Jeez, do we really think that in the history of the game players never missed a meeting? Was it a huge media story then? Nope. I read once that Louis Orr was really bad about picking up his dirty sweat pants after a work out and was told by management to not treat locker room attendants like garbage. Orr was not receptive to this and started leaving his socks and undergarments as well. The Locker room attendants union protested the lack of support by management as they wanted him fined. In a show of unity, the bathroom attendants in steak houses accrues the tri state area held a walk out on a saturday night. The backlash form that was intense as men had operate electric hand dryers or manually engage paper dispensers!!! This act of "defiance" spread to France where transit workers shut down the subway system and the airports closed disrupting traffic to 58 major countries around the world!!!!

In a private meeting, Al Bianchi and Mr Orr discussed the global implications of his actions and with the players association backing a negotiated settlement was found hours before the sanitation workers in NYC were set to strike!!!

In his first game back from the conflict Mr Orr when introduced was cheered by Knick fans as if never happened. Said on long term season ticket holder when approached about the chain of events: "I have no idea what your talking about, excuse me, I'm trying to watch the game".

nixluva wrote:I don't like what KP did but in the overall scheme of things it's not a big deal. He's still under Knicks control and he wants to be in NY. The dumb thing is that Phil is FULLY intent on bringing in players that will play team ball and help make KP look good.

CrushAlot wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:Yes, counter one immature move with another. Porzingis needs to sit down with Phil and Steve Mills. And he needs to be told that he isn't "untouchable" and he definitely isn't an unicorn at least not țill he shows he can lead a franchise like Giannis is doing now so he should not attempt to dictate terms cause it makes him look extremely stupid.

Phil and Mills should have tried to get that sit down before KP left for Latvia. It isn't like KP was hiding. Bergman had a picture of him riding a bike days after the exit meetings.

Last I checked that's what am exit interview is. What I said is what KP needs to do. Stop responding to everything with your Phil hate, it's kinda lame

CrushAlot wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:Yes, counter one immature move with another. Porzingis needs to sit down with Phil and Steve Mills. And he needs to be told that he isn't "untouchable" and he definitely isn't an unicorn at least not țill he shows he can lead a franchise like Giannis is doing now so he should not attempt to dictate terms cause it makes him look extremely stupid.

Phil and Mills should have tried to get that sit down before KP left for Latvia. It isn't like KP was hiding. Bergman had a picture of him riding a bike days after the exit meetings.

Last I checked that's what am exit interview is. What I said is what KP needs to do. Stop responding to everything with your Phil hate, it's kinda lame

I listened to a podcast with Bobby Marks where Marks said he would have made sure to connect with KP before he returned to Latvia. He was pretty mystified by the Knick's approach. That was before KP's favorite coach didn't have his contract renewed. In an earlier podcast (February) Marks speculated that KP's agent would have already contacted the Knicks front office about concerns regarding the team and what was going on and that the Knicks could lose KP when his rookie deal ended.

The Knicks tried, that's what the exit interviews were for. Coach is also on record saying he has texted him and got no response. as far as the latter, the Knicks cannot lose KP after his rookie deal. That's really not possible without losing a ton of money.