Tom Thibodeau | New York Knicks Postgame Press Conference | January 30th, 2024

Tom Thibodeau | New York Knicks Postgame Press Conference | January 30th, 2024

Second stars ining is this a function of dep of the team yeah I think our guys are playing hard they’re defending they’re rebounding they’re sharing the ball they’re playing smart and they’re playing tough and uh I think that goes a long way uh they’re bringing the best

Out of each other but we still got a long way to go last a little yeah I you know I mentioned this to you guys earlier like sometimes you you look at where you are too like we had a very heavy Road schedule early and

A lot of back to backs so you got to navigate through that and we did and uh unusual and the amount of backto backs we had early in the season but though if you keep your focus on your daily Improvement and don’t get Sid trck um you improve and that’s what

We’re doing we’re getting great effort from people 14 14 yeah I think you know like our the the Readiness of the guys that are coming in I think is huge I think guys getting familiar with each other and you you have to accept the challenges that

You you get along the way so whether early start late start back to back uh in season trade that impacted both units then some injuries and I think you know most teams go through things like that and mental toughness is a a big part of that how you handle

Adversity and uh to come out in a positive way I think that makes you stronger uh so each day you know don’t feel too good about yourself just get ready for the next day get ready for for the next team because uh you you the best thing about this league if you love

Competition is that you’re going to get challenged each and every day it should bring out the best in us who Tosh oh you know it’s great to have him you know I think there’s an appreciation for him by everybody you know our organization uh his teammates I think

Players in the league and certainly the fans and I think the fact that he’s from here you know it’s all all of the above uh he’s just a a a high quality person on top of everything else so um you know happy for him and we’re we’re glad he’s with us

Dante yeah I mean Dante’s playing great basketball and you know you can’t say enough about you know what Josh Hart has triple double you know you’re getting really quality play out of a lot of people you know jayen was jaying um you know Isaiah looked like he’s he got his

Rhythm some Rhythm back and that’s huge for us thought uh precious was phenomenal like he and we’re finding out a lot about him uh playing two positions I thought Jericho gave us some really good minutes early uh Duce gave us really good minutes in the first half so

Th those are those are pluses um and Quinton Quinton uh he took a shot but he came back and he he’s he’s playing well for us as well I think both sides of the ball very aggressive and I like to see that from them coach what have you

Learned about presses that you didn’t know team you know like I I’d say you know we saw him play mostly Center in Toronto I think you know he’s showing us that he can handle two positions he’s skilled he can yeah he can put the ball

On the floor he can make a play uh and I think his defense he’s got great feet uh and when he plays with you know high intensity he’s he covers a lot of ground think I think his commitment I think you know I wasn’t around him obviously when

He was with other teams and but if you look at the way he he’s uh trended throughout his career he usually starts you know okay and then he builds as the season goes along uh the thing that impressed me is as soon as we sign him

He was coming in every day and putting a lot of time into a shot and so I felt like it’s you it was really smart for him to do that now he’s been with different teams so I think feeling good about the way you shoot the ball is

Important then you know some of the teammates that he he’s played with before so I think that helped but he hit the ground running and the thing I love about him he doesn’t hesitate so if he’s open he just lets it Go and uh you know he he’s been shooting theall ball great

And obviously that opens up the floor and he’s making a lot of hustle plays for us defensively as well I I would think I mean you know I you never know to you get out there but he was very popular player here you know we loved having him uh so I think

There’s always an appreciation uh for you know former nick players that come back and the fact that he’s from the area so yeah are you aware you’re only a couple games back being a chance to coach the allar game I just worry about tomorrow you know what are we doing tomorrow so

Coach Thibodeau addresses the media after Knicks’ win over the Utah Jazz.

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