But max, with all due respect…I think your logic is completely flawed here. Thibs was in Chicago for 5 seasons. The worst win total he had during that time was 45 wins. He had over 50 wins three times and over 60 wins once. The last season before he left he only won 50 games.

Is it really fair to say that he left them decimated? Chicago wanted to tank and tear it all down after a 50 win season. That’s kind of insane if you ask me and Chicago is known for being one of the cheapest teams in the NBA.

And with Minny…yeah it ended badly there. But was the roster decimated because of Thibs? Like were Wiggins and Towns just horrible players after Thibs left because he played them too many minutes? I don’t think that logic holds up at all.

I do agree that he over relies on vets and is risk averse with lineups. But I think this narrative that he destroys rosters is way overblown at this point. He literally gave the team 3 days off from practice before this game.

I just made my thoughts on the Thibs burnout question its own post.

http://knickerblogger.net/why-im-less-concerned-about-thibs-burnout-than-i-otherwise-would/

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Brian Cronin:
There is definitely a downside to treating each game like it’s Game 7, no doubt about it.

Just take a look a the careers of Luol Deng, Joakim Noah, and Derrick Rose.

As to the psychology, I’m sure a lot of coaches think they’re smarter than the FO guys but most of them are able to keep that to themselves and manage up effectively. Thibs can’t. Plus Thibs has the life experience of getting passed over by FO types far more than he should have before he got his first shot. He’s at this point just constitutionally and temperamentally incapable of staying in his lane. It’s no more complicated than that. From a manager’s perspective, he’s extremely high-maintenance and eventually managers and executives and owners just get tired of it. That will happen here, too. Luckily, he doesn’t seem to have any pull with Dolan at all so there isn’t any danger of him actually *winning* some kind of power struggle and gaining more power but of course there’s always Dolan’s Razor lurking out there.

lmao

We have a few problems.

1. We don’t have a legitimate #1 option for down the stretch of close games and will probably have to either trade for one using our excess picks or try to move up in the draft and pray we get one.

2. The bench is not deep enough even with Quickley there – where he belongs.

3. RJ is still 3-5 years away from his peak (similar for Quick, Mitch, Knox, Frank, Obi etc..)

4. Bullock has been playing fine, but it’s a tough combo to use him with Noel/Taj and Payton. We don’t have enough punch. If we had a #1 option, he’d be terrific in his current role.

5. We don’t have a legitimate starting PG even though Payton was having a good game last night and Thibs rode with him. Last night was a night we really could have used Rose down the stretch. When the Knicks were struggling to even get very good shots let alone make the shots they were taking, Rose would have helped with the shot creation.

We have one non problem that everyone is always whining about.

1. Thibs is the coach, but I can see this is going to turn into another issue here where everyone is going to see what they want to see.

There is definitely a downside to treating each game like it’s Game 7, no doubt about it.