Can anyone here explain why it is that a horrible losing streak has not only caused people to be concerned, but instead has the team being described like they are a completely horrible, embarrassing, poorly run, horribly coached, piece of trash team?
They lost some games. Without their best player. THeir coach got fired because after hitting 22-22, they lost a bunch without the guy that is essential for them to win. And they almost won many of the ganes....or he got fired for boning players' girlfriends.
But why is there this much panic and Phil Jackson attacking etc.... THey are not at all in a spot that is impossible to pull out of when they play well.
What the hell is going on? Anyone able to explain this? And dont say the coach or phil jackson because im not quite that stupid. DId they just play better than expected and raise expectations too much?
When the hell has that even slightly become a thing?
When the hell has that even slightly become a thing?
He has an opt-out in his contract and "rumblings" the Lakers may make a play for him.
Well, there's no football. There's no baseball. There's only the Knicks, and umpteen media outlets to cover them.
Hide, until rabbit season is over.
THing is I want Phil to stay. I think he's done well. I want free agents to come. THe media is trying to make them not. I wanted the coach to stay. Oh well don't care really. But there is an insanely larger amount of good compared to bad with this team. Unless you expected a championship...which would make you dumb asfuck
This time the opportunity has to be sufficient enough. I mean there aren't 4 stars to choose from out there but there has to be an ability to upgrade this time. I also assume we would try to buy a 1st round pick, no? Try to get one there maybe?
Porzingas looks really out of place at the beginning of games. I'd bring him off the bench at the 10 minute mark. Add some scoring punch to the second unit.
Then play the second half like normal. If it doesn't work, then do something else. But Lopez and KP get in each other's way offensively. I think you need more ball handlers to start the game, especially when playing quicker teams.
When the hell has that even slightly become a thing?
He's not leaving. He doesn't have an opt-out until next season.
There has been speculation since last June that Jackson’s contract opt-out is for this summer. But the Knicks team president has no opt-out this summer, as has been reported. He doesn’t have one until after next season, though the Knicks believe he may finish the five-year contract.
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I also want Phil to stay, but it does bug the hell out of me that Thibs doesn't even seem to be a borderline consideration in Phil's mind. I consider the guy to be an excellent coach and he's as plugged in to the star players as any coach can be given his current role with Team USA. Coaches like that don't become available too often.
In any case, I don't think it's inconsistent to be really disappointed in the current short term stretch while still feeling confident that the long terms slope of the team is looking upward.
A few sprinkles of New York media makes it all sound a little dramatic.
As a side note, I have been surprised by how negative Boomer and Carton have been on Phil for over a year now. This was never a 1 year project and I don't see what turned them sour so quickly, not that it matters what they think.
In that case I think it's be in the best interest of the organization to let him go and go after Thibs + a new GM.
My above post was simply an "if that were the case..."
I also want Phil to stay, but it does bug the hell out of me that Thibs doesn't even seem to be a borderline consideration in Phil's mind. I consider the guy to be an excellent coach and he's as plugged in to the star players as any coach can be given his current role with Team USA. Coaches like that don't become available too often.
In any case, I don't think it's inconsistent to be really disappointed in the current short term stretch while still feeling confident that the long terms slope of the team is looking upward.
A few sprinkles of New York media makes it all sound a little dramatic.
As a side note, I have been surprised by how negative Boomer and Carton have been on Phil for over a year now. This was never a 1 year project and I don't see what turned them sour so quickly, not that it matters what they think.
Negative would be a little bit of an understatement. I listen to them often recently because i'm up and Mike and Mike bore me so I often prefer having rage and disgust to boredom. Helps hold interest. First, they spend April to July literally beginning every show with a 10 minute discussion about why the Mets are an embarrassment to NYC and they would get way personal and way intense in their criticism. They would play clips of Terry Collins interiews from the night before and Carton would just mock the guy like he's some piece of shit with no clue and a joke manager. Of course sadly this appealed to a lot of Met fans but thet were absolutely brutal towards that franchise. Boomer said Murphy shouldn't go see his wife and the whole pregnancy/paternityt leave thing...
Then something weird happened....The Mets were good. And they said the opposite things. Shamelessly defending the team and the very people they openly insulted daily. THen Murphy had his postseason so it because daily harsh and angry diatribes about how the Mets cannot let this special player leave. They are cheap etc...Boomer said the Mets must sign Murphy or its a spit in every fan's face. And Cespedes is lazy etc so they can';t sign him. Meanwhile Carton did the sane thing minus the Cespedes worries. They just conveniently ignore their bullshit opinions and antagonism. That's their gig.
Same thing with the Knicks. The way they have been talking about Phil Jackson and the Knicks is insane. THey are fucking awful. Boomer and his passionate rants against Phil are just pathetic. The whole franchise in shambles thing is amazing. Listen to this shit:
Yay Knicks
Start At 8 Minutes
hang on now....
Dopes
Full on beating
I'm a listener out of habit. I think Mike & Mike do an excellent job, but I need my morning sports to be NY-centric
When Kim Jones and Chris Simms were in for B&C over the holidays, I thought it was great. So much more actual content.
I'm a listener out of habit. I think Mike & Mike do an excellent job, but I need my morning sports to be NY-centric
When Kim Jones and Chris Simms were in for B&C over the holidays, I thought it was great. So much more actual content.
It wont be believed but I genuinely listen because when they dont do this crap, they are not bad. Boomer roots for the Rangers and Mets, so he has some knowledge about those teams, he knows about football so when its not jealousy towards Eli , he is good and not a Giants despising asshole like his partner. And in general they have a clue when they want to.
But then they do their dumb routine to get people talking and I don't get pissed as much at what they say, so much as that I know it will lead to the topic being discussed for hours and even the day sometimes.
I just need to turn off the radio but its just been a hobby so long now.
The Knicks will probably finish with 35 wins or so maybe more hopefully. The Fisher experiment was a failure and yes it's disappointing but this isn't some franchise altering setback like some insist on parroting.
The Knicks will probably finish with 35 wins or so maybe more hopefully. The Fisher experiment was a failure and yes it's disappointing but this isn't some franchise altering setback like some insist on parroting.
The point about sports being in that weird time between football and baseball, and during the middle hazy period of hockey and basketball, so therefore there is just talk about nonsense and made up crap because there is nothing else to discuss is on point.
That made a lot of sense to me when i read that. I hadn't thought about the time of year and how the media struggles to find stories. But as Ive said before it bothers me a lot how much the local teams could possibly be affected by made up rumors and stories that are nonsense. People can get pissed or whatever....I don't like the idea that the Knicks get so much undue negative press when they actually should be getting positive press because of how much better they look. Its amazing how people can't just wait for the process to play out for even a month without going nuts. They get to 22-22 and everyone is rightly happy with that. Suddenly they are a disappointment and Melo sucks and is getting traded? FUck that. He's been great and the team is much better.
All the media. Always the problem. In my opinion they are the main reason why teams in NYC are so up and down sometimes.