Most importantly, DRose is back again... 23-3-5-1.... Randle, RJ and Rose
Rose with 23, his season-high as a Knick. He gives them a third player who can create for himself and others, along with JR & RJ. New York is 15-7 in games he’s played with them.
Suggested DRose should be starting esp if Thibs wants to take the team to the next level. He did play more minutes than Payton, thats a start.
I missed the 1pm OT Game .... however ..
The next level are winning a playoff series vs Philly? or Nets? or Bucks? or Heats? or Boston?
And D.Rose & Payton does not have that type of skill-set as a starter/finisher playmaker to take the Knicks to the next level.
Hopefully, in the offseason FA market we could sign D.Angelo Russell or Brunson to become our starter PG.
We have to give BIG PROPS to Thibs Knicks defense in the past 10 games, it's been off the chart, holding opponents under a hundred pts after 100 shots taken to give us a JOLLY six game WIN streak.