TheGreenArrow wrote:dakomish23 wrote:Obi w/ 17pts & 5 3’s in a finals game. +13 in a 1 point game.
He’s played such a huge role for IND as the 1st big off the bench
After that 1stq he had thibs would have banished him to shadow realm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But a good coach like Carlisle gave him a 2nd chance and was rewarded for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t doubt that Thibs would have done that if he had other options. But in 22-23 he did show us he’d go back to Obi when he didn’t have an option.
Game 5 vs CLE. Randle had a GREAT first half where he did what’s he supposed to do. Score w/in the flow of the offense, move the ball and bully ball when the opportunity was there. Then he sat out the 2nd half, Thibs put him in and Obi scored our first 7 pts in the quarter (10 total in the quarter) as we closed out CLE.
Game 5 vs MIA. Randle was choking big time in the first quarter (1-7, he played the entire quarter) Thibs made the substitution- Obi. Knicks got on a 18-5 run and end up winning that game.
It’s why I was against moving him for nothing. We just saw how important it was to have a back up who could come in and help get a W.
We can’t go into this next season bare bones again