🚨🚨Breaking News🚨🚨Knicks Head Coach Tom Thibodeau fired by the team after winning 2nd Round Championship. The Haliban Caught a Body.

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Their two best players are fatally flawed defensively….The 1-5 pnr is The easiest and most common play to run in basketball and they have players at those positions that are totally incapable of defending that or any other action …that’s a death sentence

Offensively he is flawed and Jeff Teague made a good point that he needed to fall back and let some other offensive mind quarterback their sets ..and if he was unwilling to do that I get it ..Teague was saying they were running shyt that he faced when he was still in the league

If their next coach isn’t some offensive wizard this was a pointless move because you’re not going to get a better defensive mind than Thibs …Get Brunson off the ball at times and try to maximize OG and Mikal because Brunson ball ain’t it .

 

[Harry B]

you mean the guy everyone thinks is grossly overrated on that end and had no business winning DPOY? That guy?

As for J-Mac, isn't that what everyone thought the Knicks were getting in Bridges?

Everyone are not NBA GMs, analysts and journalists who think that he’s very solid in this new age of guarding. Neither are they friends of stats.

It’s kinda obvious that defense is the hardest thing for “everyone” to assess properly in this position less, high intensity era. I try but I get schooled every time I watch the nerds break it down.

 

[Baka's Weird Case]

but everyone's holding KAT responsible for that when hiding him can be done AND giving Brunson and management a pass for Brunson not playing it.

Now the easy answer would be starting Mitch but he ain't built to play over a full season.

Can it be fixed? Sure, but as long as Rose and Rosas have this 1-3-1 set up, there will be a design flaw in the starting lineup.

i agree about brunson

 

[Gotright]

nikka really in here defending him lol

 

[Dem313wayz]

KAT was on the #1 defense in the league the year prior. Thibs couldn’t figure it out.

1. Mitch was injured and didn't play until March
2. Mitch don't got the stamina to play 30min a night
3. Brunson a poor defender

Nobody can construct a top 10 defense with the roster flaws

 

[KFBF]

Thibs replacement probably won’t get further than Thibs got this year. But Ty Lue or Spolestra would’ve given them a better chance with this roster.

Tyrone Lue ain’t walking through that door.

@pete clemenza
@Devil Plisken…CMS

What would you need from NY to trade Ty Lue over there?

 

[valet]

Probably Mike Malone is the front runner. But if you want a coach who is a leader, been to the Finals, he is the easy layup choice.

 

[pete clemenza]

@pete clemenza
@Devil Plisken…CMS

What would you need from NY to trade Ty Lue over there?

Do the Knicks have a 1st round pick in this upcoming draft?

 

[FTBS]

Not sure yet. I know it wasn’t with Thibs as the coach though. And so did the front office.

No...the roster. Is that a championship roster?

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

this nikka is always wrong so

Not really. Thibs was a defensive coach. They rebuild the roster that goes against his strengths. And he didn’t develop a single young player since he’s been in NY. All of their good young players were traded away.

 

[FlyBoy718]

As crazy as this sounds, why not interview for the head coaching gig? Mike Malone is top choice of course. But Rick Brunson has a lot of coaching experience and might excel in the role. My other dark horse and this is nostalgia speaking- but Jeff Van Gundy. Ty lue spoke highly of him coaching the Clippers defense.

JVG would be a dope choice but I don't think he fukks with Dolan nor would he do Thibs dirty like that. Rick Brunson won't work since he's the star player's pops. That shyt ain't gonna play well in the locker room (see Doc Rivers and Austin Rivers) Mike Malone is a champ but he just got fired 3 games before the playoffs. This feels like a Jay Wright hire, which has disaster written all over it.

 

[FlyBoy718]

Yea blame Thibs for having the p*ssyKAT as your 2nd best player. He doesn't play D and neither does Brunson. Having a 7 man rotation andv40% of your starting lineup not play D wont win you a championship. Like seriously? Who gassed p*ssyKAT up and told him he was the best shooting big man ever? Trade him for more depth.

What u think about KAT for KD straight up? The salaries work and the Knicks can get from under KAT's contract moving forward.

 

[FlyBoy718]

KAT was on the #1 defense in the league the year prior. Thibs couldn’t figure it out.

Come on bro. With all the defensive talent the Wolves had, let's not act like KAT contributed to that #1 ranking. Nobody on that team was nearly as bad as Brunson on defense neither.

 

[In The Zone '98]

What u think about KAT for KD straight up? The salaries work and the Knicks can get from under KAT's contract moving forward.

What's KD doing on defense in PHX. That you'd want him to play the 4 here for 35 minutes a game?

 

[RickyGQ]

No...the roster. Is that a championship roster?

Right now? No. This roster was good enough to go the finals though. Next question.