BigBlueAL:
Thibs calling TO after allowing an easy layup that cuts the lead to 29 is freaking awesome.
That was the funniest moment of the night. I was laughing hysterically at that timeout and my girlfriend couldn’t understand why. I told her they screwed up on defense. She said ‘But the game is basically over”. I said, “Exactly”.

I read a Washington Wizards blog. They are unhappy their coach doesn’t hold people responsible like Thibs does.

BigBlueAL:
Thibs calling TO after allowing an easy layup that cuts the lead to 29 is freaking awesome.

That was the funniest moment of the night. I was laughing hysterically at that timeout and my girlfriend couldn’t understand why. I told her they screwed up on defense. She said ‘But the game is basically over”. I said, “Exactly”.

KB Apprentice:
As a fan of his, I’d love to see Quickley get his teammates involved more. Wouldn’t be surprised if some of the guys really hate his game.

He’s a scorer off the bench. You bring him in for a heat check and either roll with him or yank him depending on how it’s going that night. IMO he should not be playing PG or even starting on a good team the way he plays now. He doesn’t have the same skill set as Hardaway, but he reminds me of Hardaway. He has no conscience. He’ll throw up any trash at any given time. He’ll win us some games and cost us games depending on whether they are going in on that night and how long a leash we give him. If he wants to become a serious player, he’s got to settle down.

i know obi hasn’t set the world on fire but this is part of having young guys… he’s been bad but not entirely irredeemably bad… there’s a lot of folks here who wanted to throw rj in the garbage and look at him now…

To me there’s huge difference between RJ and Obi as rookies.

RJ had a clearly defined set of skills at 19. The major questions were whether he could he improve his 3 point shot over time and would he be quick enough to defend well. Other than that, we knew he could score around the basket, had good vision and playmaking skills for a wing, and rebounded fairly well. All you had to do was give him time and hope the 3 point shot came.

Obi is 22 and I can’t find a thing he does well other than jump and dunk. He’s not going to get transition points in the the volume he used to get in college and not only does he not have a strength advantage inside anymore, on many nights he’s the weaker player. Add that to the fact he’s throwing up AIR BALLS from deep, can’t defend a lick, and is not an especially good rebounder for a PF, and all you have a hard working kid that’s very easy to like and root for.

I’m not calling him a bust yet, but even with Knox you could hold out more hope because he was a very physically immature 19 year old. And as disappointed as we are in Knox so far, he’s year YOUNGER than Toppin now and at least has a couple of NBA skills.

3. It’s time to bench Obi and give Knox a chance. At least Knox doesn’t throw up air balls on a regular basis.

i don’t think benching obi is the answer… and certainly not for knox… but if you’re going to draft someone in the lotto you need more than 400 minutes to figure out what he can do…

i agree with you both, give him a week or so off though…sadly for his development, there’s only a few days chance for the entire team to practice together over the next couple of weeks – doesn’t mean though he can’t do work with the staff and a few teammates, before and after games…right now i would sit him for a week, give him some specific stuff to work on…

when it comes to player development, we don’t just have one coach, thibs just controls the rotation, shots, defense, how many breathes you take in a minute, your blood pressure…i’m sure you gotta ask him to go pee during a practice…

wouldn’t mind seeing knox get a little court time, frank kevin, obi – they’re all the same at this point…

Harper…all g league

IQ took care of all the shots in garbage time…

i was kind of hoping quik would throw him a bone there at the end, not so much…quik’s a lou williams wannabe without the assists…

i feel less bad now about rose stealing all his shots…

no doubt thibs explained himself to the coaching staff, and the team – gotta think though woody, johnnie, andy, diasuke and kenny are sitting on the bench thinking this is really dumb and reckless…