Having said all this...
It is unfair to burden McBride with the mantle of savior.
We are playing LOSING BASKETBALL.
To suggest that Deuce can change all of that is neither fair nor realistic.
What IS realistic is to conclude that WE ARE BROKEN.
And what we have been doing IS NOT WORKING.
When Grimes and Sims were given an honest opportunity, they came through.
So did McBride.
The last time McBride got real minutes, so did IQ, and they combined for 39 points and 13 assists in beating Houston during the Omicron breakout back on December 16.
McBride came back on December 29.
Was well out of rhtyhm in his next three games, and since then, Thibs has buried him, Since January 2nd, when he has seen daylight, he has not received more than three minuyes of gargBarge time.
During his exile, when sent down to Westchester, McBride has excelled.
Still, Thibs has made it clear that he has ZERO FAITH in McBride, let alone team mascot, Ryan Arcidiacono, also a pure PG with whom Coach will assign no daylight.
PS: It is worth remembering that Thibs specifically lobbied the Knicks front office to draft McBride. Still, it would seem that once you land on Coach's shit list, there ain't enough Charmin on this side of the Hudson River to clean off the stench of distrust.
PPS: If for no other reason, relieving Burks of his PG duties, and restoring him to his accustomed 6th man/2nd unit role, could charge up his offense.
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