Official '24 NYK playoffs thread, RD1 vs PHI

[Coupé It]

Pacers and Heat lost last night which was good.

But yea it’s getting REALLY tight

 

[keko jones]

Despite my criticism of Thibs, no coach can succeed when four of their starters are sidelined with injuries. If they falter in the first round, this situation will surely grant Thibs another year.

 

[njavier03]

i don't think Thibs is going anywhere anytime soon. the team is constructed to his strengths now, so he has no excuses. i still want him to have a come to Jesus moment and learn that he doesn't have to run these guys into the ground and manage their minutes better. he also needs to stop relying on iso ball.

 

[nick.]

 

[you go boy]

That's why I'm surprised we traded Grimes who's a defensive player for much older players in bojan and Burks who don't play a lick of defense when we have thibs at the helm

 

[Air Pope]

They seem different today

 

[don ramon]

decent start.

josh hart is motivated

 

[8pm at msg]

I need Brunson to stop hitting the floor

 

[jayocampo]

That's why I'm surprised we traded Grimes who's a defensive player for much older players in bojan and Burks who don't play a lick of defense when we have thibs at the helm

We needed scorers off the bench since we traded Quick. You saw how we were struggling to get any pts from our bench after the raptors trade.

 

[Air Pope]

We’re gonna be ridiculously good when we get healthy

 

[nick.]

seems like Burks out of the rotation with Brunson back

edit: ****

 

[you go boy]

We needed scorers off the bench since we traded Quick. You saw how we were struggling to get any pts from our bench after the raptors trade.

While I agree with you 100%... We still didn't find that third ball handler that can create for others like IQ

 

[don ramon]

 

[gaiiige]

seems like Burks out of the rotation with Brunson back

edit: ****

need to see his minutes replaced by shake just to see what it looks like

 

[Coupé It]

So far so good man!

 

[nick.]

Really like Precious being aggressive off the dribble the last few games

 

[Coupé It]

I need Brunson to stop hitting the floor

You know he leads the league in charges?

I said this in the NBA thread a bunch, I love the grit but he’s a star now. Needs to chill.

 

[you go boy]

H20 with the bag

 

[don ramon]

i'm a little surprised the knicks are beating the magic by this much today

total domination from the start

precious achiuwa has had a very strong game in a lowkey way

 

[don ramon]

i've noticed burks hasn't played much this second half

all is right in the world

 

[8pm at msg]

Hart, Dante and Precious with a full workload tonight, 38+ mins for each.

Precious with 14 boards and 5 blocks

 

[you go boy]

Good win

 

[jayocampo]

While I agree with you 100%... We still didn't find that third ball handler that can create for others like IQ

Thibs def wanted it to be Burks lmfaoooo. Maybe Shake will be a decent back up.

 

[Coupé It]

Well this was something man!

Didn’t expect this.

Shout out to don ramon for putting pressure on the team

 

[keko jones]