“They have to play chess, not checkers, and make sure guys are available for that playoff run,” Turner said. “You look at Joel Embiid. I would only like to see him play 55 games a year, and maybe if we’re lucky, play 55 games and maybe play 28 minutes or less. You understand what I’m saying? Limit his minutes, but making sure the team knows how to play with him on the floor, no matter what. I think last playoff series when he played against the Celtics and he balled out, but it came out of way of the lack of preparation and playing and chemistry with the team because he was hurt so much. “I think this year when you’re going into those deep playoff runs, you’re trying to be a championship team, you have to be connected and know the nuances of who to work with, what will work, and know your go-to’s towards the end,” Turner continued. “I just want to make sure those guys are able to be healthy and able to be connected because there’s a lot of great teams out there, and the Knicks are working on something that’s been going on for years now.”
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