Knicks built a team to beat the Celtics, not to win a championship
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Not terribly surprising, but also doesnāt solve the issues that cost the Knicks the ECF
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Congratulations to future New York Knicks Head Coach Michael Malone
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I know Thibs has an expiration date at every job, but it seemed like he was still pushing them up and they hadnāt taken a step back yet.
I canāt believe Iām saying this, but the Knicks front office seems pretty competent these days, so I trust Leon Rose and crew.
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Wizards HIRE THIBS NOW
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Knicks FO has been actively good. But they are kinda in a āwe canāt obviously upgrade the roster, but we can change the coachā situation.
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Yeah. Iāve generally liked what theyāve done, especially in acquiring and stocking assets for when a good trade target became available. And the Brunson contract was structured really well. But they probably gave up too much when they did decide to spend their assets in trades. 6 FRP (4 unprotected), 1 unprotected pick swap, 3 2nd round picks, Randle and DiVincenzo for KAT and Bridges. And now they have no assets left to trade and theyāre above the 1st apron already.
And the Nets are up to what, 9 FRPs and a pick swap for KD so far with Cam Johnson still available for trade?
Iāll take Thibs on the zards only because watching the player revolt would be great entertainment
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As a Knicks fan, Iām mixed on this. I thought he got thoroughly out-coached by Bickerstaff and Carlisle (and the Celtics series couldāve easily gone the other way if they had made a few more open threes). Because of that, I just donāt think heās able to scheme well enough to win a title.
On the other side of things, Thibs was very good at establishing a winning culture and I donāt know that thereās a better coach available right now.
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Nahhhhhh. Not the right time for the kind of coach. Need to tank one more year bc Knicks have our pick if itās not in top 7.
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Thatās where I am with Thibs. He doesnt do enough to set up his team on offense to be effective. The culture and attitude is a winning one but they canāt overcome the talent and coaching gap with that.
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Looks like our old conference foe Brian Gregory will not exactly be the most empowered GM:
https://x.com/phnx_suns/status/1930406573362590183?s=46&t=wAzMZR-0PRGT1LpN6U5x0g
Ishbia gives off terrible owner vibes, honestly. The platonic ideal of an owner is probablyā¦Steve Ballmer? Not afraid to spend and puts all of his meddling energy into the non-basketball operations side, like ensuring his arena has enough toilets.
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I need Ryan Dunn on the Wizards with THIBS running him 40 minutes a game
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Iām sure itās just a huge coincidence that the new coaching hire has a masters from Michigan State.
I wonder if Ishbiaās using the early Mavs Marc Cuban model of ownership involvement or the past 20 years of Jerry Jones model of a dual owner/GM role.
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Keep Thibs away from the Zards and for the love of RDs career keep him away. That may be the one place worst for him to develop
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An assumption is that all GMs are competent which isnāt the case. Phoenix has been atrocious and spend crazy money. I totally agree with Phoenix owner taking over. Canāt do worse. Get great scouts, analytics guys and support staff and be involved and the decision maker.
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Ishbia made the Durant and Beal deals himself. Durant was like the day he bought the team or the day after since it was trade deadline. Heās been taking advice from Isiah Thomas for these and other deals and not listening to scouts and analytics people.
His involvement and decision making IS the reason theyāre as bad as they are. He can certainly do worse and probably will if heās even more involved.
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