knicks1248 wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:Can't say enough about how much coaching has been the #1 difference this season..

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

Are you going to give Perry/Rose any credit too? Not only hiring Thibs but building a young core and having a lot of future assets and flexibility. Knicks are doing the smart things for a change

LEON hired most of his friends and X clients, they just happen to be pretty good at their jobs.

Seeing that almost everyone is associated with the Kentucky, don't think Perry had much say in that dept, but I'm still a little pissed we didn't go hard for CP3, we would HAVE BEEN THAT MUCH BETTER.

I STILL think a big trade is coming in the near future.

StarksEwing1 wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:Can't say enough about how much coaching has been the #1 difference this season..

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

Are you going to give Perry/Rose any credit too? Not only hiring Thibs but building a young core and having a lot of future assets and flexibility. Knicks are doing the smart things for a change

LEON hired most of his friends and X clients, they just happen to be pretty good at their jobs.

Seeing that almost everyone is associated with the Kentucky, don't think Perry had much say in that dept, but I'm still a little pissed we didn't go hard for CP3, we would HAVE BEEN THAT MUCH BETTER.

I STILL think a big trade is coming in the near future.

The knicks did the right thing by avoiding CP and Westbrook. Both are older, injury prone, and have bloated contracts. Knicks are doing it the right way by building through the draft and bringing in FA around the young core

knicks1248 wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:Can't say enough about how much coaching has been the #1 difference this season..

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

Are you going to give Perry/Rose any credit too? Not only hiring Thibs but building a young core and having a lot of future assets and flexibility. Knicks are doing the smart things for a change

LEON hired most of his friends and X clients, they just happen to be pretty good at their jobs.

Seeing that almost everyone is associated with the Kentucky, don't think Perry had much say in that dept, but I'm still a little pissed we didn't go hard for CP3, we would HAVE BEEN THAT MUCH BETTER.

I STILL think a big trade is coming in the near future.

The knicks did the right thing by avoiding CP and Westbrook. Both are older, injury prone, and have bloated contracts. Knicks are doing it the right way by building through the draft and bringing in FA around the young core

Westbook no..Cp Yes, because he is a mentor and he is well respected by everyone, and it wasn't so much of what he did on the court but off it as well, in practice, in meetings, watching film

cap space obviously means nothing in NY right now, so a contract for a yr and half is nothing

Clearly injuries have no age limit as our rookies have basically proven that.

Got some UK players, but seems if anything Leons Philly roots CAA roots are more prevalent.
We 2-2 with 68 more games to go and already we high fiving it?

ccch wrote:I like Thibs so far because of his substitution process. Too many coaches go into a game with a preset sub pattern and number of minutes to give no matter what the situation is. Thibs seems to go by feel of the game and play who hot and bench who's not and is not worried about pre-planned minutes or patterns.

agree

Nalod wrote:Another win vs. pacers won by the intensity of Thibs.
he takes players out because he sees things we don’t.
His coaches see tendencies we don’t. Players run out of gas and he takes them out before momentum is lost.
Its not that Fiz could have been awful, but Thibs is this good. Let’s not take this talent for granted.
It also comes at at price. Thibs is like the awful teacher who pushes too far. You appreciate him after you graduate but hate him during the semester. HE burns himself and players out. Let’s hope he learns to dial this back because its not a free agent type attraction.

Agree... And sometimes just to add.....Its not about how bad Fitz was. Maybe its how good thibs is. His timeouts are ON POINT. Subs have been great. But its those in game adjustments thats makes him and this coaching staff stand out. Its thibs perception of being a tough coach, and rewarding players with mins when they put the effort in on defense. Right now things are clicking well. And im not talking wins and losses. But how we win and lose is more important during a development phase.

Nalod wrote:I like that he took Knox out after the airball. what ever the reason it reminds me of Larry Brown. Your a pro, play and act like one. There will be other games and opportunities but today the game at hand is to win.
RJ bounced back. Because it was a new day. Knox will have that.
When Obi returns Randle can reduce his min a bit. Spellman is not getting minutes I suppose.

Knox is showing he is still very much an undisciplined kid. Some of his TO's have been the WTF kind

Nalod wrote:I like that he took Knox out after the airball. what ever the reason it reminds me of Larry Brown. Your a pro, play and act like one. There will be other games and opportunities but today the game at hand is to win.
RJ bounced back. Because it was a new day. Knox will have that.
When Obi returns Randle can reduce his min a bit. Spellman is not getting minutes I suppose.

Needs to be consistent though...its good to take Knox out of the game when he's struggling. but you can't allow some of thr starters to throw up bricks and aiballs and not pull them either...

My depth chart:

Payton 24/Quickley 20/Rivers 14/Smith
Barrett 32/Burks 20/Ntlikina
Bullock 22/Knox 12/ Brazdeikus
Randle 30 /Toppin 18
Robinson 28/Noel 20/Spellman

Those minutes get shifted around based on health, hot hands and foul trouble. With Quickley and Rivers joint the rotation, I wonder if Payton’s minutes will decrease more.