This is GENUINELY Shocking… – New Knick REVEALS TRUTH on First Game… | Knicks News
Chris Gallagher breaks down a shocking report on Tom Thibodeau’s minutes situation that nobody would have expected as the Knicks have been insanely healthy, and Chris chalks it up to a sneaky offseason move before talking about Kevin McCullar Jr revealing the truth on how his first NBA Game felt.
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so is there an Award for "most minutes played" in the NBA, maybe that should be a thing??
The problem is not just injuries…..it's that the bench doesn't get to develop so when you need them they don't deliver…also the starters are gassed so their effectiveness diminishes
I cant believe your oking this. Thibs would create more success by trying to spread the minutes around to be successful through out the playoffs. The Spurs know how to take care of their players, OKC and Boston. Develop your players. Ill give him a pass this year because its new pieces to the team with a weak bench. If they dont change next season, than this will be a winning season team not built for the playoffs
McCuller will be a great player to mold into a Josh Hart swiss army knife. But im afraid with his injury is not a fit for Thibs
I don’t know why everyone keeps talking about minutes with thibs. That’s not the most important issue with thibs. It’s the way he uses his personal hence the reason we can’t beat the best teams and struggle with mediocre AND the worst teams. He needs to play big Mitch and KAT together in the starting lineup from the get. KAT is not suited to play center without a defensive big next to him. We could beat any team if he would just start them together. Thibs will never be able to take us over the top and I hate that people keep being satisfied with regular season records. This sh** is getting old
Why can’t all the news reporters ask the simple question why Knicks coach Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau is not using 15 man rotations to guard on a bench and also sign Moses Brown as well as he is over, playing his starters running starters in a nine rotation to the ground you can’t play when the playoffs with tired legs look at OG look how much he’s swearing man the starter all in don’t want to sit down, but the coach must rest these guys and cut their minutes let the rookies have minutes not garbage minutes other teams play their whole bench don’t believe check out their other team minutes pre players replays Cleveland, Boston, etc. Tom Thibodeau can’t just blame the Knicks players He has to blame himself also your players. He have to take the blame also is he the Knicks coach or not? The New York Knicks discovered they can’t win with short man roster when some loser Better higher Moses Brown, and some other wing men multiple talent all players even Mitchell Robinson versus Brown should be three-point shooters. Also why not why are the coaches tying their hands more offensive power? Is badly urgently need now are the teams, big men or shooting three-pointers why the next management GM‘s coach don’t recognize it doesn’t need it coach of greater team, unlimited, defense, unlimited offense, all players step up every Knicks player should be a scoring machine from anywhere on the court no excuses, shocked the fans, shocked themselves, shocked the NBA three pointers from everywhere all players no exceptions. You all can do it have confidence and believe in your talent cause you got game.
Thibs is hardcore! With only like 10 games left our Knicks have built up resiliency and endurance. That could hold up well in the playoffs when we have to take it up another notch. As long as the starters and key role players stay healthy. The one knock for me is when the game is in the bag he should take his starters out a little sooner. Like last night McCuller didn’t play at all. That young man needs to play. He might be needed situationally in the playoffs. Also Kolek should’ve played the bulk of the 2 quarters in the 2nd half.
No, tibbs is still at wrong. The bench isn't getting enough time, therefore not enough playing experience with each other, fatigue will ruin the Knicks again this year. Two of the five starters will be at 70%. Take your pic and if they played Detroit in the first round, well, then, maybe next year with a new coach.
Hahaha, he said OG has 300 treys in March
Tibs just have bad timing..only in desperate situation he play his young players..if Duce and payne wasn't hurt u wouldn't se kolek but on the bench…mcculler need to get time and if he is lucky… he will get some garbage time..just not going to work for the knicks..we r in trouble with tibs as coach..it's not fun watching my knicks..just boring as hell..
I hate they babying these grown men they getting paid top dollar let them earn they dam
Money
I think if we being honest Tom is definitely a problem, he’s the very problem he created. The guy doesn’t give players opportunities especially during valuable times during the season. He needs to grow and stop with these 8 man rotations.
The thiboganda, the propadeau
Glad I found your channel, it seems healthier than reading the dumpster over at r/nyknicks lol
It's great that Kevin McCullar made his NBA debut. Unfortunately, the Knicks may regret this come the off season. This season will now count as a year of NBA experience and means that McCullar will make more money next year if the Knicks chose to grant him a roster spot on a minimum contract (the type of contract they gave Hukporti this year). This may hurt if the Knicks are trying to maneuver to stay below the second apron. Long story short, for a minimum contract next year McCullar will now cost approximately $775,000 more than he would have if he had not made his NBA debut yet. Leon Rose has demonstrated time and again that he has a problem with planning ahead. This is why the roster is so screwed up and top heavy this season.
Leon Rose makes a move and then has to scramble to back fill around his move because he didn't think ahead. Like with agreeing to the Bridges trade in principle and then realizing with the new CBA that trade would hard cap the Knicks at the first apron, so Leon Rose has to scramble to expand the trade to prevent that hard cap thus giving up even more assets to Brooklyn to make it work. Because of the Bridges trade that wasn't finalized yet, Leon Rose had to screw around with last year's draft making all those trades to trade down in the draft. The Knicks had two first round picks, and they could have used some depth guys, but the Bridges trade wasn't finalized yet and Leon was worried about a 1st apron hard cap and didn't want to pay guaranteed money to two first round picks. Also, he drafted Dadiet who was a young project and not NBA ready who he was probably hoping to stash in Europe and not have to pay this year either. Then Leon Rose makes the Towns trade and realizes that shit now the Knicks have to do gymnastics again and expand that trade to stay under the second apron hard cap that the trade caused. Even more Knicks assets out the door and a roster that is the most top heavy in the entire league. The team has paid the price all season for this horrible roster building. You can't win Championships that way.
This off season the Knicks will be making free agent decisions that will land them either above or below the second apron. The Knicks will be very limited this off season. Based on the $196,310,224 salary committed to only 10 players the Knicks are already above the first apron which is projected to be $195,946,000. The second apron line is projected to be $207,825,000. If the Knicks bring back Precious Achuiwa at fair market value, they will definitely be a second apron team because just filling out the rest of the roster with vet minimum contracts will take them above the line. The Knicks have access to the Taxpayers Mid-level exceptions this offseason. Good news, right? Not so fast. With the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, if a team uses the TPMLE projected to be $5,685,000 next year to sign a free agent, that hard caps the team at the second apron. With the salary already committed to 10 players if the Knicks use the full TPMLE and hard caps themselves then they will not have enough room to fill out the rest of the 15 man roster using only vet minimum contracts. They could have been closer to accomplishing this if they could have low balled Kevin McCullar with $775,000 less but oops, Thibs played him against the Mavericks. Congratulations on your NBA debut Kevin McCullar. You definitely deserve it with what you've been through over the last year but unfortunately for rest of the Knicks organization, some wiggle room just went out the door.
Stop complaining about Thibideau/minutes.
It takes a player with the will of a JimmyBuckets/Giannis/Jokic/LBJ/JBrown to lead (or drag, even) a team through playoff grind … a.k.a. unless KAT locks in at Brunson-level focus, Knicks ain't winning a chip (or did you conveniently forget him ditching that post-game Mavs presser cuz he stunk the joint up … first needs to prove he ain't THAT dude anymore).
Especially this year with Tatum notably stronger and more efficient, Knicks ain't getting out of the East … maybe next year with improving chemistry/roster pieces.