martin wrote:

fishmike wrote:

blkexec wrote:

Jimbo5 wrote:The knicks are so much interesting to watch when the kids are given playing time.if the front office wants to stir the team back to last year's success. They need to undo last offseason's signing and double down on the youth!

If Thibs played the yoots earlier, say when he removed Kemba the 1st time, we would at least be in the playin tournament or playoffs. Instead he started Burks and gave most his mins to the vets.

Our young core already plays with loads of energy. Now their confidence is starting to increase. And the wins over teams we suppose to beat are adding up.

During the season, every guard had a career game. I’m sure thibs is kicking himself that he never played our best guard defender during those games. Deuce is a solid on ball defender to have off the bench. IQ looks like he found that balance between playmaking and shooting.

This is a deep team full of good but not great players. Before we talk about adding players we need to decide on which players will we drop. We already 12 or more deep when rose and grimes return.

Im sorry... who was he supposed to play over the veteran he trusts? Didnt you play some ball? You really think a coach is going to play 2nd round rookie over a guy he trusts and has played well for him?

Burks wasnt good but when you lose your starter and backup PGs things get hard. Suggesting the answer was there all along is silly.

Be more direct: Just playing McBride more was not the solution for the Knicks to make the play-in game.

I think during the 1st time Kemba was exiled to the bench Deuce is just not ready. It seems Thibs call to hold off Deuce earlier might be the right call. Throwing the young PG to the wolves early in the season could destroy his confidence. Now that Rokas announce he wont go to the NBA next season i hope the IQ-Deuce pairing will be a staple come next year.

Jimbo5 wrote:

martin wrote:

fishmike wrote:

blkexec wrote:

Jimbo5 wrote:The knicks are so much interesting to watch when the kids are given playing time.if the front office wants to stir the team back to last year's success. They need to undo last offseason's signing and double down on the youth!

If Thibs played the yoots earlier, say when he removed Kemba the 1st time, we would at least be in the playin tournament or playoffs. Instead he started Burks and gave most his mins to the vets.

Our young core already plays with loads of energy. Now their confidence is starting to increase. And the wins over teams we suppose to beat are adding up.

During the season, every guard had a career game. I’m sure thibs is kicking himself that he never played our best guard defender during those games. Deuce is a solid on ball defender to have off the bench. IQ looks like he found that balance between playmaking and shooting.

This is a deep team full of good but not great players. Before we talk about adding players we need to decide on which players will we drop. We already 12 or more deep when rose and grimes return.

Im sorry... who was he supposed to play over the veteran he trusts? Didnt you play some ball? You really think a coach is going to play 2nd round rookie over a guy he trusts and has played well for him?

Burks wasnt good but when you lose your starter and backup PGs things get hard. Suggesting the answer was there all along is silly.

Be more direct: Just playing McBride more was not the solution for the Knicks to make the play-in game.

I think during the 1st time Kemba was exiled to the bench Deuce is just not ready. It seems Thibs call to hold off Deuce earlier might be the right call. Throwing the young PG to the wolves early in the season could destroy his confidence. Now that Rokas announce he wont go to the NBA next season i hope the IQ-Deuce pairing will be a staple come next year.

During the first time Kemba was exiled the the Knicks record was (11-9) the week of Thanks-Giving.
At the time Thibs felt embarrassed because the D.Rose 2nd unit bench lineup were performing at a high-level playing consistent ball each game at outscoring opponents bench and starter lineup.
While Thibs starter lineup were playing inconsistent ball EVERY other game looking like a crap starter lineup.
Coach Thibs solution for the Knicks inconsistent starter lineup were to decrease the games 10 man rotation to a 8 man rotation. The Kemba exile was when coach Thibs canceled the Knicks 2nd unit bench lineup (D.Rose, Quickley, Burks, Obi, Taj Gibson/Sims) from the game rotation. Why?
Because D.Rose refuse (again) to be a part of the starter lineup, so coach Thibs had to put Burks in the starter lineup to replace Kemba. When the Knicks went 1-7 in the next 8 games having Burks in the starter lineup, D.Rose knew his name was gonna come up to replace Burks, so the surgery D.Rose put on hold, he decided to go with the surgery asap.

The Knicks FO decision-making in the 2021-22 season were not on the same-page with the NBA COY Thibs.
The draft pick Grimes, the resigning of Burks, the signing of Fournier, and the trade for Cam Reddish all 4 players have something in common. They all play the same position as RJ Barrett, plus all 5 players are 1 position players having a very low IQ in passing-skills and team ball-movement.

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I thought it was interesting how Mitch who was not even in the lineup seemed so interested to hear what they were talking about. We know he has his issues playing with the starters but this was good to see.

PHONEY !!!
If this was the preseason games, I could except RJ Barrett wanting to co-exist with the rookies.
We got 13 games left to the season, and Quickly did a great job this season leading the rookies and Barrett.

martin wrote:

fishmike wrote:

blkexec wrote:

Jimbo5 wrote:The knicks are so much interesting to watch when the kids are given playing time.if the front office wants to stir the team back to last year's success. They need to undo last offseason's signing and double down on the youth!

If Thibs played the yoots earlier, say when he removed Kemba the 1st time, we would at least be in the playin tournament or playoffs. Instead he started Burks and gave most his mins to the vets.

Our young core already plays with loads of energy. Now their confidence is starting to increase. And the wins over teams we suppose to beat are adding up.

During the season, every guard had a career game. I’m sure thibs is kicking himself that he never played our best guard defender during those games. Deuce is a solid on ball defender to have off the bench. IQ looks like he found that balance between playmaking and shooting.

This is a deep team full of good but not great players. Before we talk about adding players we need to decide on which players will we drop. We already 12 or more deep when rose and grimes return.

Im sorry... who was he supposed to play over the veteran he trusts? Didnt you play some ball? You really think a coach is going to play 2nd round rookie over a guy he trusts and has played well for him?

Burks wasnt good but when you lose your starter and backup PGs things get hard. Suggesting the answer was there all along is silly.

Be more direct: Just playing McBride more was not the solution for the Knicks to make the play-in game.

Ok let’s be direct. I don’t give a rats azz about the play in game. This team was trash early and I’m on record saying what’s the point in making the playoffs with the vets consuming majority of the minutes just to lose in the first round. How does deuce playing in the gleague against non nba players prepare him for nba speed? Now that Thibs is finally playing deuce you want to say, see he’s not ready 🤣. Stop it. Nobody knows how deuce would’ve looked right now if thibs put him in the rotation earlier. So stop it. I’m all about winning. But at some point I have to understand our team of vets was not doing it. We was losing and the yoots was bringing us back. What game are y’all watching????? Is this jump on Blkexec day because I disapproved your great coach. I also trashed Phil Jackson before we even hired him. I’m not afraid to Admit when I’m wrong trust me. But the best development is game time not practice or gleague.

U want more specifics? Play deuce as the Pg in the second unit and start IQ until rose gets back. By then you will see who’s ready for what. We didn’t know at that time rose was done for the year. So I was ok with IQ or deuce starting.

Playing with RJ and Randle, all deuce will do is stand in the corner and take open shots. Exactly what he’s doing now. I was hesitant with IQ because I didn’t want him to worry about getting RJ and Randle involved and mess up his game.

Now it’s a mute point. IQ is clearly the PG for this team, until someone else steps up. Deuce is then and is now the best guard defender on the team. If not then who’s better at guarding other PGs on this team?