Comments on: 2022-23 Game Thread: Knicks @ Timberwolves, Thibs’ Revenge Game

By: E, all merc'd out

E, all merc'd out — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 11:04:58 +0000

The airhead quotient in Minneapolis is extremely high.

By: Nicos

Nicos — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 08:46:58 +0000

Trying Obi a little at the three is the next hurdle for Thibs. They have to find more minutes for him.

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 07:51:07 +0000

Slept through the whole game, as I’m on a weird schedule lately. Glad to see Obi played that much — Macri or somebody said on Twitter that it was his highest minutes total in a game Randle also played in. Which is ridiculous for his third season, but there you are.

I wonder what Thibs is gonna do whenever Mitch is back.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 05:51:59 +0000

In reply to Z–man.

Agreed, I think we’ve already reached “No way they’re getting rid of Thibs this season” levels.

By: Z--man

Z--man — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 05:43:17 +0000

Just to clarify, we are now 2-4 in this tough 7-game stretch against projected playoff teams. So the Nets game is magnified in that they are in turmoil and we are riding a bit of a high. But a loss isn’t a big deal, we’ve already avoided a worst case scenario.

By: Z--man

Z--man — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 05:18:08 +0000

I just watched RJ’s postgame interview. He’s such a great kid!

By: Z--man

Z--man — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 05:15:57 +0000

This Nets game now takes on a pretty big significance.

By: ramahawk

ramahawk — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 05:15:18 +0000

Yeah, where Randle sits now is sustainable. He’s got a nice shot. The two issues keeping him from being great are poor switches and just plain getting lost in D, and the dumb TOs. I don’t see the TOs getting better, but maybe he can get to adequate on D.

I was thinking that Deuce could have no better model for what he could be than Brunson. Undersized, but strong and tough, not particularly fast, yet penetrates at will, solid outside shooter but not spectacular – if Deuce could learn to penetrate like that, he could be good, and ultimately a kid complete player than Brunson, because he can actually play D.

The Big If…

By: Z--man

Z--man — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 05:12:32 +0000

We obviously benefitted tremendously by Gobert being out, but Minny had more than enough to defend their home court. That was a really nice win.

By: Nicos

Nicos — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 05:05:56 +0000

Forget the three point %, Randle just boosted his TS% to .572! His three point% sits at 33.3 and really, that should be sustainable- his stroke isn’t terrible. He still turns the ball over too much and the defense comes and goes but if he ends the season with a .572 TS% that’d go a very long way towards getting the Knicks into the playoffs.