Ignas Brazdeikis spent most of his NBA debut season in the G-League, participating in only nine games with the Knicks.
The search for the 2019 second round to achieve more regular playing time under new coach Tom Thibodeau has begun inappropriately, but Brazdeikis finally saw his first action in four preseason games in Friday’s 119-83 victory. about the Knights.
“I am working every day to improve. That’s the main focus, it’s just developing my game, “said Brazdeikis, who scored a point in 17 minutes. “I am still young. I have to improve a lot. I’m not even close to the player I want to be.
“We have a great technical body that pushes us every day. I am grateful to be here and I work every day to improve ”.
The Michigan product said he worked his body and jumped all summer at his family’s home in Ontario. He added that the new coaching staff has told him to “just keep improving as a whole player, making the game simple … making the right plays, doing the right readings, taking the shot when it’s open, making plays for others. Keep working defensively, bouncing the ball and improving.
The Knicks were without guards Alec Burks (personal reasons), Frank Ntilikina (Achilles aching left), Elfrid Payton (left sore hamstring), Austin Rivers (sore right sore) i Dennis Smith Jr. (left quad sore) and forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (disease), Nerlens Noel (left knee pain) i Omari Spellman (pain in right knee). Burks will return to the team on Saturday, Thibodeau said.
Pointer Jared Harper, who converted a four-point play in the first quarter and finished with 10 points, ex Net According to Pinson, former Seton Hall standout Myles Powell (two points in six minutes) and guard Bryce Brown he also saw his first game action.
Thibodeau finished tied for fifth place in the NBA.com league general manager survey for the new coach or transfer that will have the biggest impact on his new team.
First year Nets coach Steve Nash got more votes (28%), followed by the 76ers Rius Doc (24 percent), the Clippers’ Tyronn Read and the pelicans Stan Van Gundy (16 percent each), Thibodeau (8 percent) and the Bulls’ Billy Donovan (8 percent).