1) in spite of scoring only 92 points, I thought the offense looked pretty good last night – just missed a bunch of shots. I really appreciated that the O did not devolve into Randle iso in the 4th, although I was kinda disappointed they didn’t involve Quickley in the action more down the stretch, considering he was basically the Human Torch up to that point.

2) Defense really really much better last night. Alec Burks really played hard last night, as did pretty much everyone. Looked like last year’s defense.

3) Taj Gibson man… I do not understand how that guy was literally jobless last season before we picked him up at the minimum. Especially in a world where Mason Plumlee got like $10MM/year.

4) Julius missed a bunch of shots, but I thought played really unselfishly. Still thinks he needs to pull the trigger when he’s open for 3, especially when he’s the outlet on a trap and there’s no one around. It’s great (Really Great) when he plays the Draymond Green role, but when you’re wide open from 3, shoot the freaking ball!!

5) Quickley – he’s great already, but in 2 years, watch out. He’s still playing a million miles an hour all the time, which is fine coming off the bench, but if he ever learns to vary his pace a la Chris Paul, he’s going to be a serious handful. And I think his defense has been really good.

I know the Pacers missed 3’s they made the first time against us but it seemed like we defended the 3-pt line better (except at the end of the half.)

I think that if you plugged pretty much anybody on the current Knicks roster into the Otto Porter role in Golden State, they’d be be looking pretty good right now, too. (Well, maybe anybody except Randle, that is, who, per the game thread, doesn’t move the ball, which is the only requisite skill to thriving as a Warrior these days).

Also, a quick observation per League Pass: the Timberwolves execution is terrible. Like, Fisher/Hornacek/Fizdale bad, from the little I’ve seen.

No, I didn’t see it. But I caught a few minutes of the Hawks game, and was reading the game thread here, so thought I’d point out that Reddish has been equally woeful of late (not that that is much solace for the RJ Barrett Stan Account, but it is kind of remarkable that those two, who were #1 and #2 respectively in their high school recruiting class, have gone through the exact same peak and valley thus far in this very short season).

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thibs referenced dice noticing quik at a georgia/kentucky game…

before thibs had taken the knicks job…he said dice told him that quik reminded him of some of the guards they coached while they were with the bulls…

can anyone think of who dice and thibs thought quik reminded them of?

Kirk Heinrich? Korver?

before thibs had taken the knicks job…he said dice told him that quik reminded him of some of the guards they coached while they were with the bulls…

can anyone think of who dice and thibs thought quik reminded them of?