Berman is such a shit-stirrer. He did a bit the other day about how “Maybe Rose won’t last as long as Thibs.” Like, is he trying to get Thibs fired? I mean, if so, keep trying, Marc! But I don’t think that’s actually his goal. It’s just to create maximum chaos.

Also, in that same article, Berman established that he clearly doesn’t understand the rules of base year free agents (you would think a professional basketball writer would at least educate himself on how contracts work in the NBA).

But at the same time, the optics of saying this after a game that was won on the backs of the aforementioned kids he refused to play earlier is… not great, Bob.

I know it came after a win, but my goodness did that Thibs postgame speech sound a lot like the kind of paranoid ramblings that got Joe Judge fired.

So there’s still hope?

I know it came after a win, but my goodness did that Thibs postgame speech sound a lot like the kind of paranoid ramblings that got Joe Judge fired.

Right? Holy shit, it was bad.

You know, by the eye test he made some nice passes, ones that he wouldn’t have made last year. But the recipients must have missed the shots because he ended up with only three assists. But it’s still an improvement. He used to be single minded about shooting once he got the ball.

That particular group of Young Knicks was all about making the extra pass. It was great to see (well, in the game itself, draft position-wise, less great, but in the game, it was great to see).

He’s still so streaky that it is hard to give too much weight to a good streak, but the most important thing and why I am excited about him next season, is that he really seems to be learning how to get BS foul calls again. That’s huge going forward.