While the Knicks are disappointing this season, with just 25 wins in 54 games, rumors of tension between Tom Thibodeau and the club’s “front office” emerged last week, just before the All-Star Break.
According to SNY, it was William Wesley, the executive vice-president of the Knicks, right-hand man of president Leon Rose and influential voice in the offices of the franchise, who would have expressed his skepticism vis-à-vis the coach. of the Knicks. “World Wide West” even told James Dolan, the club’s owner, that “Thibs” was one of the people responsible for the team’s very disappointing season.
Asked about this yesterday, when the Knicks returned to training after the break, Tom Thibodeau calmed things down.
« I talk to Wes regularly. I don’t respond to these rumours, I know how it works. I’ve been there before “He said, when he has indeed already been in this situation with the Bulls and Wolves. ” So I’m not worried about all these rumors. I talk to Leon and Wes every day. Nothing has changed from this point of view. »
If the coach chooses to calm the game, it is quite logical that management wonders. Because the Knicks have been staggering since the start of the campaign and have been unable to find solutions (13 defeats in the last 16 games) while criticism of Tom Thibodeau’s tactical choices is coming from everywhere. Yet “Coach of the Year” in title, and while his contract goes until 2025, can “Thibs” really take the door?
The home stretch of the season will undoubtedly be decisive, while waiting to see what direction the franchise will take this summer. Will the club change the squad to find a group that fits better with Tom Thibodeau, or will it bet on another coach to better exploit the qualities of the players currently present?
| Tirs | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Julius Randle | 49 | 35.2 | 41.4 | 30.7 | 75.8 | 1.7 | 8.1 | 9.9 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 18.5 |
| R.j. Barrett | 44 | 32.3 | 41.4 | 35.2 | 69.2 | 0.8 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 17.3 |
| Evan Fournier | 49 | 28.7 | 42.4 | 39.4 | 70.6 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 13.7 |
| Kemba Walker | 30 | 26.3 | 41.0 | 37.9 | 81.7 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 12.4 |
| Derrick Rose | 26 | 24.5 | 44.5 | 40.2 | 96.8 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 12.0 |
| Alec Burks | 50 | 26.9 | 38.6 | 39.9 | 82.4 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 11.2 |
| Immanuel Quickley | 47 | 22.0 | 37.7 | 34.2 | 90.8 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 9.9 |
| Mitchell Robinson | 46 | 24.9 | 78.5 | 0.0 | 52.5 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 8.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 8.3 |
| Obi Toppin | 46 | 15.8 | 54.1 | 25.0 | 77.2 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 7.8 |
| Quentin Grimes | 33 | 15.9 | 42.0 | 40.3 | 72.7 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 5.9 |
| Cam Reddish | 3 | 6.9 | 30.0 | 20.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| Nerlens Noel | 22 | 23.2 | 55.4 | 0.0 | 72.0 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 6.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| Kevin Knox | 13 | 8.5 | 37.5 | 35.7 | 70.0 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.6 |
| Taj Gibson | 33 | 18.1 | 49.4 | 26.7 | 72.4 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.4 |
| Damyean Dotson | 2 | 10.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Miles Mcbride | 20 | 7.5 | 26.3 | 16.1 | 75.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.9 |
| Wayne Selden | 3 | 6.4 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| Jericho Sims | 16 | 5.8 | 77.8 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| Tyler Hall | 1 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Danuel House | 1 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Matt Mooney | 1 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
