ProlificLurker
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Throughout Thibs tenure here they haven't been good at defending the 3pt line but this season has been especially awful.
Wingstop ain't stoppin shyt
"In NY it's Brick Again, We Ballin' in Timbs Again" Official '24-25 NY Knicks Season Thread
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Throughout Thibs tenure here they haven't been good at defending the 3pt line but this season has been especially awful.
Wingstop ain't stoppin shyt
This year is the dress rehearsal and I think the organization knows that. We desperately need a new cap cycle to fit some more guys into the roster cap wise. This team just needs to continue to gel as much as possible and make some noise in the playoffs. Next year is when we go for the gusto.
Knicksman20
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The players need to fix their communication issues on defense & their rotations. Every game I see KAT trying to cover the perimeter way too long when opposing teams run a pick instead of hedging so that the main defender can catch up which causes a breakdown. Mitch & Sims are very good at doing this. The team's not in sync on the defensive end & it shows on the court & I wish I knew how much time/effort they're putting in at practice on that end because it seems like not enough
Knicksman20
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Exactly!! We'd been saying this for years but like you said, this year has been a special kind of bad. Last season we were way more in sync on the defensive end. It starts with communication out there & I hope they're practicing itThroughout Thibs tenure here they haven't been good at defending the 3pt line but this season has been especially awful.
Wingstop ain't stoppin shyt
Rumor is Sims on the trading block
Knicksman20
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I was wondering being he's been in street clothes the last couple games
g-ice
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Apparently they targeting Jonas. Let’s see how that goes.
Who is Josh talking about? This is the second time
Black Excellence
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Mikal and OG.
Knicksman20
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The bench is part of the problem but the glaring issue is the damn starters & the perimeter defense. We could pickup great role players but if the players aren't communication or screwing up their coverage & letting guys break them down, we're right in the same position
mvp_status
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If you watch those last two possessions that lead to Beasley threes, Brunson was trying to communicate with OG both times down to switch onto THJr before he came up to screen for Cade........
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storyteller
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The communication on switches and screens is really busted right now. I don't want to blame egos or individual concerns, but I'm not in the practices or film sessions to know what's happening. OG didn't communicate well, and Josh Hart flying to THJ twice suggests that he expected a player to rotate to Beasley. Ironically, I really think Mitch might help with cohesion because he's so good in drop coverage that the rotations are easier to make.
But that's Mitch before he got hurt. We can't even be sure that he'll be the same player...and I don't like KAT in drop coverage at all. I said as much to Clyde Frazier and he gave me a look but bit his tongue. I took it as a co-sign
