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This is why relying on the starters so much on the regular is bad. Now that we really need them to have a heavy workload they have nothing left because they been working at max capacity the whole season. We not even in the playoffs yet. This post season is going to suck.

NYStateOfMind wrote:Give all Shamet's minutes to Kolek or anyone else. He sucks. This was supposed to be a soft stretch to tack on Knicks wins, so much for that BS.

Shamet 3 point shooter scared to **** to shoot.

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When your biggest weakness at the beginning of the season remains your biggest weakness with two weeks left on the season, when the offense is as erratic, stagnant and relying on two players, when players are ran down because your stubbornness doesn't allow yo to expand the rotation not even when your main lineup is playing like crap, as well as so many other things that can be said, its hard to defend the coach.

His accomplishments here don't change: he was a huge part of this "renaissance". But this team seems to need a different voice with a more modern strategy against the 3pt shot and a more varied offense. Some players here are playing under their true level and while some blame goes to them individually, another has to go to the man calling the shots.

How can a true championship contender look so dysfunctional and undisciplined consistently, making every opponent, no matter how low they are, seem like a well-oiled unbeatable machine? The answer is that real contenders dont do that. We've been pretenders ever since we started showing our limitations against the elite teams. SInce then, nothing has changed.

This team needs a drastic change in leadership come the offseason.

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VDesai wrote:Standing around and watching Brunson strategy has proven to be superior

He earned every cent of that max contract. Thibs offense is trash.

I don't know we've seen the offense work without Jalen -- solid games in Portland, GS and vs Miami. There does seem to be either fatigue or something amiss in the clubhouse AND we can't have a wing in Josh Hart who is afraid to shoot outside of a layup.

The suggestion was to use him in a trade this summer for another star level player that might work better --- the same thought has crossed my mind.

Just in a bubble if we were going against Celtics would we be better off as is with Kat/OG/Mikal/Josh/Jalen or would something like Mitch/OG/KD/Mikal/Jalen with Josh/Deuce and new center off bench work better?

Yes - KD is a turd and is ready for old folks home but I'd still trust him to make the right plays and play some D more than Kat at this point. More I'm watching Kat I'm seeing a guy that cares 0% about D and is happy putting up stats (very talented but leaves me wanting every night). Kat/Jalen pairing doesn't work because they don't make each other better and neither can defend.

Maybe it's not KD, maybe it's not Kat but we've seen this team play D about 10% of the season.

Maybe it flips completely come playoff time and we go on Cinderella playoff run before midnight strikes.