The off-season for the Knicks commenced in Miami last Friday evening. It has further shaped Thibodeau’s reputation as being stubborn and rotation rigid. Conversely, Thibodeau’s counterpart, Heat coach Eric Spoelstra masterfully maximized his reserves, going 10 strong to great effect. Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau was reluctant to reach deep into his bench in the series, particularly to play the team’s best 3-point shooter, Evan Founier, despite his squad registering a horrific 29.2% from behind the 3-point arc. It stings a little bit…if you don’t win you lose.” We obviously wanted to keep playing and have the opportunity. “I think for me we did a lot of great things this season. “It’s tough,” said Brunson of the defeat. Lacking an abundance of fast twitch fiber, Brunson’s craftiness with the ball, ballet-like footwork, intelligence quotient (IQ), and mental and physical toughness are as immense as any of his peers. He exhausted every unit of his capacity trying to will the Knicks to a Game 7, scoring 41 points in Game 6 and proving to be a force multiplier. What everyone who follows the Knicks and the NBA learned is that Jalen Brunson is now unequivocally an elite player. They are a very good team, very experienced, very poised, so we can learn from that.” I don’t feel like I played my best, so it hurts, but it’s good to have experiences like these, you can learn from them. You fight for something, you want something so bad. “I’m very disappointed in how I played today. “I played terrible,” Barrett said afterwards. RELATED: The Knicks struggles against the Miami Heat are beyond Randle Raising his level of play after sub-par Games 1 and 2 against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Knicks 4-1 opening round series victory, Barrett, who posted 19.3 points per game in 11 contests, was an abysmal 1-10 in Game 6 versus the Heat for 11 points. The 22-year-old forward’s season ending night was even more distressing than Randle’s. Many have similar feelings regarding RJ Barrett. After averaging 25.1 points and 10 rebounds in 77 regular season games, Randle’s numbers shrunk to 16.6 and 8.3 in 10 postseason outings.Īfter being named All-NBA Third Team on May 10, his second All-NBA selection since signing with the Knicks as a free-agent in August of 2019, two days later, the 28-year-old Randle labored in shooting 3-14 and 1-7 on 3-point attempts for 15 points in an inadequate performance that has left a bitter impression on unforgiving Knick supporters. Julius Randle has been the most vilified Knick by the team’s emotionally charged fans and a large segment of the media that have misguidedly appointed him a role normally ascribed to valid franchise players, of which there are relatively few in the entire NBA.
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