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“#’Extra training camp helped Tom Thibodeau, Knicks<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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NEW ORLEANS \u2014 Pelicans coach Stan Van Gundy said an unheralded factor in the Knicks\u2019 emergence this season was having what he referred to as \u201can extra training camp\u2019\u2019 in late summer for new coach Tom Thibodeau to get in his system.<\/p>\n

Though it came before free agency and the draft in late September\/early October, the Knicks and the so-called \u201cDelete 8\u2019\u2019 staged nearly two weeks of organized team activities. Van Gundy said the Knicks kept most of those players around who participated in the OTAs.<\/p>\n

Van Gundy, who, like his brother, Jeff, is a friend of Thibodeau\u2019s, said the 2019-20 Knicks season was marred by David Fizdale\u2019s early firing, wrecking continuity.<\/p>\n

This Knicks campaign couldn\u2019t have gone any more different from a stability standpoint and continued rolling along with their fourth straight victory, 116-106, over the Pelicans Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cTom got that little extra training camp un the summer with the bubble to start putting things together so he got a little more time,\u2019\u2019 Van Gundy said. \u201cSo they stayed doing the same thing all year. That actual helps, guys, when players in play the same system all year. Continuity is a helpful thing and Tom\u2019s a great coach and they\u2019ve been able to learn the system and play the system from the summer to training camp into the season.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

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Stan Van Gundy and Tom Thibodeau<\/figcaption>
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As a new coach, Van Gundy didn\u2019t have that time because the Pelicans were in the Orlando bubble with former coach Alvin Gentry. Van Gundy clarified that it was fair for the \u201cDelete 8\u2019\u2019 teams to have those OTAs because their seasons were cut short.<\/p>\n

Thibodeau said the OTAs were helpful to build \u201crelationships\u2019\u2019 between the new coaching staff, front office and players more than anything.<\/p>\n

The Knicks are 29-27, and Van Gundy said they are \u201cplaying as good as any team in the East.\u2019\u2019 He isn\u2019t surprised at the record or that they\u2019ve become \u201ca throwback to the 1990s with low-scoring game<\/a>s.\u2019\u2019 Similar to his brother\u2019s squads when Thibodeau was his assistant.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not really surprised,\u2019\u2019 Van Gundy said. \u201cI don\u2019t know why everyone is surprised. If you look at the East, their talent certainly matches up with the middle of the East. I don\u2019t look at the team and say got they have nobody. Their talent is pretty good certainly compared to the middle of the pack in the East. I\u2019m not quite sure why everyone is surprised but whatever.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Julius Randle continued his dominance with 32 points, making five 3-pointers. Van Gundy said he\u2019s gone from a \u201cgreat scorer to a great all-around player, one of the best forwards in the league.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was his five 3s that hurt us,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cThe difference in the game is 3-point shooting. Our 3-point shooting wasn\u2019t good enough.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n