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| Could Knicks move on Frank Vogel, a closet Phil Jackson fan?: There may be a new free-agent coach on the market with eyes on the Knicks job. Pacers coach Frank Vogel, who grew up in South Jersey an admirer of Phil Jackson, is on shaky ground after losing Game 7 on Sunday night in Toronto to seal a first-round playoff exit. -- New York Post |
This has been one of my points all year re Melo. Everyone who wants to make a splash cant sign KD. Only one team can. Horford isnt as good as Melo IMO, and in any event is likely to stay in Atlanta and can only sign with one team. Then what? LeBron isnt moving. Drummond and Beal are restricted. Derozen has said he will resign. Pau and Gasol (PTO) seem likely to stay. I wouldnt sign Dwight to a max deal for a ton of reasons (attitude, health, style). That's your Hoops Hype top 9 UFAs; after is Conley, Whiteside, Parson, Barnes (RFA), Dirk, Rondo, TD, Batum, AlJeff).
If you need a star scoring player, it's really KD or bust. Melo's value on July 4th is going to be higher than it is right now, and his motivation to leave will probably go up too.
Another note on LaVine... 33 games as a starter 17.3 points 2.8 boards 3.2 assists on 47% from the field 44% from 3. If anything I think he's on the brink of becoming an all-star caliber player. Will play all of next season as a 21 year old. Kris Dunn (a projected top 3-5 pick) is already 22 for comparison, Buddy Hield another projected top 5 pick is also 22. LaVine is a baby and already looks really good.
Well one thing is Thibs basically controls all the decision making as well. And Butler may be his favorite player ever. Lavine lackadaisical defense will not be tolerated. If you throw in Gibson and the Bulls 1st round pick, its not an absurd deal.
And im not sure where you were going with KP having a poor second half, but KP has an extremely unique skill set. You arent going to find guys with his potential often. Lavine has a much more common skill set.
"The [bigger guards] are always trying to post me up, he said. I just have to fight em, get em off the block. Then, on the offensive end, try to run em."
If anything I suspect Thibs turns him into a very strong (at least average) defensive player.
Yeah I think people will get mistaken easily with Bender. He plays pretty differently. I'd still take him as a top 5 pick but would expect something different than the KP projections. I was originally very down on him, but I see a good role for him down the line. He is going to be a project. Unlike KP I don't think he has any prominent skills that he can utilize night in night out right away. I see his potential mainly as a run-and-jump center down the line that runs the floor very well and can hit an outside shot on occasion. I see him as like a 14 and 10 guy down the line, which isn't impressive but for how shallow this draft is, it should make him a top pick.
Agree 100%. Which is why I love Valentine. I have no illusions of him being a "big 3" caliber talent but I think he's going to be a strong role player on a good team and in particular would fit nicely in a Spurs/Hawks/triangle offense.
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role players. Simmons and Ingram are the only potential "Big 3" caliber players. Case can be made for Murray and Brown as well.
Agree 100%. Which is why I love Valentine. I have no illusions of him being a "big 3" caliber talent but I think he's going to be a strong role player on a good team and in particular would fit nicely in a Spurs/Hawks/triangle offense.
Haha I saw him at a bar here about a week or two ago. He was pretty wasted, seemed like a pretty fun guy to be around.
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Larry Bird set his annual end-of-season news conference for Thursday. He hasn't informed Frank Vogel of future, sources tell @TheVertical.
Frank would be a perfect fit anywhere. He is so adaptable, so even keel. Frank never gets too high, never gets too low, said Pitino, head coach at Louisville. Frank could coach anywhere. He could coach Sacramento. He could coach New York.
Hes a basketball junkie who puts everything he has into the game. Hes been around the block and hes adaptable to any situation.
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"Frank Vogel will be taking his talents elsewhere, but probably not South Beach."
Whose quote is that?
No one's quote. I made it up because it's ridiculous that you'd need a press conference to announce the fate of your coach prior to actually telling him.
This is the obvious move, but knowing the Knicks' luck there's no chance of it happening.
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"Frank Vogel will be taking his talents elsewhere, but probably not South Beach."
Whose quote is that?
No one's quote. I made it up because it's ridiculous that you'd need a press conference to announce the fate of your coach prior to actually telling him.
Oh haha. That went over my head.
It's crazy to me that Bird didn't have these scenarios planned out with the possibility of the 7 seed losing to a 2 seed in mind.
owner interference? Not like it hasn't happened before. We already know the star player wants Phil to open up the search.
Maybe to appease Melo? Melo has been clear he wants a "search". If we are wrong about Phil wanting Melo to ask out, but he wants to keep Rambis, wouldn't appeasing Melo's "true search" request make sense?
To Aspano's point, I think the arrow is pointing more towards Rambis as AC than HC, which is a relief.
I think the only reason it hasn't happened yet is the public backlash to Phil heavily dropping hints. Rambis has done nothing to get the job without a fair search. Even Melo has spoken out about the need to be a process to find the next coach.
To Aspano's point, I think the arrow is pointing more towards Rambis as AC than HC, which is a relief.
Not sure I agree with the last point. So far we haven't seen any indication Phil is going to speak to/consider anyone but Blatt or Rambis. So unless you are 100% convinced Blatt is the guy, Rambis odds seem higher than anyone elses.
It seems like it's more people picking and choosing what reports to listen to to fit their own narrative.
It seems like it's more people picking and choosing what reports to listen to to fit their own narrative.
Totally disagree. What reports have anyone but Rambis as the first choice? You make it sound like it's 50/50 and people are reporting Phil is going to speak to XYZ. IF Phil wants Melo to stay (not an impossibility) but knows Melo wants a coaching search then wouldn't waiting + speaking to Blatt make more sense than simply hiring Rambis on the spot? Phil is so amazing at hiding his intentions that his secret "targets" aren't being leaked? When will he start speaking to other people if that's the case?
The Rambis-wall is made of cement.
On March 17, Chris Herring of the Wall Street Journal wrote that the coach has visions of the 73 big man playing small forward:
Rambis has said that due to Porzingiss athleticism and versatility, he could eventually see him at the 3-spot some, referring to the small-forward position. That was days after Rambis said he wanted Porzingis to sprint down court after opponents misses more frequently in hopes of getting more post-up opportunities.
A paragraph later, Herring (thankfully) destroyed this idea:
Looking for ways to play bigger lineups by putting Porzingis at small forward, and to get him more post-up looks (instead of center Robin Lopez getting them) seems a bit backward in todays NBA, where teams typically look to use players with Porzingiss skill set at center because of how much space it requires defenses to cover along the perimeter. Playing him at small forward, and using more traditional bigs at power forward and center, negates that strategy.
On Monday, Porzingis announced that he was passing on playing for the Latvian Olympic team, which was a tough pill to swallow.
Take a look at his reason, which he explained in his exit interview last month:
Not only putting on weight and being big, but being more athletic, quicker, being able to guard smaller guys when we switch. I want to be the guy who can be last quarter on the court as the 5-man and be able to guard everybody and switch with everybody. Thats how basketball is these days.
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If Im Vogel, shouldnt I be a little concerned that Rambis played a part in Fisher losing his job?
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Melo said in an interview that he hasn't even spoken to Phil. And meanwhile Phil is tweeting about Thai restaurants in Sioux City.
It seems like it's more people picking and choosing what reports to listen to to fit their own narrative.
Totally disagree. What reports have anyone but Rambis as the first choice? You make it sound like it's 50/50 and people are reporting Phil is going to speak to XYZ. IF Phil wants Melo to stay (not an impossibility) but knows Melo wants a coaching search then wouldn't waiting + speaking to Blatt make more sense than simply hiring Rambis on the spot? Phil is so amazing at hiding his intentions that his secret "targets" aren't being leaked? When will he start speaking to other people if that's the case?
Yes, I would say that Phil has been damn good at hiding his intentions, and that's most likely the case now.
- No one saw the JR/Shumpert trade happening until it happened.
- No one saw the KP pick happening. Lots of people were saying Justise Winslow or Trey Lyles. There were reports of pretty much everyone being a possibility.
- No one saw the signing of O'Quinn.
- Phil's response to Walton being "interviewed" was "No one has been interviewed. No one has said no."
All I'm saying is that we don't know enough to lock in Rambis as the next coach. He was the assistant, and currently works with Phil, and Phil said that he likes Rambis, which we knew. It could very well be that Rambis IS the favorite in Phil's mind. But there's no evidence to suggest that he's a lock. And the longer it takes for any announcement, the less of a chance there is for him to be hired. If Phil was trying to pretend like there was a search, he could've sat down with people like Brooks and Karl, and then just hire Rambis.
oh definitely. Quite a few reasons to avoid this job...before you even get to the awful owner!
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If Rambis is so strong running the triangle and Vogel such a poor offensive coach... hire Vogel and make Rambis AC #Knicks
If Im Vogel, shouldnt I be a little concerned that Rambis played a part in Fisher losing his job?
If that's the case then shouldn't Blatt feel the same way? I mean I wouldn't want Rambis back at all but I think it's a foregone conclusion "best" case is he's only the assistant. You honestly see a scenario where Rambis is no longer with the Knicks at all?
Phil talked to a waiter in Iowa!
That is why the narrative that he is the front runner doesn't make sense to me, you can say well Phil wants to make it look like its search but do you really think Phil gives a shit about how it looks?
If rambis was the guy he would of been hired already Phil doesn't give a shit about how fans and media will perceive it
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If Rambis is so strong running the triangle and Vogel such a poor offensive coach... hire Vogel and make Rambis AC #Knicks
If Im Vogel, shouldnt I be a little concerned that Rambis played a part in Fisher losing his job?
If that's the case then shouldn't Blatt feel the same way? I mean I wouldn't want Rambis back at all but I think it's a foregone conclusion "best" case is he's only the assistant. You honestly see a scenario where Rambis is no longer with the Knicks at all?
My point wasnt exclusive to Blatt. Though I think Blatt has a less-strong hand to deal. Vogel will get another NBA job at a premium salary.
I could see Rambis not being retained. If the new coach says "look, it needs to be my lockerroom and I cant have the old coach in there" then maybe Rambis goes. Maybe Rambis doesnt want an AC job after being IHC (unlikely). Most likely is that he is in the org in some capacity though.
That is why the narrative that he is the front runner doesn't make sense to me, you can say well Phil wants to make it look like its search but do you really think Phil gives a shit about how it looks?
If rambis was the guy he would of been hired already Phil doesn't give a shit about how fans and media will perceive it
The only person who he has to care about as far as perception is Dolan, who is a factor. It's normal for him to be a factor, because he's paying Phil's first coach a ton of money to be on vacation.
No he didn't. Both Kerr and Walton came out and said that it wasn't an interview.
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"couldn't" interview Walton at the time. That would have been tampering. Why is his quote so interesting? He had to say that.
No he didn't. Both Kerr and Walton came out and said that it wasn't an interview.
Huh? He was taking a jab at the reports Walton turned them down. It came out he spoke to Walton so what else was he going to say? Walton and Kerr are friends of Phil's. He didn't offer Walton the job flat out? Maybe that's true maybe it's not but not really sure why his comment was all that interesting.