Jalen Bluntson wrote:rajajackal wrote:Jalen Bluntson wrote:
PS the minutes police were 100% correct and it was not about just playing Kolek. When the guy you just traded 5 FRPs for said something it validated everything. Also, Kolek should have played more.
Thibs bench usage was a joke. It's part of why he's gone. Don't let your opinion get in the way of the truth.
mikal is a pussy so i'm not really surprised he was whining. our stars (KAT and jalen) didn't mind the burn. the problem was clearly that the offense wasn't clicking or making KAT's and jalen's lives any easier because thibs let them freelance
Mike is here now. Clearly it was more than Mikal who had a problem with Thibs.
Actual history has both Brunson and KAT talking about the minutes and being exhausted long before Mikal said a word. Hart also frequently made comments about the minutes. Once Mikal said something everyone got on his case.
KAT was injured playing too many minutes late in a Chicago game that was over before he got hurt. That injury lingered.
Hart was dealing with overuse injury in his knee and tore his abdomen last year.
OG had a non contact injury playing the most minutes of his career. He looked cooked in January.
Our entire starting 5 was in the top 20 of minutes played. No other team had anything close. It cost us wins in the regular season when teams were openly stating they game planned to beat us late on tired legs. Losing teams used this strategy against us. It came back to haunt us in the playoffs because we had no chemistry with the bench and Thibs couldn't adjust to get wins.
Anyway. I'm hoping and praying Mike Brown does nothing close to what Thibs did. The entire industry was talking and laughing and mocking him for it, but Mikal is a pussy? No.
Edit: just saw the GONYK post.
Discussion is over. Minutes police were 100% correct. Welcome to NYK Coach Brown!
God forbid a few players in their athletic primes play 36-37 minutes per game. Poor things