Tom Theopodo and the heavy minutes in it again

Once again in 2017After he went out in a frustrated season, where a young woman in Minnesota Timberolphs scored a recent record in the American Professional League by detonating 22 strands of two numbers, the footnote coach at the time and team leader Tom Theopodo was clear in diagnosing the case.

“I passed [film of] “These games, and they continued to return to durability,” Theopodo said during the media day.

Thebodo suggested that one of the fastest ways to increase the hardness of the team is to instill more of it in the list. So, despite a large number of teams that tend to manage a league pregnancy management strategy to help keep their new stars in the post -season, wolves did the opposite. They crammed the market on a certain type of players.

Last year, we had three of the 17 young men in the league who played in all 82 games. We just added two others, Jamal [Crawford] “Jeff Tig, who played at all 82. Now we have five of the 17,” said.

These additions made by Jimmy Butler and Taj Gibson did not include the rugs who appeared in all 82 games under Thibodeau once earlier with the Chicago Bulls team.

Eight years later, with Nix, the Thebodo strategy remains. As well as the discussion that followed the 67 -year -old player throughout his career.

Looking at this season, no team has played its seat frequently or got less production than its seat from KNICKS. Nearly 40 years have passed, and its history dates back to Boston CelTics 1986-1987, as the American Professional League led team in the novice lectures arrived at the American Professional League Finals, according to Espn Research.

The Worldview coach, who dates back to the extent of his best players, is the subject of attracting KNICKS fans, even when Thibodeau, who linked the Hall of Fame coach on Tuesday, has helped Riley in fourth in the winning list of the team at all, to sponsor the most sustainable concession race in the fourth century.

Thebodo, whose winning rate of 58 % in the history of the American Professional League between coaches has never reached the finals, said he believed that championship caliber clubs need to create torque and “mental discipline” throughout the season. But his required mentality and winning everything raises a major question that can determine the ceiling of his team and his future with the organization:

Will you burn the heavy minute mentality of KNICKS when they need more additional equipment?

“I think everyone, it should run their own race,” said Thibodo last week.


Any other teamThe comments had not paid a second idea.

But in New York-where novice players played for many more years than any other teams, and where the best players in the club have become the time of the Play of-the repercussions of Mikal Bridges, which leads the American Professional League in minutes and did not miss a game in his career for seven years.

“sometimes [it’s] “Not fun on the body,” Bridges told reporters in Portland last month. “We have a good team enough as our youth can come and we do not need to play 48, 47 [minutes]. We have a lot of good men in this team that can take off the minutes, which helps the defense, helps to attack, and helps tired objects in there. “

Ironically, the story is sunk at the end of that night when the bridges-in the 41st minute, reached three times an exciting manipulation of the jacket in additional time. However, it was worth noting that the newcomer KNICKS like bridges will express the idea of ​​excessive use.

Even if the other Nix avoids being sound like bridges, there is a lot to clarify the team as strange when it comes to the amount of time that players on the field spend on each game.

When Gallin Bronson seized his ankle in additional time against Lakers about a month ago, Nix tired three of the top four minutes in the American Professional League: bridges in the first place, Josh Hart in second place, and Bruneson in fourth. Even after the absence of Bronson extended, the five team started in five minutes, and 255 minutes more.

If the bridges and the second and second place in the league are ranked in the total minutes, then this will be the third time in the training process in Thibodo 2016-17 and 2020-21 being other-that two of its players led the American Professional League in minutes. There was only Two other seasons In the history of the 79 -year -old league, with one team led the American Professional League players in minutes.

For his part, Thibodeau explained that he is seen as necessary to play the players of the wing for him for a longer minutes because many of the best players in the Celtics All-Star of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are a possible match in the second round-with dealing with the ball often, and constantly pose the biggest threat to score.

“We are trying to keep them identical. If you look at the league, all of these men play 36 and 37 minutes,” he said. “[Bridges and Hart] They are defenders of the main wing. This is how he works. “

Some may indicate the fact that KNICKs plays in one of the most slower American Professional League steps as evidence that the work burden is not difficult as the minute’s totals suggest. But New York beginners may practice themselves much more than what appears.

Bronson, the team’s year, has a ball in the league 8.7 minutes for each game this season, and leads the American Professional League in the Holding Salads with 47. Hart, the most physical players in New York, constantly dive to the ground, and recovered 80 loose balls in the American Professional League this season.

In slippage to defend Ballhandles, Bridges have been forced to run through 25 screens for each game-which is an arduous task, and more than any player in the 12-year-old tracking era. Looking at the teams that KNICKS might face in the first round of the qualifiers, this season, Bridges ran 37 miles from Indiana Besterss Teres Haleporton, 41 miles more than Detroit Bestone Kadeningham and 66 miles more than Milwoki Paczi Damyan Lilly, according to NBA data.

For this reason, games such as Charlotte Hornz won at Charlotte Hornz.

The KNICKS team was controlling Charlotte, who was without the Lamilo Polo goalkeeper 25 points per game and bridges from 20 points per game. Benefiting from that absence, New York jumped to a great advantage and never led it less than 20 points in the last 25 minutes.

Hart played 38 minutes, Karl-Anthony Towns 39 and Og Anunoby 40. Meanwhile, Bridges played, at the same time 46 minutes and 30 seconds before finally left.

Thibodeau deals with the reason for his struggle to leave beginners on the ground late, even with two strings of two numbers. He cited the fact that he was an assistant in Houston Ructas in 2004, when Terry McGradi ignited 13 points in 35 seconds against San Antonio Spears to form a possible return.

“In this league, there is no safe progress. I have seen everything,” Thebodo said last season. “People will tell you,” Oh, it needs to remove beginners from there. ” Yes?


With his entrance From the Madison Square Garden tunnel, then two quickly headed against Indiana to open the game 7 of the semi -finals of the East Conference of 2024, Anounobi returned from the Ottling Boy a week and a half before it was the moment of Willis Reed of some kind.

Instead, it has been proven more than one. It is clear that Anunoby had little or non -defensive liquidity.

“You can see it there in the last two play: Og Anunoby does not have the movement,” Doris Burke, analyzed at ESPN. “This post by Pascal Siakam before a couple’s property, [Anunoby] Busty move. “

Later, Anunoby sought caution to close Andrew Nimbard in a 3 -point line, but he was very late and surrendered three times. Thibodo called for time, and Anounobi took a seat five minutes after the game. It will be the final game for this season.

Things get worse. KNICKS team – already lost without Julius Randel, Mitchell Robinson and Bogan Bogdanovich, who were all excluded for the rest of the season – Bronson in front of the left hand in the second half.

After the Pacers team filmed a 77 % game of the stadium, to beat New York, Thibodeau praised his team. “The men gave everything they have … nothing left to present it,” he said.

Thibodeau critics likely to point out that the operation of the qualifiers filled with injuries last year was far from an isolated condition. The bulls were constantly suffering from diseases – the most famous injuries in the Derek Rose knee, but also those of Jokim Noah, Jeepson and others – during the era of thepodo. Nix will also have a post -season victory due to the injury in 2023, when Randel and Bronson hinder the second round against Miami Heat.

In Thibodeau’s defense, the New York reserve unit is not as depth as it was a year ago. The Nix team lost Hartnstein in front of Thunder, and in Randel’s trading in the towns, New York also gave up Donte Devinso, who started last season on the bench before reaching the Rum of Nix 283 as one of Thibodo players more. But if there is a bright side in New York, then this is the nature how They played the transformation.

The loss of last month, Bronson, will be a rare opportunity to recharge before the post -season. There were indications that Nix may have become excessively dependent on their leader; At the time of his injury, Bronson scored 49 % of his team’s scorers.

While it was outside, Anunoby and Bridges in particular ascended their efforts to score, with an average of more than 22 points each – up from 16.5 and 17.2 points, respectively, before Bronson descended with ankle disease. The Knicks team was as a team of 10 best defense since Bronson was injured, after ranked 17th before the 17th place.

Are these transformations, in addition to Bronson in good health in this mixture, which is enough to believe that Nix could close what was a big gap that could not be denied between them and the best two competitors in the east? Maybe, no.

But similar to the physically intense thibodeau mentality, it is affected by a mentality during the long season, it is simply a matter of perspective.

“There is no right or wrong.” “There is what you feel is the best for your team.”

Matt Williams of Espn Research contributed to this report.

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