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Mikal Bridges on Tom Thibodeau playing starters’ a lot: ‘Sometimes I think he just gets in his ways’

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Bridges said Thibodeau was receptive but “sometimes I think he just gets in his ways.” “I think he’s not arguing about it. Sometimes I think he just gets in his ways and he gets locked in. He just wants to keep the guy out there,” Bridges said. “Sometimes you’ve got to tell him, like Landry (Shamet), for example or somebody, keep him out there, they’re playing well.”
Source: New York Post

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Mikal Bridges asked Tom Thibodeau to back off a bit on the starters’ minutes because the bench deserves more. “Sometimes it’s not fun on the body,” Bridges said. “You’ll want that as a coach but also talked to him a little bit knowing that we’ve got a good enough team where our bench guys can come in and we don’t need to play 48 (minutes), 47. “We’ve got a lot of good guys on this team that can take away minutes. Which helps the defense, helps the offense, helps tired bodies being out there and giving up all these points. It helps just keeping fresh bodies out there.” -via New York Post / March 12, 2025
Once upon a time, Philly presumably could have extracted every draft pick that New York possessed before it splurged on trades for Mikal Bridges and Karl-Anthony Towns. The Knicks were always the rival threat, sources said, that Sixers officials knew was waiting to pounce if Joel Embiid ever reached the trade market. -via marcstein.substack.com / February 27, 2025