iqureshi wrote:as a long times bulls fan, the problem with the knicks is Thibs. He takes every ounce of talent a team has, and gets them to try hard and buy in to his system. Playoff time comes, and there is no extra gear for them to take it to. Thibs has taken a player like Randle and gotten him to overachieve, just like he turned Noah into a first team center.
On a side note, i think with actual talent, Bulls have 3 all stars (Derozen would've been an all star in the east), vs the Knicks one. Plus 2 players in PW and Ball who could be all stars in 4/5 years. Could be talking out of my Arse, but i wouldn't be surprised if the Bulls have a top 3 seed. Very few weaknesses, and their defense will be better then most expect.
It's hard for me as a Knicks fan cuz I got to watch that happen first hand but then a part of me says, they wouldn't have even been in position to get that thrashing had it not been for Thibs from a total season standing POV but then on a micro level, I wonder if certain players on an individual would've played as well without Thibs. Would Julius Randle even be getting this level of respect without Thibs and how he allows him to play?
Lastly, and I've wondered this when people wonder how far we'll regress next yr.........you just spun it negatively but I expect them to do the same thing next yr. And by doing the same thing technically we aren't learning our lesson by your standards, yet that's what it's gonna take, right? I just dont know how to hate a coach who gets his team to play hard. Or better yet how do you go backwards from there and those behaviors. Do you say "hey guys, in order for us to save enough gas for the playoffs I want yall to half ass it this time around".
