If there's one thing we know about a Tom Thibodeau-coached team it's that he's going to play his starters a ton of minutes. He's been known to run with short rotations, relying heavily upon his starters to the point where there tends to be criticism about overworking his stars.

Things must be unpredictable in the New York Knicks locker room, for one of their leaders to have to speak directly to the coach. According to the New York Post Mikal Bridges met specifically with Tom Thibodeau to ask him to ease the minutes load on the starters and put more trust in the bench players.