Obi Toppin’s frustration over his secondary role in the Knicks’ rotation led to a heated argument with Tom Thibodeau at the end of Game 4 of the series against the Miami Heat, media sources confirmed. NY Post.
Toppin complained that he had not played a single minute after the break, which led to an “intense verbal altercation” between him and the team’s coach. knickerbockers. His teammates Julius Randle and Josh Hart had to calm him down, and Frenchman Evan Fournier was also close by at the time.
Both Randle and Hart declined to comment after their ‘run-in’, and Toppin did not speak to the media for the remainder of the Semifinals against Miami.
In his first game of the ‘Semis’ Toppin started with 18 points and 8 rebounds in more than half an hour of play due to Randle’s ankle injury. And in that fateful fourth clash he barely played 6 minutes (all before the break). And in the last two games he added 12 minutes in each of them.
According to sources close to the situation, this ‘encounter’ could have passed judgment on his future in the Knicks, since they are not considering offering him a renewal. They would be moving him before the start of the 2023 Draft to try to get a first round, or include him along with a package of players that could bring them a good starter.
The one who was number 8 in the 2020 Draft faces his last guaranteed year valued at 6.8 million dollars, and since his arrival in the league, he has obtained figures of 7 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist in 201 official games.
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