Wildcat wrote:8516knicks wrote:Took a look at IHART's stats with OKC and he's up 3ppg 3rbpg and 3assistpg over his Knick totals in just 3 more minutes per game. Is the difference due to a negative Thibs coaching or what? Did he just get that much better on his own?
Higher stats doesn't mean better in this case. OKC has an established system that has been nurtured for years. As much as I **** on Thibs, this isn't really on him. OKC is just better. Also, if not for Thibs, I-Hart won't be where he is.
iHart got more minutes due to circumstance more than anything and he capitalized on it. He had the same passing skills as a Clipper. Thibs didn't teach him that. Go look at his stats from the 2 seasons before he became a Knick. The numbers remained fairly similar as a Knick. IOW, he was already the player we saw and enjoyed in a Knicks uniform.
What many people kept forgetting is he had a lingering achilles issue when he joined the Knicks and it took a while for him to get over that and really take off later, particularly when Mitch was not available. Until then, lots of Knicks fans here weren't even convinced he was all that good.
If anything, his stats reflect a bigger advancement now on OKC than when he joined the Knicks. Thibs didn't really do that much to his game. The center position was open and he filled it well is what happened.