how often Thibodeau could call out the opponent's play before its point guard shouted an instruction or held up a certain number of fingers. "He's one of the greatest advance scouts ever to do it," Lucas says.

knicks1248 wrote:For the first time Since JVG was coaching, I listen to a knick player in yesterday's press conference (peyton) indicate that the knicks Knew every single play the caves were running.

Then i see this quote on ESPN this morning

Lucas says he was amazed at how often Thibodeau could call out the opponent's play before its point guard shouted an instruction or held up a certain number of fingers. "He's one of the greatest advance scouts ever to do it," Lucas says.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30545155/is-new-york-knicks-coach-tom-thibodeau-too-tough-toughest-job-sports

This is a GREAT article that everyone should read. LOVE THIS

IT WAS THE summer of 2000, and to New York Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy, it felt about 104 degrees in the shade. He decided to move summer league workouts from his Westchester base to Fairfield University, home to an air-conditioned gym. He also decided to let assistant Tom Thibodeau run the young Knicks through two practices in one day, never a great idea.

As Van Gundy recalls it, the first practice was scheduled for 10 a.m. to noon, with part two from 4 to 6 p.m. "By the time Thibs left them off in the first practice, it was 3:15," Van Gundy says. "He tells the players, 'Get off your feet. Get some rest. Get something to eat.' I'm like, 'Tom, it's 3:15. They've only got 45 minutes.'"

No more random rotations, no more 11/12 man roationsa, an Identity is being build, a system is being formed, guys are adjusting to their roles, we looked more prepared, the spacing and cutting is night and Day from last season and the effort on defense is 20x better.

But im going to give FIZ and Mills a little credit, because this is what they envision when they signed Randle, Reggie and Peyton.

Fizdale just Botched the plan, and Miller botched the rotations playing 11/12 guys

martin wrote:I'm happily surprised at how Thibs has engaged the media and been fairly straight-forward if not complimentary of guys. Not some gruff scrooge

Thibs is my guy. Im so glad they brought him in and built this crazy staff around him. Its wild. I never thought I would see something like this. From the UK pipeline and getting Kenny Payne here to the scouts.. all of it. Obviously its early but I never saw this before (here).

I also thought Thibs was much better than advertised in Minn and key players made clear strides under him (especially KAT). He didnt just bring in his guys, players got better under him and that is what I hoped to see here, and what we desperately need.

Obv tons of guys are hurt but the style of play is clear and guys are able to do the things they are good at. So far every player looks better this year than last. We have just seen b2b 30+ minute WINNING games with Mitch as the starter and not in foul trouble. RJ/Elf/Randle are all better on defense. Just playing smarter. Randle is allowed to run his motor but more under control and many of his TOs are coming at end of shot clock desperation moves because we couldnt execute whatever we ran etc.

Bullock is good. He's a poor man's Spree, plays hard every possession.

We literally cant set screens. This will get better.
We will not sustain this 3 point shooting, but we can keep taking good shots.
We got quality depth in the pipeline with IQ and Obi in the queue to come back.
We have 3 low budget and effective guys in Bullock/Burkes/Noel we could package for a FRP at the deadline and cap space made trades work
We have 5 FRPs in the next 3 years including 2 in next year's "generational" draft
We know have a quality prospect at every position with IQ/RJ/Knox/Obi/Mitch and 2 are starting and playing quality BB
We have cap space

Thibs is a throwback and so far the culture change is real. You can see it on the court. You can see it on the sidelines. Its good time to start caring about the team again. Just this guy's opinion. Its not like I have phucking orange and blue tree glowing outside my house or anything