EwingPSD wrote:

DLeethal wrote:Good win, handled business like we needed to do.

Brunson was amazing but his 3 ball has been off for awhile now it seems. Really need him to get that back on track.

The defense was phenomenal again, this team flies around like no other, it's fun to watch when they are all connected. They do the same on offense a lot too, lots of movement and passing and whipping the ball around.

Precious looking really good at backup 5 behind iHart. He struggled a bit earlier in the season at the 5 and came into his own playing the 4. He looks great in that role right now.

It was tough to watch OG last night. Thibs said the pain was an expected part of the recovery and that he is fine. That must be why they kept him in and there must not be much of a risk of reinjury, he just needs to deal with the pain. Tough spot for a basketball injury - shooting elbow. He took a top of the key 3 pointer and screamed in pain late in the game. He must have screamed in pain where you could hear it on TV 3-4 times. Again, tough to watch. But he continues to be a massive difference maker even when he's out there playing one-armed.

I agree with Monica that the refs seemed to have make a league wide adjustment mid season and they are letting teams play. Brunson needs to get used to it, he complains a lot about contact but they are calling it that way both ways and it's a net positive for us, as a physical defensive team.

Good win, onto the next. Need to find a way to win 1 of the next 2 because DEN is on fire and will be tough.

It will be really interesting to see if the Knicks ultimately benefit if the refs call less. On one hand, they are a physical defensive team. On the other hand, their offensive players initiate contact a lot. Randle like Bruson drives into the defender's chest a lot. I suspect like Brunson he won't get the same calls and will get frustrated.

Yea it's tough assessment. I do see us create a lot of turnovers throughout the game where in my head I'm thinking "can't believe they didn't call a foul on us there". We are also a heavy rim protection team where lots of fouls usually occur and you can get fast break opps when you get starts there.

EwingPSD wrote:

DLeethal wrote:Good win, handled business like we needed to do.

Brunson was amazing but his 3 ball has been off for awhile now it seems. Really need him to get that back on track.

The defense was phenomenal again, this team flies around like no other, it's fun to watch when they are all connected. They do the same on offense a lot too, lots of movement and passing and whipping the ball around.

Precious looking really good at backup 5 behind iHart. He struggled a bit earlier in the season at the 5 and came into his own playing the 4. He looks great in that role right now.

It was tough to watch OG last night. Thibs said the pain was an expected part of the recovery and that he is fine. That must be why they kept him in and there must not be much of a risk of reinjury, he just needs to deal with the pain. Tough spot for a basketball injury - shooting elbow. He took a top of the key 3 pointer and screamed in pain late in the game. He must have screamed in pain where you could hear it on TV 3-4 times. Again, tough to watch. But he continues to be a massive difference maker even when he's out there playing one-armed.

I agree with Monica that the refs seemed to have make a league wide adjustment mid season and they are letting teams play. Brunson needs to get used to it, he complains a lot about contact but they are calling it that way both ways and it's a net positive for us, as a physical defensive team.

Good win, onto the next. Need to find a way to win 1 of the next 2 because DEN is on fire and will be tough.

It will be really interesting to see if the Knicks ultimately benefit if the refs call less. On one hand, they are a physical defensive team. On the other hand, their offensive players initiate contact a lot. Randle like Bruson drives into the defender's chest a lot. I suspect like Brunson he won't get the same calls and will get frustrated.

truth be told thats how the playoffs are anyway and probably a big reason Randle has struggled so much.

Brunson is going to find a way no matter what, Randle until he proves he can do it in the playoffs is just an unknown.

Overall if we're healthy we'll benefit though, Mitch and OG is a nightmare for an opposing team defensively.

I know he didn't play well, but I really wanted to see a lineup of Mitch, OG, Jhart, Grimes and Brunson. That lineup with their size and defense could have really locked teams down.

GustavBahler wrote:

fishmike wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:Not sure what it says about the roster that Thibs has to keep playing Brunson till the end with double digit leads.

Or what it says about Thibs. Josh Hart was half right when he joked that Thibs is "working through some past trauma". It borders on coaching scared.

says same thing about every NBA roster... if you think 12-15 points is somehow a safe lead you not gonna coach in this league very long

Minutes police have chimed in Jalen's 38 were too many! Bad Thibs... no cookies today

whoo whooo whooo whooooo pullllll over!

Only coach in the league who has a rep for doing this, to the point where players are joking about it to the media. If Thibs cant trust his players to close a game wihout Brunson, then its on him, not the roster. At least give them a chance once in a while to see how they do.

Again no one else in the league coaches like this. Spoelstra and Pops are the two best coaches in the NBA, they've won many chips from taking the opposite approach. They run if not sprint from that dated philosophy. Cant teach players to close, if you dont give them the chance.

GustavBahler wrote:

fishmike wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:Not sure what it says about the roster that Thibs has to keep playing Brunson till the end with double digit leads.

Or what it says about Thibs. Josh Hart was half right when he joked that Thibs is "working through some past trauma". It borders on coaching scared.

says same thing about every NBA roster... if you think 12-15 points is somehow a safe lead you not gonna coach in this league very long

Minutes police have chimed in Jalen's 38 were too many! Bad Thibs... no cookies today

whoo whooo whooo whooooo pullllll over!

Only coach in the league who has a rep for doing this, to the point where players are joking about it to the media. If Thibs cant trust his players to close a game wihout Brunson, then its on him, not the roster. At least give them a chance once in a while to see how they do.

Again no one else in the league coaches like this. Spoelstra and Pops are the two best coaches in the NBA, they've won many chips from taking the opposite approach. They run if not sprint from that dated philosophy. Cant teach players to close, if you dont give them the chance.

Are you suggesting that Pops and Spo voluntarily bench their stars down the stretch to let other guys try to win games? I'll take things that never happened for $500, Alex...

Knicks won by 12 points last night, nobody really empties the bench ever in a game under 15 points. Doesn't happen and you'll never see it. And there's pretty much zero benefit to pulling a player out for 90 seconds in a game like that.

fishmike wrote:hopefully no setbacks for OG... he was not having fun out there. Scar tissue HURTS to work through.

Thibs and OG himself said no setbacks and it was expected pain from "rapid movement you cannot recreate in practice". Sounds like there isn't much risk of reinjury and it's just a pain tolerance thing. OG strikes me as someone who is very cautious in a huge contract year and I don't think he or we would be reckless with it.

In his second game after missing a month-and-a-half, New York Knicks forward OG Anunoby seemed to be having some issues with his surgically repaired right elbow. Anunoby was spotted wincing and grimacing when he used his right arm to shoot or pass. Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau said this was expected, following Anunoby's late-January surgery.

"Stuff like that is gonna happen," Thibodeau said about Anunoby dealing with elbow pain. "We were expecting there to be bumps and bruises like that."

For his part, Anunoby didn't seem worried about his elbow.

"It’s just sore. Nothing really happened. Just went for a ball. And it hurt randomly, but it’s fine," Anunoby said. He added that you can't recreate the same rapid movements in practice as those that happen in games.

nycericanguy wrote:the minutes thing is nonsense... you can nitpick here or there, but Thibs overall is simply not overplaying guys anymore.

Even with all the injuries and trades we've had, You won't find any knick in the top 10 in mpg. Heck Randle is the leader in MPG and he's 15th in the NBA at just over 35mpg which is extremely reasonable.

I think we only have 3 guys in the top 100 which is pretty crazy. 4 if you include OG but he doesn't qualify and most of his games were in TOR.

Right, even with the massive injuries

Brunson played too much is that take away commentary?

You have lost your joy if you find yourself in that spot.