Thibs says: “everyone needs to sacrifice”
When asked about having RJ replace IQ late in the fourth quarter, Thibs says it was due to matchups and b/c OKC has length/size. Says “everyone needs to sacrifice.” pic.twitter.com/98kcxhyzzg
— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) December 28, 2023
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What a fucking dumb answer he just making choices due to size bias and totally ignoring what the players due on the court it’s so dumb.
Yes we all sacrificed for his sins
The team has reached its ceiling from a coaching and player talent standpoint. Your move Leon.
Everyone except josh hart apparently. Guy is playing way, way too fucking much compared to actual production. Quickley must want a trade so badly after last night.
This clown has no ideia what he’s doing
When is it Joshua Hart’s turn to sacrifice? Or even Julius Randle, great most of the time but can have off nights. But IQ or Grimes have to die on the sword every night?
How long can we go with RJ’s inefficiency? Can we somehow trade for steph curry? Is anyone listening? No? okay.
Blah.
Including our aspirations because this man has to play a center so he prefers to play Taj Gibson over Randle at the 5 in 2023
it was a tough L but if you look at the stats in the game log, i mean almost everything was a dead lock. yeah, they edged us out with like +3% FG/3P but the reality is OKC is an absolutely **stacked** team with a ton of synergy and we are a very guard-heavy team with really no support options for when julius needs a break
OKC threw that smaller lineup at us for a lot of the 3rd which allowed thibs to give IQ some burn but when their starters are poppin it’s tough to match IQ (or divo, or hart, or grimes) on a 3 or a 4 because the size diff is so massive
it’s gonna be the same deal for boston. it’s known—rose needs to get us some forwards. a lot of us are gonna be losing our favorite players this off-season, so prepare yourselves
Thibs could be our Mark Jackson. The guy who primes a good team to work hard but not the guy who can take it all the way. We need our Kerr/Pop/Stevens.
It’s just one loss. Move on guys.
People hating on Thibs atp are being too reactionary. We got more wins under our belt and will win plenty more.
The real issue with this team is the roster construction, that’s the only thing holding us back from going that next step forward.
Everyone jumps down Thibs throat when his long term methods don’t work out, but everyone praises him for turning around the franchise.
Here’s the game plan
Hard nose defense, let’s the stars cook.
It’s always been that way with him and it always will be.
Last night we needed stops and we needed Brunson to take over the offense. Neither worked out, but that was the game plan. I don’t mind the team loosing that way. It won’t always work out, but I like our odds in series against the thunder, with that game plan.