Phil Jackson said he talked to Carmelo Anthony recently about the future of the team and said Carmelo is an important part of the future.

Phil Jackson says Kurt Rambis is fully capable of coaching the team full time but wants to see how the team responds the rest of the year.

Phil Jackson says he feels Carmelo is still a cornerstone and important piece of the franchise

yellowboy90 wrote:Nooooooooo on Rambis

he dis not say anything.

"Rambis is capable?" big deal ... meaningless

yellowboy90 wrote:

mreinman wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:Nooooooooo on Rambis

he dis not say anything.

"Rambis is capable?" big deal ... meaningless

What? This is Woj. Level stuff man. Rambis is staying but as an assistant once Phil comes down and coaches the team. This is his FA lure this summer to all the FAs. Read between the lines people. Phil is coming!

In a wheel chair like IRON SIDE, the dude is just not healthy enough

knicks1248 wrote:

Phil Jackson said he talked to Carmelo Anthony recently about the future of the team and said Carmelo is an important part of the future.

Phil Jackson says Kurt Rambis is fully capable of coaching the team full time but wants to see how the team responds the rest of the year.

Phil Jackson says he feels Carmelo is still a cornerstone and important piece of the franchise

Nothing unexpected. Phil won't knock his friend Rambis and say he is not capable. But likelihood is he gets a new head coach and Rambis returns as an assistant. Brian Shaw at the very least will come coach here, who is better than Rambis, but would likely keep him on staff. And Melo is staying, nothing new there.

ChuckBuck wrote:Phil just hand feeding all the Knicks fans exactly what they want to hear.

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https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status/708378658239426564

If that doesn't give you goosebumps down your spine, then nothing will. The system over the player is what I always say.

Why Chase what's not there? This FA summer is good of elite PGs. Conley is good but not elite by any means. The guard who would have been a good fit was Chalmers but he is off the board or should be.

yellowboy90 wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:Phil just hand feeding all the Knicks fans exactly what they want to hear.

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https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status/708378658239426564

If that doesn't give you goosebumps down your spine, then nothing will. The system over the player is what I always say.

Why Chase what's not there? This FA summer is good of elite PGs. Conley is good but not elite by any means. The guard who would have been a good fit was Chalmers but he is off the board or should be.

He said something about looking for underground ways to improve the PG. That's tough to interpret. My guess is development from within (Grant), a trade at some point, or maybe signing someone like Batum who offers more of a point forward/wing. I interpret it as not necessarily needing the playmaking to come from the PG position within this offense, but obviously he will need to upgrade the playmaking somewhere in the lineup, possibly from the SG position. Upgrading defensively at the PG is just as important or more important than the playmaking part of it. We can't keep getting shredded by every PG out there. Galloway or Grant solves that problem if you have the right SG next to them, which Afflalo is not. Batum might be.

we can even get that straight

ChuckBuck wrote:Phil just hand feeding all the Knicks fans exactly what they want to hear.

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status/708378658239426564

If that doesn't give you goosebumps down your spine, then nothing will. The system over the player is what I always say.

I can live with that if the PG Phil finds is near elite defensively, capable of taking it to the rim, and taking what the defense gives you. Have to be very good to that, not necessarily elite. Still dont like Phil telegraphing his punches again.

blkexec wrote:He wants to spend less on a PG....(Ron Harper)....and more on the superstars (MJ / Pippen / Kobe / Shaq).

And I think I understand why he prefers a taller defensive PG. In the Triangle, the PG's are usually the ones who's first in line to slow down the fast break.

I think Phil wants to make one of these three into a starting PG.....(Grant, Gallo, Wotten)

I dont care what the stats say, Harper took a long time to thrive in the system. Might want to find PGs who have some experience at running an offshoot of the Triangle with some other team. Might help speed up the process of becoming acclimated to the system.

GustavBahler wrote:

blkexec wrote:He wants to spend less on a PG....(Ron Harper)....and more on the superstars (MJ / Pippen / Kobe / Shaq).

And I think I understand why he prefers a taller defensive PG. In the Triangle, the PG's are usually the ones who's first in line to slow down the fast break.

I think Phil wants to make one of these three into a starting PG.....(Grant, Gallo, Wotten)

I dont care what the stats say, Harper took a long time to thrive in the system. Might want to find PGs who have some experience at running an offshoot of the Triangle with some other team. Might help speed up the process of becoming acclimated to the system.

how about looking for the best players avail and the best coach avail?