Preseason Takeaways: Should The New York Knicks Start Josh Hart Or Deuce McBride?
Gavin Schall is joined by Geoff Rasmussen (@FrankBarrett119 on Twitter) of the Hot Hand Theory Podcast (https://www.youtube.com/@hothandtheory) to discuss their preseason takeaways.
The duo debate if the Knicks have enough shot creation to challenge the Celtics and Thunder before diving deep on Geoff’s take that the Knicks would be better off starting Deuce McBride over Josh Hart.
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14 Comments
Definitely Hart. We need his rebound and hustle when Kat’s box out. We need deuce’s scoring ability as a sixth man .
If tou want Hart to play pf i have to question your basketball iq
Duece starts because hart plays harder off the bench like the saying If its not broke dont fix it,Put Josh Hart and Mikal on the bench and start duece and Achuiwa like last season.
Precious!
One thing that hasn’t been mentioned regarding Shamet is that we really only need him to be the 9th guy until Mitchell Robinson comes back in January. When that happens, the starting 5 gets even better defensively with Mitch, and the bench gets better with Josh Hart.
Start McBride. He gives Brunson a secondary ball handler, and his pace and tempo is much better with those four than Josh Hart. McBride can provide excellent on ball and end to end defense, forcing the other team into bad passes and bad shots that our wings can pick off. He does not need to be a sixth man. They're forcing him into something that I don't think he's the right fit for. He can bring great defense, and open three-point shooting. Meanwhile, bringing Josh hart off the bench with cam and Kohlik is ideal. That's a total change of pace and a bunch of spazzes that will be great for a second unit. Hart is not being appreciated for any offensive game in the current situation. He's only averaging six rebounds a game. Put Deuce for hart and everything will fix.
Start Hart.
Hart is a game player. When the game matters, he steps up. Fans can’t take his pre season performance as a way to critique him.
Even if Hart goes scoreless, his rebounding, defense, and playmaking are crucial with the other starters.
Brunson doesn’t need a secondary ball handler because he rarely gives up the ball. If anything, you want Cam Payne to play alongside McBride so that there’s 2 solid decision makers in the 2nd unit.
This is a long 82 games season. Let thibs start who he sees fit. If Josh hart don’t bring the results then we have other options. Thibs will make changes if necessary. This is great team and we have the next man up mindset
Gavin said the F word 😂. Start McBride, that way the bench is a bit taller. However according to Gavin "Stay Hart and last longer" 😂😂😂
2 reasons Knicks will win 60 games
1) they are that good
2) half of the teams will tank for the top picks. I even see Atlanta and Miami ranking
Ummm, no. You don't start deuce. You can't have no scoring off the bench. He's comfortable in that role too.
Mcbride could be an important scorer on the second unit
I'd rather start Achiuwa, KAT, OG8, Brunson, Bridges especially if Precious 2-3 3s made is for real improvement! 2nd unit Deuce, Payne, JHART, Sims, Warren(or Mook Morris)?
We have our 7’1” center 30 feet out with our Small forward OG 6’7” as our biggest guy trying to get offense rebounds he doesn’t get , start a center instead of hart and OG and Bridges doesn’t have to change positions including Kat with Mitch back