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NGL it stings more losing to these assholes again. I hope we can pull ourselves out of the fire but don’t see it happening with this coach. They totally imposed their will and sped up the game from the jump again.

I can’t believe there are still people out there defending this guy. Nobody ever accused him of being clever and I think you need a little bit of cleverness to win these high stakes series.

Instead of a shrewd coach we have a guy who looks like he’s holding in a fart for 48 minutes on the sidelines!
 
Haliburton is going to get his but the combination of Nesmiths D on Brunson and the Knicks having no answer for Siakam sealed their fate.

Not to mention that flurry of fouls against the Knicks in the fourth.
 
The stats don't even look all that bad on paper, but to me, when i watch these games, i continue to come away with the same take: We needed Mikal Bridges to just be a bit better than he is. He's a good player, but if you take the draft capital we used to get him, and use that on a real capital letter S-T-A-R... I think that is the difference between us being conference finalists and potentially getting over the hump.

It is a shame because he showed some real flashes in brooklyn, and the Nova connection made it incredibly enticing. i don't blame the front office for making the move one bit. But he isn't the consistent force we need him to be.

That is not to say he is the only issue with he roster, but he is what sticks out to me the most.
 
Jack Williams said:
The stats don't even look all that bad on paper, but to me, when i watch these games, i continue to come away with the same take: We needed Mikal Bridges to just be a bit better than he is. He's a good player, but if you take the draft capital we used to get him, and use that on a real capital letter S-T-A-R... I think that is the difference between us being conference finalists and potentially getting over the hump.

It is a shame because he showed some real flashes in brooklyn, and the Nova connection made it incredibly enticing. i don't blame the front office for making the move one bit. But he isn't the consistent force we need him to be.

That is not to say he is the only issue with he roster, but he is what sticks out to me the most.
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Sadly, I have to kind of agree. At the start of the game I was texting with my daughter and told her Bridges has to take and make those mid range jumpers as they will be there all night. He proceeded to go 2-10 from within the three point line and some of them were big misses. I loved Mikael when he played on those successful Suns teams where he was a great third option and was thrilled when the Knicks got him. Been too up and down this year though. I was less thrilled with the KAT move as I didn't think his defensive weaknesses would fit with Thibs style.
What I have heard is that the favorable contract Brunson signed will give them some leeway to add a decent bench piece, but not sure that alone will get them to a championship finals.
 
NCJohnnie said:
Sadly, I have to kind of agree. At the start of the game I was texting with my daughter and told her Bridges has to take and make those mid range jumpers as they will be there all night. He proceeded to go 2-10 from within the three point line and some of them were big misses. I loved Mikael when he played on those successful Suns teams where he was a great third option and was thrilled when the Knicks got him. Been too up and down this year though. I was less thrilled with the KAT move as I didn't think his defensive weaknesses would fit with Thibs style.
What I have heard is that the favorable contract Brunson signed will give them some leeway to add a decent bench piece, but not sure that alone will get them to a championship finals.
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Mikal is averaging less than one free throw attempt per game this playoffs. Considering the shot attempts and minutes played, it sounds like a fake stat. I may lose it if I watch another fadeaway jumpshot in the paint.
 
dk423 said:
Mikal is averaging less than one free throw attempt per game this playoffs. Considering the shot attempts and minutes played, it sounds like a fake stat. I may lose it if I watch another fadeaway jumpshot in the paint.
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Not a huge surprise though as other than his two years with the Nets where he was the main guy on bad teams he has always been a guy who doesn't get to the line a lot.
 
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