What lessons can Knicks’ Tom Thibodeau learn from the Nuggets offense?

Let’s not get it twisted: Julius Randle is not Nikola Jokic. Tom Thibodeau knows that. The entire league knows that.

However, with that giant Serbian caveat, it should be noted that since Randle joined the New York Knicks ahead of the 2019-2020 season, only five bigs have had seasons where they averaged 20+ points, 9+ rebounds, and 4+ assists while also making at least one three per game. Four of those are Giannis Antetokounmpo (three times), Joel Embiid (three times), Jokic (twice), and Karl-Anthony Towns (twice).

Randle is the fifth. He’s done it three times. More than Joker. More than KAT. The same number of times as The Greek Freak and The Process.

This is where Thibodeau comes in. Having…