Not expecting a whole lot from Derrick. He could go the way of Kemba. Its fine. We are covered.
Thibs' bond with DRose is quite a bit more profound that any connection he had with Kemba.
As you may recall, DRose had very nice chemistry with Obi and Quickley playing off the ball. Rose provided a template for how to get Obi involved, and I recall quite a few sweet bac cuts along the base line.
For that matter, I wouldn't be surprised to see Rose get some minutes WITH Brunson. As you know, when Rose was in his salad days with the Bulls, and Rick Brunson was an AC for Thibs, Rose had something of a mentor's/big brother relationship with Jalen. I would expect him to be quite motivated to continue the big brother role.
Then again, I would think that Thibs' love of vets notwithstanding, that Rose, like Gibson, will have a greater, assistant coach/end of the bench/emergency plug in role in the event that Brunson-IQ-McBride or Mitchell-Isaiah-Jericho go down.
We have nice depth from 1-through-15, and some promising players coming along on our Westchester team, including Hunt and Sims.
With our depth and draft resources, we are well positioned to take advantage in the event free agents come on the market, as unlikely as that seems.
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