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FrozenEnvelope wrote:I don't get how some of you can celebrate a man losing his dream job and passion but I'm not surprised.
Be careful what you wish for.
HerSports85 wrote:
The firing isn’t shocking but him being completely out of the organization is.
FrozenEnvelope wrote:I don't get how some of you can celebrate a man losing his dream job and passion but I'm not surprised.
Be careful what you wish for.
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KnixinSix wrote:Context wrote:KnixinSix wrote:
Smelling the Roses the aroma always seems to be familiar.
What is a familiar fragrance in the air?
Johnnie Bryant
Jaren Jackson Jr
Devin Booker
Donte Divencenzo
Can you believe we actually took a leap without one play off game bro?
Not sure I follow good sir.....
Context wrote:Susan wrote:Context wrote:It absolutely is.
I have lived this already - the Bulls have been trash outside of his tenure from 1999 on just like the Knicks have been since 2003.
You didnt have Jalen Brunson.
Context wrote:KnixinSix wrote:Context wrote:Can you believe we actually took a leap without one play off game bro?
Not sure I follow good sir.....
With Thibs being removed as head coach- we progressed. Took a leap...
Susan wrote:Context wrote:Susan wrote:
I have lived this already - the Bulls have been trash outside of his tenure from 1999 on just like the Knicks have been since 2003.
You didnt have Jalen Brunson.
Thibs elevated his PGs repeatedly in Chicago.
Derrick won an MVP with him
John Lucas III was highly productive with us and a bum pretty much his entire career otherwise
DJ Augustine was in the d League then was playing awesome for us and the following year
Nate Robinson rejuvenated his career with us and fell off
I'm sorry but Brunson was elevated by Thibs just like those dudes were. It isn't to say he's not awesome but Thibs helped him raise his level quite a bit and we'll see how things shake out without him.
BKlutch wrote:The KnicksFix wrote:GONYK wrote:
No shade to your post, but we have no idea what Johnnie Bryant relies on. He's never been a HC
He's never run anything ever.
Yes he has, skip to 7:20 in this video and he explains his concept of spacing
Now watch this entire podcast and you can see what his concepts are on trapping the pick and roll, and defensive schemes
A lot of sets that we ran in 2nd and 1st quarters last season were plays that Thibs allowed Bryant to cook
The guy can coach
It was immediately apparent that Thibs never had our guys on the outside moving - usually they stood around, and so may of our passes couldn't be made or resulted in turnovers. Great video, and I loved watching the whole thing.
Fury wrote:Nicnac wrote:Thise using AI to character assisinate and create lies is really not funny and suggests the ill of technology. It's really a sad commentary to me and hopefully it can be stopped. If I am going to "hear" from someone I hope it is their truth. it's not clever or cute at all. Eventually I guess everything will be fake. What's so bad about real or truth??
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FrozenEnvelope wrote:I don't get how some of you can celebrate a man losing his dream job and passion but I'm not surprised.
Be careful what you wish for.
Absolutely. Here's a Knicks-style rant in the chaotic, sarcastic, half-doomer/half-delusional optimism spirit of thebuzzardman from RealGM:
Subject: Fire Thibs, Trade Randle, Clone Brunson
I’ve officially snapped. I just watched Josh Hart pass up another open three to dribble into a contested floater like he's prime MJ after three IPAs. Meanwhile, Thibs is on the sideline looking like he just smelled sour milk but decided to let it ride. I'm convinced he’s coaching off a laminated napkin from 2012.
Randle's body language says “I’m thinking about my crypto portfolio” every time he jogs up the court. One play he looked off FOUR guys to take a turnaround fadeaway like he was auditioning for a "What Not To Do" coaching tape.
Meanwhile, Brunson is out here doing God's work. I’m fully on board with Project Clone-A-Brunson. Let’s use whatever leftover DNA’s on his towel and start splicing. I want five of him by next April.
Leon Rose? Man’s been in witness protection since the draft. I'm convinced he’s just a cardboard cutout with a Zoom filter. Our offseason plan is gonna be praying someone takes Fournier’s expiring and hoping Obi Toppin forgives us in a dream.
This team makes me want to scream into a microwave.
And yet... Knicks in 6.
* We have a Brunson Burner™ * ** GO NY GO NY GO NY GO! ** 
El Poochio wrote:E-Balla wrote:Man this team is stupid as ****. Thibs has done nothing but overachieve and now he's gone and the guy we want to replace him with mostly is Mike Malone who's a poor man's Thibs.
Basically everyone on the team besides Mikal has had their career year under Thibs, and even in the case of Mikal he was better than last season. Minnesota was at the top of the lottery shortly after dropping Thibs, Chicago been on the treadmill since dropping Thibs, I hope y'all ready for another drought now that he's gone.
Not excited about Johnnie Bryant?
Clyde_Style wrote:prophet_of_rage wrote:He knewwhocares1 wrote:
Doubt he knew. Seems like a genuine guy. I’m sure Brunson is upset but in the same way like trading someone like Donte, Brunson is committed to the ultimate task of winning a title and all that it comes with.
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I found it interesting how people took anything positive Brunson said about Thibs so literally when this is what most pro ballers do with their coaches to some degree. I said it did not mean that is exactly how Brunson feels about Thibs and it was merely him being politically correct.
Brunson grew up with Uncle Thibs so it would be like crapping on a relative in public. He just wasn't going to do it.
I'm sure Brunson has a soft spot for Thibs, but that has nothing to do with whether he feels Thibs will help him reach his goals, because the reality is Thibs would not. Thibs did, however, give Brunson the opportunity of a lifetime to do WTF he wanted on the court and he became Mr. Clutch so there is a debt there, but that's as far as it necessarily goes.
