After the New York Put up reported Mikal Bridges advised his coach Tom Thibodeau to offer the Knicks starters much less minutes, the coach denied it ever occurred.
“Properly we by no means had a dialog about it,” Thibodeau advised the media. “The details are the details.”
He went on to clarify how wing gamers play longer minutes and folks questioning his system simply ‘don’t perceive the how the group works’, including that the celebs of the league like Kevin Durant and Jayson Tataum play 36-37 minutes per night time.
He later added that Mikal’s minites have “gone down.”
In case you missed it, Bridges feedback are beneath.
“Generally it’s not enjoyable on the physique,” Bridges mentioned, by way of New York Put up. “However you need that as a coach, and in addition talked to him just a little bit understanding that we’ve received a ok group the place our bench guys can are available and we don’t must play 48 [minutes], 47.
“We’ve received quite a lot of good guys on this group that may take away minutes. Which helps the protection, helps the offense, helps drained our bodies being on the market and giving up all these factors. It helps simply maintaining contemporary our bodies on the market.”
Bridges additionally Thibodeau was receptive coach however “generally I believe he simply will get in his methods.”
“I believe he’s not arguing about it. Generally I believe he simply will get in his methods and he will get locked in. He simply desires to maintain the man on the market,” Bridges mentioned. “Generally you’ve received to inform him, like Landry [Shamet], for instance, or any person, hold him on the market, they’re enjoying effectively.”
Bridges has the NBA’s longest consecutive video games streak and that is season’s chief in complete minutes, averaging a career-high 37.8 minutes per sport, however it’s no straightforward feat.
“I believe it’s one thing you by no means actually get used to,” Bridges mentioned. “Your physique goes to really feel how it’s yearly. However I’ve been part of it for some time, understanding the way to handle my physique via these conditions and simply making an attempt to do as a lot as I can.”
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