Carmelo Anthony desperately wants to win a title for the New York Knicks. It’s been 40 years of New York agony. Phil Jackson wants to win a title for the New York Knicks but I am not sure how desperate he feels. He already won a title for New York. He followed that up by…
Phil Jackson isn’t a stranger to pissing people off. He called the Spurs 1999 championship the asterisk championship because it was earned in a strike shortened year. He motivated through public ridicule Shaquille O’Neal, frequently tossing zingers in the media about Shaq’s well documented laziness and weight. He once said that if Shaq ended his…
A couple of months ago , before the season started, there was a lot of hyperbolic ecstasy about what a good job Phil Jackson had done in the off season and how this collection of seen better days veterans were going to turn things around in New York. Curiously, there was little talk about Carmelo…
After years of organizational dysfunction, the New York Knicks are finally a relevant team again.Ā They have two foundational players, albeit on different career paths. Ā Carmelo Anthony, fresh off his third Olympic Gold, and Kristaps Porzingis, who took off summer play to work out in the U.S., are the two cornerstones of the Knicks franchise.…
Reports of Phil Jackson wanting an exit from New York is an idea too enticing to go unnoticed. Our writers contemplate a Phil failure, bailout and mad dash to the land of milk and honey. Do you believe that Phil is itching to get out of his contract in New York and by next season…
There are two choices on the table. Their is Phil Jackson’s guy, Kurt Rambis. Or there is Carmelo’s guy, Tom Thibodeau. At the end of the day, the question has to do with power and influence and privilege. Who is really running the Knicks? Who makes the decisions? Ultimately, the decision winds up in Jim…
Mitch Kupchak is facing a summer of decisions, and even though his job is being threatened by his boss, this isn’t the most pressure Kupchak has faced. This summer is nothing like the summer of 2007. The elite expectations of Kobe Bryant did not include a first round playoff exit. That was a fall from…
Because Carmelo Anthony is refusing to waive his no-trade clause, even if it would give him a fast track ticket to the NBA Finals and redemption, the Knicks are stuck in purgatory. Anthony’s contract is eating up 30% of the cap space. His team value, however, is far less than that. Of the top 25…
The two most lucrative NBA franchises want Kevin Durant. Nothing new there, the rest of the NBA wants KD too, not just the Knicks and Lakers. But wanting Durant doesn’t translate into allowing Durant to bring with him his favorite coach in a package deal. That is not going to happen. As long as Phil…
The Knicks are light years ahead of where they used to be and all because of Phil Jackson. By drafting Kristaps Porzingis and sliding him next to Carmelo Anthony, Jackson has done the unthinkable, sort of like digging for gold in rock. He has complimented Carmelo’s game without ruining it or damaging Carmelo’s fragile psyche…