{"id":424173,"date":"2022-03-31T04:32:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T01:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/knicks-tom-thibodeau-shares-blame-for-julius-randles-failures\/"},"modified":"2022-03-31T04:32:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T01:32:36","slug":"knicks-tom-thibodeau-shares-blame-for-julius-randles-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/knicks-tom-thibodeau-shares-blame-for-julius-randles-failures\/","title":{"rendered":"#Knicks\u2019 Tom Thibodeau shares blame for Julius Randle\u2019s failures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a256fc3ed932\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a256fc3ed932\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/knicks-tom-thibodeau-shares-blame-for-julius-randles-failures\/#%E2%80%9CKnicks_Tom_Thibodeau_shares_blame_for_Julius_Randles_failures%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Knicks\u2019 Tom Thibodeau shares blame for Julius Randle\u2019s failures&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CKnicks_Tom_Thibodeau_shares_blame_for_Julius_Randles_failures%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Knicks\u2019 Tom Thibodeau shares blame for Julius Randle\u2019s failures&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Ian-OConnor.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Ian O'Connor\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Ian-OConnor.png 152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Ian-OConnor.png?w=114 114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Ian-OConnor.png?w=76 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Ian-OConnor.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Baseball\u2019s Opening Day is fast <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roaching, and the Knicks are going to be free pretty soon to take in as many Yankees and Mets <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s as they care to watch. So let us put Tom Thibodeau\u2019s two seasons in New York in a balls-and-strikes context.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Thibs was a league MVP who hit .325 with 37 homers and 118 RBI.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Thibs has been a banged-up mess at the plate, batting a Charmin-soft .269 with 14 homers and an endless parade of runners left on base.<\/p>\n<p>Just as good players have bad seasons, good coaches have bad seasons too. As his team is heavily favored to fall short of the play-in tournament \u2014 the lowest of low NBA bars \u2014 Thibodeau has to accept his share of the blame. And his most damaging failure was his inability to do what he consistently did last year:<\/p>\n<p>Get the best out of Julius Randle.<\/p>\n<p>Soon enough, the Knicks\u2019 blame game should be fun to follow while 10 better Eastern Conference teams take their postseason chances. Nobody knows if Leon Rose, the agent-turned-executive, has any idea what he\u2019s looking at, or if he\u2019d be better off finding work as a mime. Nobody knows if Randle has compromised his trade value with substandard play and get-me-outta-here body language to the extent that his team will have a rough time moving him this summer for a reasonable return.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Randle and Rose will take the most heat, and rightfully so. Rose for making the moves that did nothing to help last year\u2019s No. 4 seed in the East, and Randle for signing the big contract after winning the Most Improved Player Award and second-team All-NBA honors, and then often acting like he wanted to be anywhere else on game nights other than Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/1239551289.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21724599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/1239551289.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/1239551289.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/1239551289.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Julius Randle has looked unhappy in recent weeks with the Knicks.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NBAE via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But Thibodeau, the league\u2019s Coach of the Year in 2020-21, has to be right behind them on that line in 2022. Though he will never be forgotten for the gift he gave the city in his first go-around in his dream job, and though he should never again be asked to pay for a meal or a drink in the tristate area, Thibs didn\u2019t deliver a worthy sequel in Year 2, in part because he couldn\u2019t stop his best player from dragging everyone and everything down.<\/p>\n<p>So before Wednesday night\u2019s meeting with Charlotte in the Garden, I effectively asked Thibodeau why he felt last season\u2019s clear love affair between Randle and the city appeared headed to divorce court so damn quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery year is different,\u201d he responded. \u201cYou\u2019re faced with new and different challenges. This year didn\u2019t go like last year did. Hopefully we can finish up like we did last year. Things change all the time and \u2026 I think it goes with the turf. You\u2019re going to get a lot of credit, you\u2019re going to get a lot of blame. That\u2019s the way it works here, so just stay focused, come in the next day and just keep working. Just keep working.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BASKETBALL-NBA-MIA-NYK_.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21724606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BASKETBALL-NBA-MIA-NYK_.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BASKETBALL-NBA-MIA-NYK_.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BASKETBALL-NBA-MIA-NYK_.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Knicks were in 11th place in the Eastern Conference under Tom Thibodeau entering Wednesday. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thibodeau didn\u2019t sound like he was talking to reporters gathered in the Garden interview room; it sounded like he was talking directly to Randle, who was not present.<\/p>\n<p>Does Thibodeau say these things to Randle behind closed doors? Did he privately take him head-on after the star player chastised the fans and showed a lack of interest in the team and a lack of enthusiasm for his teammates\u2019 successes?<\/p>\n<p>I asked the coach a follow-up question about buttons, the kind that coaches are hired to push. Thibodeau pushed the right ones with Randle last year, and I wondered if he had struggled to find those this year.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just one player,\u201d he responded. \u201cIt\u2019s your entire team. How do you bring the best out of your group. Right now, I want the focus to be on, OK, the team\u2019s playing really good, playing winning basketball, and that\u2019s where I want it to be. \u2026 Once the season\u2019s over, we\u2019ll dig into everything. We\u2019ll look at the things we did well, the things we didn\u2019t do as well as we would like, and then we\u2019ll try to make the improvements over the course of the summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And, yes, even before the four-game winning streak, Thibodeau had absolutely earned the right over the summer to fix what is broken. The guy is still one of the better coaches in the league, and still the Knicks\u2019 best asset (with RJ Barrett closing hard). Unlike Randle, Thibodeau also wants to remain employed in New York in the worst way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the best place in the league to play,\u201d he said, \u201cand look, I\u2019ve been just about every place. I\u2019m speaking from experience. This place is special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Only it wasn\u2019t special this season, not like it was last season. Thibodeau never connected with Randle, never inspired him to lead, or to play team-first ball, or to honor the terms of his $117 million extension.<\/p>\n<p>That wasn\u2019t just Randle\u2019s fault. That was the coach\u2019s fault, too.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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