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Exploring Knicks' Strategy with Mitchell Robinson & Josh Hart
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00:00
So I'll throw an idea out that I thought would have been the Knicks approach
00:04
if Mitchell Robinson was healthy to start the year,
00:08
which is start Mitchell Robinson,
00:09
and have Josh Hart, who would have just won six-man of the year.
00:13
Now, again, it is remarkable that all of a sudden Josh Hart,
00:16
when you think about the season he's had, the moments he's had,
00:19
the toughness, everything,
00:20
he kind of feels like he is supposed to be the embodiment of Tom Thibodeau's
00:23
New York Knicks.
00:24
But ultimately, this team needs to get a little bit of help out there
00:28
on the defensive side of the ball.
00:30
Getting Mitchell Robinson out there consistently will help them offensively
00:34
in terms of the rebounding perspective.
00:36
It'll cover for Cat and Brunson with the rim protecting.
00:40
It feels, J.Y., like a switch to make,
00:45
and I would imagine Josh Hart will be cool with it
00:50
because I think that Josh Hart actually does read like somebody
00:52
who just wants to win.
00:54
I also think Josh Hart, like coming off of the bench,
00:56
which may give you, you know, effort level six billion,
01:01
like levels that he, you know,
01:02
because he'll just be so ready to go and wanting to prove himself.
01:07
I think, I don't think that's too drastic of a change.
01:10
What do you believe?
01:11
No, I think it's the right approach because going into the season,
01:14
everybody thought it was going to be Brunson at the one,
01:17
Bridges at the two, OG at the three,
01:19
Cat at the four,
01:20
and Mitchell Robinson at the five because of the fact that Cat showed that he
01:24
could play alongside a center because he did so with Rudy Gobert.
01:28
And then what you have is you have Mitchell Robinson's rim protection.
01:32
You have a double barrel big.
01:33
Cat still goes to the perimeter.
01:35
So you can put Mitchell Robinson in a dunk spot and you create more driving
01:39
lanes.
01:39
And then you have Mitchell Robinson to go and get off his rebounds,
01:42
which is kind of weird because sometimes Kevin,
01:44
the best line the Knicks have had during the series and the playoffs has been
01:48
a minor double barrel big lineup with,
01:51
with Cat and obviously Mitchell Robinson.
01:54
So yeah,
01:54
I think what that does is I think it also gives the Knicks,
01:57
honestly,
01:58
Kevin a little bit more balance.
01:59
We talked about having a secondary ball handler.
02:02
Well,
02:02
Josh Hart becomes a secondary ball handler because you don't trust Deuce.
02:06
Josh Hart's minutes go down.
02:07
Now Deuce doesn't have to have the weight of his shoulders of the second team
02:11
campaign gets less minutes.
02:13
Maybe you give pressure to Chua a couple of minutes here and there.
02:17
I mean,
02:17
he ain't that much worse than OB top and he can get in there and mix it up
02:20
and get a rebound and put a put back.
02:22
And so it's,
02:24
it's,
02:24
this is the problem sometimes with tips.
02:28
Tips is tips.
02:29
And I want to push back on something right now.
02:32
All these Knicks fans that are going on social media saying,
02:34
we're going to fire tips.
02:35
We're going to fight.
02:36
It ain't happening.
02:37
So put that to bed.
02:39
He got the team to the Easter conference finals for the first time in 25
02:41
years.
02:42
They're not firing them.
02:43
Now could they get rid of them next year?
02:46
If they get off to a poor start with the same roster,
02:49
some tweaking,
02:50
that's a story for another day.
02:52
But Tom,
02:53
the big story with the Knicks is,
02:56
well,
02:56
tips,
02:57
try anything different.
03:00
Like Kevin suggested or Deuce McBride.
03:03
What are your thoughts?
03:03
Where can the Knicks do something different to try and change the series a
03:06
little bit?
03:07
So we were talking pre-show about the JJ Redick first series with the Lakers,
03:12
how Rick Carlisle's like,
03:13
Hey,
03:13
well,
03:13
Hey,
03:14
you got a player.
03:15
Are you healthy?
03:15
Can you get out there?
03:16
Let's,
03:16
let's,
03:16
let's try something different where I do like the idea of a heart and
03:20
Mick and miles McBride coming off the bench just to give a different
03:23
look.
03:24
The issue is like the Knicks are running out of time.
03:27
Like I,
03:28
I view game three as like a must win for the Knicks because if they can win
03:31
game three,
03:32
maybe they lose game four.
03:33
They win game five back at home.
03:35
We got a three,
03:35
two series lead.
03:36
The pressure would be on the Pacers going to game six to win on home
03:39
court.
03:40
Right.
03:40
And then anything happens in the game seven.
03:42
Yeah.
03:42
The Knicks are running out of time to experiment with the Tibbs doing
03:46
something different.
03:47
So I want to see anything different.
03:49
I don't think precious to chew it is the answer longterm,
03:52
but give me eight minutes,
03:53
right?
03:53
Give me eight,
03:54
maybe 10 minutes.
03:54
We just got to mix it up.
03:55
We got to put a different body out there,
03:57
give a little bit of rest.
03:58
But I think Robinson should be in the starting lineup.
04:01
Go him and cat.
04:02
You can go against Turner and Siakam just to try something different.
04:06
Hart comes off the bench.
04:07
And I agree with the take that the effort that he would bring is something
04:10
that he wants to prove.
04:12
And it would just be a completely new look for the Knicks.
04:14
And what's the,
04:15
what's the worst that happens?
04:16
Like,
04:17
all right,
04:17
you're losing close games.
04:18
You lose another close game because you happen to try something different.
04:21
There's no wrong answer at this point.
04:23
You just got to figure out what works.
04:25
Yeah.
04:26
Um,
04:27
here's,
04:28
I guess the,
04:30
if this series is Pacers in five or four,
04:36
they absolutely can fire Tom Thibodeau because you losing consecutive seasons.
04:43
So the Indiana Pacers while having home court advantage,
04:45
I,
04:47
when you consider the off season that they had,
04:50
I think is a change that is on the board.
04:53
The other change that is 100% going to loom and maybe,
04:58
maybe long-term a sacrifice worth making.
05:03
They will be immediately,
05:06
maybe at halftime calling the Milwaukee bucks about Giannis.
05:09
So,
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