blkexec wrote:1st....fiz is a young excited coach from LA. He does not know NY...like us. And when your excited.... and young.. .u are feeling ur way around. One thing I know about fiz..... he don't give a rat's azz and he's very stubborn. Everything u want in a new coach....except his missing N.Y. culture. Can't have everything .

I see nothing wrong giving your players goals to reach. Leave this man alone. and let him coach and communicate as he see fit. He has plenty of management around him checking him on these details. This is not thread worthy. In fact it's damaging because it gives the next air head freedom to create another bonehead thread on how he sneezes.

Back to Lance.....yall better put some respect on his name. He's the only one on the team back then and now.....after melo....guarding every superstar for the opposing team. He can shoot 3s. But where's he's similar to green is IQ. Coach fiz is challenging him to become that Draymon Green type for us. OK.....move on. I'm sure he will give each player a goal to reach.... I see nothing wrong here. Just sounds like Briggs is bored again

jskinny35 wrote:I think his comments are about fit, as Lance was really good for us several years ago. Back then we had more scoring and floor balance so Lance didn't need to offer much offense. Ideally, Burke steps up, Frank plays the 2, Hardaway becomes the highest paid 6th man and we draft a Mikal Bridges that gives us a 3 and D presence at the small forward position. Lance could be that glue guy that is first forward off the bench and productive for us. If the roster stays the same, I would expect Lance to struggle because he's in too high of a role and isn't surrounded by players that can offset his limitations.

Looking at the makings of your line-up, THJ as the 6th man scares me. Timmy can go a loooong time without getting hot. I prefer Burke as the 6th man. He brings more bang into the game, more change of pace. He might also be a liability at the starting PG spot on defense.

His job is to try to win with the talent he is given.

We have ZERO insight into any personnel discussions our FO has had. Maybe Perry told Fiz - try to hype these guys value, we're going to try to move them to clear cap room for 2019.

1) 3 point defense, and attempts

Execution in the clutch, especially after timeout's

more FT attempt

Correct that, and it's 12 to 15 extra wins

fishmike wrote:

franco12 wrote:What is he supposed to do - say no wonder this team sucks - it's got guys like Lance that are overpaid and lack talent.

His job is to try to win with the talent he is given.

We have ZERO insight into any personnel discussions our FO has had. Maybe Perry told Fiz - try to hype these guys value, we're going to try to move them to clear cap room for 2019.

He should be demanding Trea Young and Hasheem Thabeet and screaming it from the mountain tops.

Agree with you Franco, Crush, blkexe... training camp is 5 months away and Briggs is crying about Lance Thomas. Hello summer!

I think Briggs enjoys spreading panic.

Well, the good news is Dolan has approved a normal slow win now and win later player development build. At least those were the words from Mills mouth (celtics are a good example off winning, while building)....Then Perry and Fiz talks about defense. Fiz not putting anybody in a box. All great things to hear. Now its up to Briggs and other pessimistic fans to relax.....food taste better cooked in the oven than the microwave.....And I think management finally realized this. We sucked for 20 years....Now it's time to give these guys some time to no suck.

Chandler wrote:Lance is not garbage; nor is he Draymond (on multiple levels) -- one positive difference is Lance seems like a genuinely good guy and Draymond seems to be a ball-kicking douche

Great we have the good guy who sholdn't play consistent NBA minutes instead of the douche who can put up a triple double on any night

meloshouldgo wrote:

fishmike wrote:Well your not Fizdale. Your Briggs. We will see what Fizdale does with the roster. You just keep on giving us those awesome playoff predicitons

But here's the quote for those wondering:

Fizdale even compared Thomas to All-Star Draymond Green.

"He's a Swiss Army knife-type of player that can guard multiple positions and you can run offense through him," the coach said on WFAN. "I think he can push the ball off the break a lot like Draymond Green plays. Obviously the thing I'm going to demand from Lance is to play defense like Draymond. And be a guy that's pushing to be a First Team All-Defender."

You'r right Fish, nothing like this board to take **** completely out of context. What the guy said clearly references defense and to a lesser extent running the offense. But the only thing people heard are "Draymond Green" and "comparison". We live in country where people can't or won't comprehend a full sentences and nuanced speech is a lost art form. The people need disjointed keywords so they can connect them up in what passes for their minds and arrive at the wrong conclusion with alarming cnsistency!