I wish he would take Thibs words to heart that you can play well in a lot of ways other than scoring. He can contribute in a lot of ways. Focus on the other stuff and let the offense be opportunistic

BRIGGS wrote:Cam reddish is 3-21 since getting the starting job. An incredible 0-16 in 2 point shooting. Nobody wants cam reddish to fail. I essentially bitched for him to start after playing so well after the phill game. But he’s been terrible when given a chance to start. We need him to play well

Some guys just need to come off the bench. Start Grimes at the 2 and RJ at the 3

Chandler wrote:We need a Cam whisperer. He needs to relax and the let the game come to him more.

I wish he would take Thibs words to heart that you can play well in a lot of ways other than scoring. He can contribute in a lot of ways. Focus on the other stuff and let the offense be opportunistic

I'm sorry but is this normal? Does Cam and Randle have separate whisperers? Are they the only players with a whisperer? I know the old generations always call the new generation soft, but come on man.....really? Cam I understand. His NBA start has been rough and he's shows flashes of brilliance and stupidity all in one play. And you can see Cam's value is critical for this team because he represences what this team is lacking.

Randle is a vet making star level money (at the time of his signing). If he's not, ok but still....he needs a whisperer in his ear before the game? What happens when a player whisperer something sour to Randle during a free throw. Does Thibs have to call TO for Randle?

Or even worse

If Randle is doing his classic spin TOs in traffic, Thibs cannot hold him accountable because Randle is mentally fragile or not mentally stuff to handle that type of treatment? Meanwhile every single player has to deal with the same treatment. Does EF have a whisperer? He was the starter from day one and he's in a serious slump.

I'm trying to see how Randle can be a good asset for us moving forward. Same with Thibs. To the Randle and Thibs fans, I'm trying! But this whisperer thing threw me off!

Marv wrote:

blkexec wrote:

Chandler wrote:We need a Cam whisperer. He needs to relax and the let the game come to him more.

I wish he would take Thibs words to heart that you can play well in a lot of ways other than scoring. He can contribute in a lot of ways. Focus on the other stuff and let the offense be opportunistic

I'm sorry but is this normal? Does Cam and Randle have separate whisperers? Are they the only players with a whisperer? I know the old generations always call the new generation soft, but come on man.....really? Cam I understand. His NBA start has been rough and he's shows flashes of brilliance and stupidity all in one play. And you can see Cam's value is critical for this team because he represences what this team is lacking.

Randle is a vet making star level money (at the time of his signing). If he's not, ok but still....he needs a whisperer in his ear before the game? What happens when a player whisperer something sour to Randle during a free throw. Does Thibs have to call TO for Randle?

Or even worse

If Randle is doing his classic spin TOs in traffic, Thibs cannot hold him accountable because Randle is mentally fragile or not mentally stuff to handle that type of treatment? Meanwhile every single player has to deal with the same treatment. Does EF have a whisperer? He was the starter from day one and he's in a serious slump.

I'm trying to see how Randle can be a good asset for us moving forward. Same with Thibs. To the Randle and Thibs fans, I'm trying! But this whisperer thing threw me off!

well we did raise these kids differently than we were raised. We wanted to have better relationships with them than we had with our own parents when we were growing up. So we had some some good results from that but . . . well their views and expectations are different than ours were. And that means we gotta do some whispering here and there.

Nice

wargames wrote:Reddish looks like a nba player. Knox did not

You saw that 4th quarter 3 and dunk to seal the deal and thought the same thing, right? Got to bump this thread

He has found his role and is doing it well. I hope it keeps up.

Nalod wrote:

KnickDanger wrote:So the hate was for nothing?

Apparently so.
We also read “Thibs did not want Cam last january”. Was it becuase it was mid season or fit?
Seems that on this team players are given chances to succeed.
Fans, including myself can’t see the path for evolutionary change. And for goodness sake Cam’s preseason was ugly.
I often remarked his ankle looked awful. He looks solid physically now.
Best thing is for players to step up and improve the team. However that happens has its suprises.

Yep.

Sometimes it works out, many times it doesn’t. Lack of patience doesn’t help, nor is it a virtue. But it ain’t going away I suspect!

martin wrote:

Nalod wrote:

KnickDanger wrote:So the hate was for nothing?

Apparently so.
We also read “Thibs did not want Cam last january”. Was it becuase it was mid season or fit?
Seems that on this team players are given chances to succeed.
Fans, including myself can’t see the path for evolutionary change. And for goodness sake Cam’s preseason was ugly.
I often remarked his ankle looked awful. He looks solid physically now.
Best thing is for players to step up and improve the team. However that happens has its suprises.

Could never figure out if he didn't want Cam or thought it was be really hard to add another player into a 10 man rotation in a seemless way.

I think it's the later. And if Grimes wasn't injured, I'm not sure we would've saw this in Cam. So again, it took an injury for Thibs to see Cams value?

I think Thibs was hoping Grimes can do what Cam is currently doing. Now Grimes and Cam appear to be interchangeable for Thibs. And I hope Cam stays in that role. He's not as good as Grimes as far as shooting. But Cams physical gifts is something you can not learn. Long frame and spaghetti arms, with lateral quickness and agility.