Anthony Edwards has but to play with Julius Randle for the reason that blockbuster commerce that introduced Karl-Anthony Cities to New York, however the All-Star guard already is a member of the Minnesota chapter of the Donte DiVincenzo fan membership.
“F–king unbelievable,” Edwards mentioned after the Timberwolves’ preseason loss to the Knicks in DiVincenzo’s return to the Backyard on Sunday. “I imply, I don’t even want the ball, man. You see it, I’m having enjoyable. It’s enjoyable to play with Donte.
“I haven’t even acquired to play with Julius but. So we’ll see what that appears like. However enjoying with Donte is … I’m not gonna lie, it’s enjoyable as hell.”
Edwards mentioned he didn’t see DiVincenzo jawing with Knicks assistant coach Rick Brunson after the sport, however he’s not stunned by his new teammate’s competitiveness.
“Hell yeah, he’s motivated each night time he performs,” Edwards mentioned. “Even after I used to play in opposition to him, that motherf–ker was busting by screens, and when he’s going downhill, he’s going downhill. He’s aggressive with every thing that he does.
“So you possibly can’t be mad at him, man. He does every thing. He makes all the best performs. F–king shoots the quilt off the ball. I imply, I do know New York is gonna miss him.”
The Knicks have averaged 114.3 factors per recreation throughout their 3-0 begin to the preseason getting into Tuesday’s house recreation in opposition to the Hornets.
However with a number of new rotation gamers, Cities and Mikal Bridges within the beginning lineup, they’re taking pictures simply 30.6 % (38-for-124) from 3-point vary.
“Clearly, our protection might be just a little forward of our offense proper now,” Tom Thibodeau mentioned. “So now we have to proceed to work on that, however I believe it’s essential to grasp, it’s a must to win video games in a whole lot of alternative ways.
“If we’re not taking pictures properly, now we have to do it with our protection, our rebounding, taking good care of the ball, that type of factor. However clearly there’s a whole lot of room for enchancment for us.”
Cities (4-for-18) and Bridges (2-for-9) every are taking pictures .222 from lengthy distance by three video games.
“I believe it’s much more we will do, however I believe we’re simply making an attempt to determine it out,” Bridges mentioned. “We simply acquired KAT proper earlier than coaching camp, so simply making an attempt to determine it out. It’s going to take a while to determine it out extra.”
