Comments on: 2021-22 Game Thread: Knicks @ A Team Playing Greg Monroe Big Minutes

By: E, all merc'd out

E, all merc'd out — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 13:02:51 +0000

There’s no “track record” to “trust.” The real track record would lead the sensible observer to distrust.

By: cybersoze

cybersoze — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 12:58:31 +0000

So the Atlanta win still wasn’t the turning point of the season, right? Bad Julius and Bricklayer Evan (my new nickname for him) came back the next game, serving as the proof here. And to make matters worse, Kemba lost the all star mojo and turned into a pumpkin again.
Like Thibs said about the time needed for the team to gel/click: “When You Get To 20, You Say 30. And You Get To 30, You Say 40. And Then Before You Know It, The Season’s Over. So It’s A Bunch Of Bulls**t.”
I guess the optimists here will say we need 40 for now… i wonder what will they say 6 games from now? 😛

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 11:49:06 +0000

Macri’s newsletter today acknowledges all the ugliness of the win, and also how frustrating it was to see Obi pulled after a few mistakes while Randle was allowed to play through so many gaffes of his own. Then he suggests this:

It’s all fair game, and speaks to the double standard many coaches get accused of having in favor of veteran players. Thibs is one of the more egregious violators.

He is also not stupid. He knows that this season, and in all likelihood his tenure as Knicks coach, is a lost cause if he can’t figure out how to get Randle going, not with the amount of money the franchise now has invested in him. Clearly, where Randle is concerned, Thibs skews in favor of trusting the track record, perhaps at the expense of accountability.

By: Owen

Owen — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 11:45:43 +0000

Well, it was a good Mitching looks like.

I was a Monroe stan early on but I think had abandoned ship by that point. David Lee taught me a lot of lessons. About love. And lack of defense in box score stats.

By: Geo

Geo — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 07:04:28 +0000

good win tonight…the wolves played hard, particularly defensively…they just couldn’t hit their threes…

thank goodness monroe isn’t in better game shape and able to play more minutes…there were a bunch of guys playing for the wolves tonight i had no idea who they were…

mitch looks great right now…he can impact a game, that’s for sure…

By: Deeefense!!

Deeefense!! — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 04:58:57 +0000

If we could figure out a way to get rid of Randle and Fournier and replace them with productive winning NBA players that play the game correctly we could probably make a good run. We’d still have to worry about eventually landing a starting PG and #1 option, but at least we’d be cleaning house of the losers,

By: Deeefense!!

Deeefense!! — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 04:55:25 +0000

DudeInKnicksTown:
For all of his faults, RJ seems to have the clutch gene.

He does.

I’m not worried about this shooting slump. He was in Covid protocols for a long time. They haven’t been releasing any details about the severity of each case. For all we know he had a rough time of it, but either way we know he struggles with the consistency of his shot. So a layoff like he had is a pretty good excuse for a few rough games,

By: Raven

Raven — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 04:49:32 +0000

I’m with you, ess-dog. Last I wrote about this we had to go 41-8 to get to 56 wins. Now it’s only 40-8. Let’s go!

By: Deeefense!!

Deeefense!! — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 04:48:08 +0000

I was in favor of maxing Grimes in the first half, but 11 points on 11 shots? Maybe we should trade him before his value falls. 🙂

By: ess-dog

ess-dog — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 04:40:37 +0000

“10th seed baby…10th seed…woo hoo!“

Patience, Monty, climb the ladder.