Among the many many Thibs-isms, that are provided by the coach in press conferences with rising regularity and infrequently with out regard to the query’s topic, is “embrace your role.”
It’s not as in style a Thibs-ism as “the game tells you what to do” or “that’s the challenge of our league.” But it surely’s repeated sufficient to make the checklist.
And as you most likely guessed, there’s no cookie-cutter format to embracing a task. For Jalen Brunson, it means main the offense. For Josh Hart, it’s rebounding and creating havoc. For Mitchell Robinson, it’s rehabbing. For crew safety, it’s fending off security threats. For Brock Aller, it’s preserving the cap sheet so as. For William Wesley, it’s — I’m nonetheless undecided what he does (however guessing he embraces the secrecy).
Most have been nice of their roles. The Knicks are 32-16, in any case, on tempo for his or her finest file since 2013. However as you go down the group’s personnel chart, it’s laborious to think about an individual excelling in a really particular function greater than Jordan Brink.
