Do you think that K.C. Johnson might be shilling for Garpax?

KC Johnson had this story months ago.

Shirk the whole thing on Thibs, sure. Big advocate of the guy he won't play. That makes sense.

Shirk the whole thing on Thibs, sure. Big advocate of the guy he won't play. That makes sense.

not mature enough? McDermott's older than a third of the players in the NBA. Dougie McBucketts is who he is: he'll be fine coming off the bench for some Euro team.

Why would GarPax feed this to KC to discredit Thibs' reputation and value this summer?

Is McDermott really that bad? I wasn't a fan of drafting him. Is he that bad to where he doesn't deserve to play. The three was a position of need and there were a lot people that believed he would be starting by now and he is not even playing. He looks like a bust at this point. He is not the typical rookie either given his age.

KC has always been in management's pocket. What's worst about KC's constant asskissing to management is he never is given any great scoop and always the last to "break" a story.

i can defend better than him

and he hasnt been shooting well, so yea... no playing time

Considering Thibs' track record with young players, I think we should withhold any judgement on McDermott till sometime next year. Butler and Snell both took huge steps forward in their second years. Here's hoping Doug does the same thing as well.

exactly. he was never considered a plug in the nba and play guy. they knew he would need time. i dont understand all the fuss about him. i just enjoy watching him on defense because its oh my god bad

Disagree with this. He was considered an NBA ready guy and a guy that would be ready to compete for a starting job from day one. Most people believed that he would have had Dunleavy's job by now. To regularly receive DNP's now is something very few people predicted.

That's the biggest problem that I have Thibs. His player development skills stinks. Guys only play once other guys are injured. That was the case with Butler, Snell, and Mirotic. Remember Thibs was not in favor of trading Deng. The Deng move freed up money for Gasol and also allowed Butler to flourish. He sits guys while continuing to play Hinrich. Hinrich fails both the eye test as well as the stats game yet he continues to trot him out there every game that he is available to play.

Could go on and on about this Fake.

"Ya know he played College basketball so he knows a few things"

How much of an input Thibbs had, I am not saying nor do I know, but I know who did have the choice and attended no less than 10 of his games. Pax!

I agree, but then he come back and say "well, look how good they're playing in their second year. And that's because I sat them early."
I'm a Hinrich guy, but yes he plays too much. Though in fairness to him, because of the Rose injuries he's been asked to do more than he ever should have been.

While I know Thibbs is not the great communicator and if he was asked 'Will you play him?" what does anyone expect the answer to be? This is Paxsons guy...and he will still pan out, but for KC to write this crap to get in better with Pax....come on man!

Disagree with this. He was considered an NBA ready guy and a guy that would be ready to compete for a starting job from day one. Most people believed that he would have had Dunleavy's job by now. To regularly receive DNP's now is something very few people predicted.