thenoblefacehumper: Even if we don’t change the rotations at all, seems like it would make more sense to make RJ the fake point guard instead of Burks

Please don’t. We already ruined 2 players trying to adapt them to PG, and you want to ruin another one?

The Infamous Cdiggy:
When I look at RJ, I think about 2’s like Devin Booker and Zach Levine. I checked both of their B-R pages, and although they were a bit better shooters to start, it took each a few years to really come into their own and be legit stars.
If RJ can continue his 20+ run on points on halfway decent shooting for the rest of this season, and continue to give 4-5 assists per game to go with his rebounding and D, I’d be willing to bet on him being the team’s next true star. Envisioning a future of RJ being a top-15 or 20 player means more to me than the W/L outcome of this season, bc the team can then pivot from Randle being the focal point. It’s still a gamble, and one I’d feel good on taking.

Amen. We must shift to RJ’s timeline.

This freaking guy…

It’s seemed pretty clear for a while that Thibs thinks Deuce sucks (or, at least, that he’s not ready to play), but this is the most strongly he’s implied that in his comments . I certainly don’t expect the kid to be a savior — nor do I want him to be, for the sake of the tank — but Thibs’ absolute rigidity here is just exasperating.

Psycho has definitively lost it, every day on the job is a total waste of time and a subtle FY to us and the FO.

His postgame’s becoming more and more a study in theater of the absurd and after blowing 3 huge leads prior to the ASG his team has now lost 3 consecutive games by 15-plus.

All season long (and even going back to last year) his team 3rd quarters are disasters, as if he can’t adjust or keep them engaged at halftime.

He’s running out of excuses, Rose’s absence being the last one left.

95% of the coaches in the same situation would have been fired already.
The simple fact that we’re at risk of having him on the sidelines next year is an indictment about the FO.

@FredKatz
Tom Thibodeau on continuing to play without a point guard: “That’s the best we have, so that’s what we’re doing, and they’re capable. … (I’m) more concerned about our defense than our offense. We scored plenty of points.”

This freaking guy…

It’s seemed pretty clear for a while that Thibs thinks Deuce sucks (or, at least, that he’s not ready to play), but this is the most strongly he’s implied that in his comments . I certainly don’t expect the kid to be a savior — nor do I want him to be, for the sake of the tank — but Thibs’ absolute rigidity here is just exasperating.

With both of the Suns’ starting guards out, the Plague got…five minutes tonight. Hilarious.

In a 30-points blowout! But he was plus-2… 🙂

Meanwhile Presti needs to “injure” SGA again, they’re winning too much…

With both of the Suns’ starting guards out, the Plague got…five minutes tonight. Hilarious.

So the Knicks won’t even really get to see their old friend when they beat the Suns Friday.

“I just think we got to be fighting on the defensive end,’’ Randle said. “Coach had to call timeout in the first minutes of the second half because we weren’t fighting enough. It starts with us. We’re not getting stops at critical moments. Teams are getting on runs.“When you look at who we were last year, we were the best defensive team in the league and prided ourselves on getting stops at critical moments,’’ Randle added. “We’d string together three, four stops in a row. One of the things are coaching staff shows us after games is how many times we got three stops in a row. We’re not doing that enough.’’