gradyandrew wrote:

foosballnick wrote:

Knixkik wrote:

gradyandrew wrote:If the Knicks were comfortable with RJ they wouldn't have made the Josh Hart trade. Whatever Thibs has done since, it seems to be working. If a good deal comes along this summer, RJ is tradable.

The hart deal had nothing to do with RJ. They were struggling with bench depth prior to that trade. Only Quickley provided anything off the bench. Hart brings a different element to the team and is of no relevance to RJ. They may have concerns about Barrett but they have nothing to do with the Knicks trading for an elite bench guy like hart.

I agree. They had an opportunity to move on from Reddish and bring a piece in that fit Thibs schemes better.

See? This is how discussions should work. Someone says something stupid, then people point it out and opinions change. Both Grimes and RJ were playing monster minutes before the Hart trade and now it seems everyone is playing better defense for 28 minutes a game rather than being gassed at 36.

Or the fact Thibs now has a quality piece to to plug in after trading a non quality player for a rotation player has led to a different dynamic with a different skill set.