misterearl wrote:Forget the obvious big names. If Uncle Phil is truly the Zen Genius he is being paid obscene cash to be he can pass on Aldridge, Gasol and Jefferson. He can pass on Noah and Durant in 2016.

The 26-6 Atlanta Hawks have taken the team building model of the Spurs (see the head coach) and refined it as an art form.

Uncle Phil should acquire the next wave of rising stars similar to Jimmy Butler and Nicola Mirotic. He should draft like his basketball legacy depended on it.

No more usual suspects. No more fantasy basketball card deals hatched in a wet dream.

Find me eight men who can play together.

Tell the public address announcer at The Garden to chill, unless something spectacular happens.

Hit the open man

shades of Red Holzman were draped on the press conference when Phil came home.
He brings his rings, he brings his hope.
He brings a big contract and a juice card so full he has stripped this mess to the studs.
MSG must turn up the volume to drown the boo's. It is paramount the boo's be hidden from Dolan who has taken too many ques from them.
He thinks they don't boo stars.
Reality upon us. Winners don't lament on the hindsight but straight ahead of the reality infront of them.
Hire a man to do his thing. Give him the tools. If you don't, he will fail. WE gave Larry and MDA the wrong rosters. They were destined to fail. We at least gave them multigenerational wealth.
We gave Fish no promise and a 5 year deal. If we give him the tool of "time and patience" he will succeed.
Atl getting it right. Josh Smith is the new Rudy Gay. Leave two teams and in the wake of departure improve them. Get paid tens of millions regardless!!! What a country!
Patience. Some guys can't see that the change upon us know has to succeed beyond what we had. Better decisions lead to better results. Every day, every person, every business, everything!
Maybe phil rights the ship but its a bigger task than his tenure. Thats ok too. As long as there is successor to impliment good management, Im ok.
If Dolan reverts back, then dark days will return.
It took 15 years to bring us to this point. WOodson did a good job with duct tape and bobby pins. We can keep putting patches on it or gut it.

Gut it.

JRSmith talks about "walking on eggshells" which is simply code for "playing with discipline"

Rather than parsing the meaning, Marc Berman attempts to stir controversy.

The media only hopes to sell papers. We want to watch the ball move. win basketball games.

Gut it indeed, including the beat writers.