This is pathetic; if he had done a better job of working the youth into the rotation back in November, the Knicks would probably be sitting in the top 6 in the East, given what every other squad has endured. Now, he needs to push at the end of the season to keep his job, but the irony is that the very folks he kept glued to the bench are the fuel for this late-season surge, which further highlights the insanity of bringing him back next season. For whatever reason, he thinks Alec Burks is his new Reggie Bullock, but its clear when Deuce is in the game and can facilitate, the offense runs better and he is shutting down whomever he guards. Cry Thibs, your train is pulling into the station...IQ is a different beast when he is not standing waiting for Juls to pass him a desperation, five secs left on the shot clock pass. Jericho is proving to already be capable on defense and is keep possessions alive on the board and is catching lobs...they needed minutes, that's all.



Tom Thibodeau claps back at armchair critics who ‘eat away at the fabric of our team’

“You guys are trying to nitpick this, nitpick that,” Thibodeau said. “You need everyone across the course of a season. We love our young guys. They bring it every day. They’re supposed to bring energy. You need RJ, you need Julius, you need Mitch (Robinson), you need Evan (Fournier),you need Alec (Burks), you need everyone.

“It’s a team, not an individual thing. Can’t pick up a box score after and after say things. How many people are watching to the end of the game to really know exactly what happened in the game? I see a lot of opinions but I don’t see guys doing the work to actually study it.”