franco12 wrote:Clean wrote:HofstraBBall wrote:Clean wrote:
Where was that guy who was saying is Thibs a good coach now because he beat the Heat? The Heat who just lost 9 games in a row. Keep that same energy. I am not on the fire Thibs train unless he fails to try any adjustments and we continue to be this bad the rest of the season. I don't care what our overall record is. Like I was saying months ago when people did not agree with me because we were on a 9 game winning streak. Our record been pumped up on bad teams the whole season. Any team good or bad with a smart defensive strat gives us hell. No matter if we have Brunson or not. Any team that can hit the open shots Thibs will give them gives us hell no matter how good or bad they are.
When a key player is out, other guys need to step up.
OG shot 6-15
Deuce shot 4-14
Bridges 5-13
Knicks shot 29%
Our PF scored 2 points.
But it was Thibs?
More concerned about highly counted on pieces inconsistency throughout the year. tbh.
Our team has a problem that it's filled with a bunch of players that need to be setup and only 2 players able to do the setting up. Brunson is out and Kolek is getting no time so we are going to stuggle to score. This is why I been calling for Kolek to get time when we was in the soft part of the sched. He could have been more than ready to help now. Instead we kept starters in up 30 and now he has no time under his belt when we need him most. That is also only on the offense. The overplay the paint and leave shooters open for 3 defense Thibs been playing for years no longer works.
Sure - key players need to step up. But I keep hearing Thibs stupid quote about why his wings play more than anyone else in the league - that they have to guard key players- that was not the case night. SA had no guys play nearly as much as our guys, and we got blown out.
Clearly, they are either tired or not good. Why not give Kolek time? What exactly was at stake last night? Margin of defeat? Game was over in the 1st quarter. Good coaches realize that, and that it’s a long season, and get their bench in.
Starters, except for OG who played 37 min. Averaged 33 minutes last night.
Knicks were within 9 with 5 to go. You think Thibs should have emptied the bench?
Payne, who is the backup played 17min shot 50% from 3, had 4 dimes and scored
11 points. He was part of the squad that got them to within striking distance.
We have a couple of our past players “who Thibs is screwing” who have decent roles with us today. (Ie, Deuce, Precious) Yet Thibs gets no credit how Thibs brought them along.
Could it be that for as good as we thing Kolek can be, he is just not that good and/or not better than Payne? So why would he get minutes over Payne? Cuz we need proof?
'Knicks focus should be on players that have grown up playing soccer or cricket' - Triplethreat 8/28/2020
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