god shammgod wrote:mpharris36 wrote:god shammgod wrote:thibs is extra hard on young players and mostly over defense. i guess he thinks he's teaching them that way. maybe he feels the older guys are what they are so he doesn't hold them to the same standard. not fair but it is what it is.
again thibs does something to contradict what he does.
He is extra hard on young players for defense...but doesn't play our best perimeter defender?
He talk about players earning there minutes and if they play well they will get minutes...um Obi was actually part of the group that brought us from a 6 point deficit to a tie game and was still taken out.
He has a cliche or line for everything. There is no doubt he is a coaching improvement here..he absolutely is. However my concerns whether he was the right coach for this team right now...is still up in the air. Especially with Rose coming in...do you not think he is going to favor Rose over young players. I even think that will have a bad effect on the young guys playing like RJ and IQ.'
I want IQ and RJ taking and making shots and plays down the stretch...I don't want Rose and Payton...why is that so much to ask for? Competing for a play in game means jack sh*t if it doesn't come with development of our young pieces.
i don't understand what happened with iq in the last couple. he was playing him more minutes recently. playing him late more. with the starters more. and then he pulled back a little for no apparent reason.
I am telling you both. And I mean this. He is trying to play good cop bad cop with IQ. Could I understand if this was Anthony Edwards? Absolutely. We don’t even know if AE loves basketball. By all accounts he wanted to play football and has repeatedly made it seem like he doesn’t know if he truly LOVES the game.
But that’s not the case with IQ. He’s not the one to play that cat and mouse game with. He’s the same guy that stays late in the gym after an early practice, shoot around/warmups and a game. This is a rookie who very much LOVES the game. No distractions with him.
It seems like Thibs wants to humble a guy who is ALREADY humble. What IQ needs is a coach who will instill confidence in him, provide support yet fairly critique him and bust his chops when he sees something out there he doesn’t like.








































