NiceLikeChrist wrote:Hart in the starting lineup is elfrid Payton starting against the hawks in 2021 until the elimination game.
Thibs is just a dummy and I expect hart to start unless he has no other option but to try something else (elimination game)
Thibs benched Payton from game 3 of the Hawks series when it was tied 1-1. Then Knicks lost the next 3 games in blowouts.
Not suggesting that happened because of Payton's benching, but clearly the move we were passionately clamoring for didn't work.