Phil Jax to the Rescue Except…Jerry West Hates Him
Can Phil Jackson save this Clippers marriage?
It’s An Asterisk Season
The NBA is back. But players have declined to participate and the games will miss the energy of fans and entertainment. Will the NBA Finals winner be an asterisk champion?
Phil Jackson, Duke Basketball, and why Kyrie Irving Matters
Duke Basketball engenders a lot of emotion. Either it’s an overrated college to the NBA pipeline program. Or, it’s the cream of the crop.
Pop Has Passed Phil as Greatest Coach Ever: LaMarcus Aldridge is Proof
Almost a year ago to the day, LeBron James said that Gregg Popovich was the greatest coach of all-time. Agree or disagree, but context matters. LeBron was having beef with Phil Jackson early last year. Jackson called LBJ’s friends a “posse”, LeBron was royally perturbed and the respect went downhill from there. So throw Jackson…
After Death of the Triangle, Kyrie Wants To Save NY
Gone is the Phil Jackson mystique that made him appear semi-God like. Gone is his booming voice, his daunting height, his crisp shoulders, the way he entered the room like the King eyeing his subjects after war games. Gone is the creation of an image of Phil Jackson as an emperor, one that extended to…
In 2017: The Death of Phil
(original post June 28th, 2017) Three years after Phil Jackson took over basketball operations from maniacal, despotic owner James Dolan, and was seen by the faithful-their fault for believing in imaginary things- as a miracle worker, the luster has dulled to a pale glow that no longer lights up a room. There is something very ordinary…
Trading Kristaps Porzingis? Seriously Phil?
When was the last time Phil Jackson got talent wrong? Never. Jackson’s career has always been about veteran talent. The one other time Jackson had a lottery pick assignment and had to mine the landscape for franchise changing talent, he went off the board, selecting an unknown high school “project” who, in time, became an…
Don’t Lie To Us Phil, Are the Knicks Rebuilding?
Knicks Free Agents : Derrick Rose. Sasha Vujacic. Justin Holiday. Ron Baker. 2016-17 Knicks Weaknesses: 29th: Shooting Guard Scoring. 28th: Free Throw Attempts. 26th: Defensive Rating. 25th: Bench Points, Backcourt Points. 24th: Fast Break Points. 23rd: Field Goal Percentage, Opponent Points, Center Scoring. 21st: Three Point Percentage, Three Point Attempts. 2016-17 Knicks Strengths: 3rd: Offensive Rebounding. 4th: Blocks, Small Forward Scoring. 5th: Total Rebounding. 7th: 3-Point Defense,. Power Forward Scoring. 8th: Frontcourt Points. 10th: Free Throw Percentage, Starters…
The Phil Jax Black Cloud Has Returned
Last December, in a moment of extreme frustration, Carmelo Anthony likened Phil Jackson to a dark cloud. He said, “I feel like we are playing good basketball and to have a temporary black cloud over our heads….” Phil as a black cloud is a piercing but wholly inaccurate metaphor because as Carmelo alluded to, a…
Phil Jax Has Failed Is Not Fake News
It’s both easy and hard to judge Phil Jackson’s tenure as President of the NY Knicks. If you look at the record he has accumulated, you can say with a straight face he has failed. The Knicks have not been to the playoffs in his tenure. But, the Knicks have also been hamstrung by a…