martin wrote:

Swishfm3 wrote:

Nalod wrote:Guys walk and sometimes teams have to let them.
Can't pay everyone. We get Brunson and Randle for free.
I love iHart but even if we trade him, what do we get in return? More salary?
Picks? We can barely use what we have.
But lets celebrate one thing, iHart came, grew, and our FO with coaches really did a great job with him.
Maybe they think the same about others. We don't know who, or if it executes. But we did not know when we signed him either.
He did not look great until halfway thru last season.
Now? Shiiiit, I'd trade Mitch! His passing is fantastic!!!!!

See…this is false and I hate that Thibs gets credit for this. This has always been iHart game. We are seeing it now because M. Robinson is hurt and Thibs has been forced to play him.

Thibs doesn’t develop players. He rides his “star” players to the end.

It’s ok to say it.

LOL yeah go with that

Up 20+ in a game and wait until the final two minutes of the game to play the bench.

Don’t run any plays for them or try to get them to play the right way…Just let them run around and do whatever. Yup..”development”.

Swishfm3 wrote:

martin wrote:

Swishfm3 wrote:

Nalod wrote:Guys walk and sometimes teams have to let them.
Can't pay everyone. We get Brunson and Randle for free.
I love iHart but even if we trade him, what do we get in return? More salary?
Picks? We can barely use what we have.
But lets celebrate one thing, iHart came, grew, and our FO with coaches really did a great job with him.
Maybe they think the same about others. We don't know who, or if it executes. But we did not know when we signed him either.
He did not look great until halfway thru last season.
Now? Shiiiit, I'd trade Mitch! His passing is fantastic!!!!!

See…this is false and I hate that Thibs gets credit for this. This has always been iHart game. We are seeing it now because M. Robinson is hurt and Thibs has been forced to play him.

Thibs doesn’t develop players. He rides his “star” players to the end.

It’s ok to say it.

LOL yeah go with that

Up 20+ in a game and wait until the final two minutes of the game to play the bench.

Don’t run any plays for them or try to get them to play the right way…Just let them run around and do whatever. Yup..”development”.

Listen I didn’t like the play style today or the need to keep starters in so late but I do think Thibs is trying to assist Julius/Jalen with some stat padding for all-star game and I Hart was 1 short of 20 boards. Was that his motivation- maybe it never crossed his mind BUT it’s kind of hard for me to go after Thibs for anything because this team plays as hard as any team in the league.

Are there things to bitch about? Sure, but on the whole Thibs has guys prepared (ALWAYS), guys love playing for him, young kids have developed (remember not all youngin’s grow into all-stars) and I do think he gets credit with I-Hart because he basically told him to put the 3-ball away and do the dirty work.

I Hart has been so great.

Swishfm3 wrote:

martin wrote:

Swishfm3 wrote:

Nalod wrote:Guys walk and sometimes teams have to let them.
Can't pay everyone. We get Brunson and Randle for free.
I love iHart but even if we trade him, what do we get in return? More salary?
Picks? We can barely use what we have.
But lets celebrate one thing, iHart came, grew, and our FO with coaches really did a great job with him.
Maybe they think the same about others. We don't know who, or if it executes. But we did not know when we signed him either.
He did not look great until halfway thru last season.
Now? Shiiiit, I'd trade Mitch! His passing is fantastic!!!!!

See…this is false and I hate that Thibs gets credit for this. This has always been iHart game. We are seeing it now because M. Robinson is hurt and Thibs has been forced to play him.

Thibs doesn’t develop players. He rides his “star” players to the end.

It’s ok to say it.

LOL yeah go with that

Up 20+ in a game and wait until the final two minutes of the game to play the bench.

Don’t run any plays for them or try to get them to play the right way…Just let them run around and do whatever. Yup..”development”.

I was really PO'd to see that BS again. If there was a young coach out there that the FO thought was worth taking a chance on. I'd prefer that to another season with Thibs. Even a deep playoff run. We can do better.

During Game 1 of the first round of the playoffs against the Philadelphia 76ers, Rose injured his left knee while trying to jump. He was immediately helped off the court. The injury occurred when the Bulls were leading by 12 points with 1:22 left to play.

The reigning MVP. More than a decade later Thibs is doing the same stupid ****, and against cellar dwellers in a meaningless regular season game. F that.

GustavBahler wrote:2011

During Game 1 of the first round of the playoffs against the Philadelphia 76ers, Rose injured his left knee while trying to jump. He was immediately helped off the court. The injury occurred when the Bulls were leading by 12 points with 1:22 left to play.

The reigning MVP. More than a decade later Thibs is doing the same stupid ****, and against cellar dwellers in a meaningless regular season game. F that.

Next time you see a coach pull his starters up 12 with a minute and change le
left in a playoff game, let me know.

GustavBahler wrote:2011

During Game 1 of the first round of the playoffs against the Philadelphia 76ers, Rose injured his left knee while trying to jump. He was immediately helped off the court. The injury occurred when the Bulls were leading by 12 points with 1:22 left to play.

The reigning MVP. More than a decade later Thibs is doing the same stupid ****, and against cellar dwellers in a meaningless regular season game. F that.

When the other teams dumps its bench, then you dump yours.
Ever see an NBA team score 9 straight pts in less than a minute? It happens.
Derrick rose as MVP at age 22 and what happend to him was not on Thibs. Thats just hate.
I get that some fans always want more. But for real its delusional at times to think some just because a young coach has no baggage its all gonna be better.
Maybe one should ask Johnny Bryant, a young coach what he thinks? Maybe he does not agree with Thibs.
Maybe one should consider what does Thibs try to accomplish by having his players out there another minute or two finish the job?
And garbage time? Its called that for a reason.

After two blow out wins is like telling your wife after two back to back nights cooking a great dinner and great sex perhaps she could have done better.
Maybe consider the alternative. Its not always as one might wish.

GustavBahler wrote:

technomaster wrote:Grimes and J Hart are primed for the 6th man role.

Dont believe it will be good enough to contend. We need a more dangerous scorer off the bench.

GustavBahler wrote:Brunson has already been hurt once playing in garbage time this season

Thankfully it wasnt serious, but it was moronic to keep JB in the game. Thibs has been doing this going back to the Bulls. But hey we won last night! Who cares if a player's career gets wrecked because a coach is too insecure to trust his bench? Again, Brunson has already been hurt once this season in garbage time.

Speaking of the bench, as swishfm alluded to, those garbage minutes could be spent giving young bench players experience in high pressure situations. JB and Randle holding a 20pt+ lead with 3,4 minutes on the clock isnt a high pressure situation, but it is for young players who have little to no experience closing an NBA game. They dont want to be bench players forever, and garbage time is an opportunity for bench players to show they can handle more responsibility if called upon. And be ready if called upon.

Its also about how they do in practice. But the opportunities for young players to learn by doing are limited. Always playing your stars in garbage time limits their opportunities even more.

Thats two good reasons why Thibs shouldnt play his best players in garbage time. Im happy about a blowout against a lotto team, but not about this.

What I highlighted are your words. If its a high pressure situation, its not garbage.
There is a low probability they get hurt but if you must you'll keep scraping to find reasons.
If for some reason that bench dump starts to blow a lead and you have to bring your starters back in, then its far more probable they will get hurt.
Gustav vs 2 time COY Thibs on this subject. You the man!!!

GustavBahler wrote:

Nalod wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:Brunson has already been hurt once playing in garbage time this season

Thankfully it wasnt serious, but it was moronic to keep JB in the game. Thibs has been doing this going back to the Bulls. But hey we won last night! Who cares if a player's career gets wrecked because a coach is too insecure to trust his bench? Again, Brunson has already been hurt once this season in garbage time.

Speaking of the bench, as swishfm alluded to, those garbage minutes could be spent giving young bench players experience in high pressure situations. JB and Randle holding a 20pt+ lead with 3,4 minutes on the clock isnt a high pressure situation, but it is for young players who have little to no experience closing an NBA game. They dont want to be bench players forever, and garbage time is an opportunity for bench players to show they can handle more responsibility if called upon. And be ready if called upon.

Its also about how they do in practice. But the opportunities for young players to learn by doing are limited. Always playing your stars in garbage time limits their opportunities even more.

Thats two good reasons why Thibs shouldnt play his best players in garbage time. Im happy about a blowout against a lotto team, but not about this.

What I highlighted are your words. If its a high pressure situation, its not garbage.
There is a low probability they get hurt but if you must you'll keep scraping to find reasons.
If for some reason that bench dump starts to blow a lead and you have to bring your starters back in, then its far more probable they will get hurt.
Gustav vs 2 time COY Thibs on this subject. You the man!!!

And Nalod said the same thing about Phil, Rambis (one of the worst coaches in NBA history) You've flacked for some God awful coaches and execs. Then admitted they werent all that in NY, long after the fact.

You're right, I'm not a player. I dont vote for Thibs every year as the coach players want to play for the least. Why? Cause Gustav wrote some mean things about Thibs on a message board? Im all for team spirit, not cult-like behavior Nalod.

i mean that was literally just 1 year and it was a short sample size of a grand total of 55 players or about 10% of the league.

I'm sure Thibs has made enemies, he's been in the NBA 30 years and there are alot of narratives around him, most that are completely false.

Here's the thing though, I don't think great players have a problem playing for Thibs. You think Butler did? Rose? Noah? You think Brunson and Randle have an issue with him? Donovan Mitchell wanted to and probably still wants to come here.

But you have guys like KAT, Wiggins, CAM... guys who have reputations as being soft and not wanting to put the work in, yea I could totally see guys like that having an issue with Thibs. Because Thibs just wants to win and has dedicated his entire life to basketball. So when those values don't align, yea I'm sure you can find alot of egomaniacs who wouldn't want to play for him. Jordan was always considered a horrible teammate for the same reason.

I guess we can all decide for ourselves what an enjoyable fan experience is.