jrodmc wrote:

Nalod wrote:

jrodmc wrote:

Welpee wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

Vmart wrote:Even I have come around in Frank and his lack of aggression and honestly soft play. But last night Thjb did not play to win. His starters were gassed they were going to lose no point not giving Knox and Frank run. It would have been the prudent thing to do. But Thibs does have history of running players into the ground. Yesterday was an example of that.

No coach in the NBA is going to play 12 players in a game, unless it's garbage time, or his name is Kurt Rambis

We couldn't score, and your idea of adjusting is to play frank(who already has 5 scoreless games this season) and Knox, who has the lowest IQ on the roster.

Those guys have been given plenty of opportunities (frank just had almost a full month) to crack the rotation.

They let ROOKIES (OBI, IQ) come in a take their spots, and they accepted that like a couple of soft punks..what more motivation do you need to step your game up, unless you're comfortable in your role.

The playing with a "chip on your shoulder" doesn't seem to apply to them

Basically it amounts to fans who blame every loss on the coach and the justification is to point out anything that he didn't do and use that as the cause of the loss. Thibs didn't play Frank and Knox, that's why we lost. Thibs didn't throw Theo Pinson or Jared Harper out there, that's why we lost. Thibs didn't wear black sneakers, that's why we lost.

But.... but... Frank's doing all the "right things" in practice! Thibs (Tibs?) hasn't said anything BAD about Knox's IQ! We need shiny things! Thibs can't coach! It's why they ran him out of Minny! It's why Jimmy didn't just quit the Heat and come here!

Oh wait, are we still possibly going to make the playoffs...??? Do we have the best defense in the NBA? Do we actually have the best anything in the NBA?

Yeah, must be the stupid coach who doesn't know what he's doing.

We have the best arena?
ANd the best fans! So smart are knick fans. You can slice the sarcasm with a knife!

AND the most sensitive owner! Who's overly sensitive to internet sarcasm!

That just demonstrates how much he cares? LOL

And it were Payton RJ Bullock Randle and Noel BUM performance during the first 7 minute of the 3rd quarter.
The first 4 minute of the 3rd qtr. the Knicks only scored 2 pts (layup by RJ).
Five minute in the 3rd quarter Heats Robinson tied the game score at 50 each on a 3-ball shot where RJ were defending him well. The Knicks really went down hill the rest of the quarter after the tied score.
The trio of Randle Bullocks and RJ played the entire 3rd quarter sloppy giving the Heats a 75-64 lead to end the 3rd quarter.
Payton & Bullocks weak performance recieved NO playingtime in the 4th quarter.
D.Rose messed-up the 4th quarter by trying to play Super-Hero-ball along with hero-ball Randle.
D.Rose freezed rookie Quickley out of the offense on every possession making Thibs take Quickley out the game 4 minute into the 4th quarter for RJ.

In the 2nd half of the game Thibs put no defender on Butler 27 pt performance, plus Butler & Dragic made sure the Heats scored on 3 out of every 5 offensive-possessions. Bam Adebayo had no problems dominating the paint on both sides of the court scoring 20 pts and grabbing 17 boards, getting 7 offensive rebounds.

Thibs maybe the only Knicks head-coach to preach/teach defense since coach Van Gundy, but his Bigman preparation and substitution is WEAK.
Rookie Obi should be tandem with Gibson every-time he gets playing-time.
I never was a fan of Noel inconsistency and low b.ball IQ as a big man in the paint. And I dont like Obi in lineup with a still learning Noel.
Plus the Randle & Noel tandem performance need a lot of work, because the two been getting exploited in the paint area (Adebayo had 7 offensive-rebounds!) by every team we played, even the teams we beat. When Thibs take Noel out the game, alot of times he need to take Randle out too. Playing Obi alongside Noel one-side performance or point-forward Randle performance is not good for rookie Obi's growth. Playing Obi in the same lineup alongside Taj Gibson throughout his rookie season we will see NBA growth.

Rose's majority moves create scoring for him .. need fixin
Quickley's a quick scoring-guard with several moves to get to the Line .. 24 minute rookie !!!
Burks inside/outside scoring moves fits well in the offense.
RJ Barrett's a 3rd pick.

Philc1 wrote:I am fine with losing to the Heat. Losing to the timberwolves with Elf playing almost the entire game makes me nauseous