also, I’ll continue to bang the drum as I have for a few years now.
Knicks won’t win anything with Thibodeau. The guy is a dinosaur that grinds his players to dust, and yet people are wondering why the team is falling apart during this stretch run here
You’re seeing his handywork playing out with Butler in Miami. Those miles add up
Butler is my age and just led his team to the NBA finals a year ago
Thibs had two players in the top 20 for minutes this season, Brunson & Hart. Both players PT ballooned only after Randle & Anunoby picked up injuries that had nothing to do with overuse. Before we got hit by injuries, Brunson was just inside the top 20 and we had nobody in the top 15 for total minutes or MPG.
And despite missing his starting front court, Thibs is still leaning on his bench more than the Boston Celtics that are waiting in the ECF use theirs...with both Burks & Achiuwa getting more PT than Hauser, the final guy in Boston's rotation.
Every team has injuries right now because the NBA's regular season is 10-20 games too long. We just happened to run into two dirty teams (Miami & Embiid) that caused freak injuries, which exacerbated things.