The Bulls likely never pictured having this much success this soon. But now that they’re here, what comes next?
The Knicks badly need a starting point guard Shifting totally away from talk of first-place teams, we have the Knicks, who’ve lost seven of their last nine.reporter Marc Berman asked the point guard whether he felt he could play back-to-backs this season.
“You’ll have to ask them,” Walker said, pointing to team executives and coach Tom Thibodeau. “Ask Thibs.”It was a lighthearted enough sequence in the moment, given Thibodeau’s reputation for squeezing long minutes out of his best players. But since then—as Walker had to play long stretches of games—we’ve learned that the 31-year-old simply doesn’t have what it takes physically to endure the day-in, day-out grind of a season. His knees don’t allow that anymore; partly evidenced by the Knicks’ last two games, in which Walker’s gone scoreless. Over the course of the campaign, which saw him pulled from the rotation at one point as the starting lineup was flagging, the Bronx native has played in three cycles of games this season. In each case,, perhaps a clear sign that he needs time to recover from the strain of playing so frequently. To be clear, this isn’t to suggest that Thibodeau is going out of his way to push Walker to his limits. The Knicks have been shorthanded for quite some time now, particularly with Derrick Rose sidelined following an ankle surgery that comes with an eight-week recovery timeline. Beyond that, Thibodeau has sought to use shooting guard Alec Burks with the starters for long stretches, while also giving second-year point guard Immanuel Quickley some extended run., despite the expanded role, perhaps because he’s playing without Rose. And secondly, without a true point guard—or with a diminished Walker—it’s put even more pressure on forward Julius Randle, who’s already dealing with his own efficiency struggles after a stellar 2020–21. Keeping an eye on what the Knicks do a week from now—whether it’s landing a stretch five, a starting-caliber floor general, neither, or both—will be interesting. It could tell us how committed they are to unlocking the best version of Randle just months after signing him to a four-year, $117 million extension. And how committed they are to making a run at the playoffs.
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