Utah Department of Public Safety pilot Chelsea Tugaw initially thought the couple had a backpack with them at the bottom of the cliff, but when they got closer, she and her team realized they were looking at a
by replacing the shaky-shooting Hart with reserve guard Miles “Deuce” McBride, a more willing and able 3-point shooter who could allow New York to field a full-fledged five-out lineup.Those sorts of alignments — the space they could create in the half-court, the firepower they could allow the Knicks to put on the floor — were presumably what Rose and Co. had in mind when they pulled the trigger on the Towns blockbuster. But Thibodeau evidently never felt comfortable leaning in that direction, perhaps due to concerns about the defensive limitations of a unit featuring two 6-foot-2 guards. All told, he played the Brunson-KAT-OG-Bridges quartet with McBride for
across 100 total games.That kind of rotation management — running the Brunson-KAT combo out there with at least one non-shooter for, scarcely ever experimenting to gauge the benefits of a five-out attack, leaning on Hart, Bridges and Anunoby for
rather than exploring what reserves like McBride, Landry Shamet and Delon Wright (all of whom made valuable contributions when given the opportunity in the playoffs) — seemed to run counter to the theory of the team that Rose provided Thibodeau. And it worked! New York won 51 games and two playoff series.What Tuesday’s decision makes clear, though, is that Knicks brass — and it’s notable that, according to
, not James Dolan, who chose to swing the axe, though the Knicks’ owner signed off on the move — had come to believe New York won those games and series
the team not being played as it was designed.Walking a mile in Seattle feels more strenuous than it does in New York.
I stepped off the Amtrak train in Seattle at about noon. It was my first time stretching my legs since I'd boarded in Vancouver four hours earlier. With an indie-rock soundtrack in my earbuds and the sun shining above me, I was excited to lug my suitcase on foot to my hotel 1 mile away.But I quickly learned that a mile in Seattle doesn't feel like a mile in New York. The route was almost entirely uphill. When I stopped to catch my breath at an intersection, I noticed the street to my right climbed up even taller for as far as I could see.
In my city, I walk a lot, but most of the roads are relatively flat. So I wasn't expecting to feel so exhausted after just one mile.I was excited to visit the iconic Pike Place Market but surprised to learn it hasn't always been a car-free space.