Official '24-25 NY Knicks Offseason Thread

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shyt I was begging for. Better late than never

It’s crazy how much Thibs is making adaptations and adjustments and well…. Being better than he has been. They are running dozens of plays in the last two series they didn’t run before.

In game 4 Hart and Mitch screening and even double screening…. Not done by this team before and when I say team I mean the Knicks since Thibs got here. The Celtics had no idea how to deal with it.

A couple of weeks ago I said the biggest failure of Thibs was him not tapping into the fact the starter all have a high BBIQ and now he finally is.
 

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I want the Jalen Brunson revenge tour to hit Indy, but let's close out Boston tonight first. Can we have a drama free game? 20 point comebacks are cool, but I want a boring 4th quarter.
I’m literally begging. I didn’t sit on my couch from 6 mins in the third until Tatum got hurt.
 
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The game plan gotta be to let Brown get his and shut all role players 3 down. Let brown get his 35+ with mid ranges and inside the paint. But we cannot let white, pritch get hot from the 3.

Jrue has been absolutely horrendous, so im not worried about him, kp either. Horford been inconsistent. Just keep pritch snd white in check from the 3
 

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I know we have historic beef with the Pacers but I just think this is revenge for last year.

Those motherfukkers were celebrating beating an injured Knicks and didnt win a single game after. A lot of shyt was talked on both sides so let’s see what is up.

Like shyt if we beat the pacers we basically beat every good team in the east in a series since Brunson got here except the Orlando and ATL.
 

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I've come to the conclusion that Bridges is a 4th quarter guy.

If he don't show up in the first half, I'm no longer disappointed........but I'm not discounting him either.

I'm more worried when OG has a slow start than Bridges. Bridges seems to have an extra gear while OG seems to play at the same speed all game, so if he's not rolling early he's less likely to turn it on in the 4th.
 

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It’s crazy how much Thibs is making adaptations and adjustments and well…. Being better than he has been. They are running dozens of plays in the last two series they didn’t run before.

In game 4 Hart and Mitch screening and even double screening…. Not done by this team before and when I say team I mean the Knicks since Thibs got here. The Celtics had no idea how to deal with it.

A couple of weeks ago I said the biggest failure of Thibs was him not tapping into the fact the starter all have a high BBIQ and now he finally is.
What the hell happened between Game 2 and Game 4? They were a different team. I was having an argument with friends like "The Knicks aren;t suddenly going to learn to run plays". I watched them in the regular season and Detroit series and they kept doing Brunson iso, then kick out to perimeter for a 3 or some other haphazard play where they might get lucky.

All of the sudden Game 4, they were doing all the things: Pick and rolls, screens, double screens, reverse screens, actual plays. Where did this all come from and why didn't we see it earlier? So weird. With that said, if they can play like they did in Game 4: utlizing screens, big man mismatches, offensive rebounds, slowing down the game, taking only high percentage shots (fukk the 3 ball unless you're WIDE open), I think we have a real real shot at the chip.
 
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