nyknickzingis wrote:The Triangle and the offense NY runs is GREAT for Porzingis. Phil knows the talent he wants in his system. There's no question about that. Get a star #1 player who can handle the ball in S/R as well and Porzingis will be lethal. The Knicks lack of fortune is that both their top 3 guys on O are all scorers/shooters in Melo/KP/Afflalo. They can't run S/R with one another. If you take for instance Phil's team in LA with Kobe/Pau, imagine if Melo could run S/R with Porzingis the way a prime Kobe would. That's what we need now. A star player or ballhandler who can run S/R on top of what we already do. Factor that Porzingis should get a little better with time with his shot, I think this team can have a bright future so long as they can add that ballhandling top 3 player with what they already have.

Don't ever try to run plays for Porzingis so he cannot get his feet set for a shot, make him scoop up all the crap and shoot off-balance shots with clock expiring. Way to go.

teamsport72 wrote:They told us KP was 3years away from contributing. Turns out, Fisher is 3 or more years away from becoming a coach.

Which makes me think this is not so much about building another dynasty for PJax, as about safely collecting his 60M. He hired a 200% loyal coach who will go first if things turn real bad, and also who will never cross Melo because he is is still a player in his mind, and just doesn't have the status Melo has.

Does not look good at all, definitely not good for KP. KP needs Pops or someone of that caliber.

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newyorker4ever wrote:

crzymdups wrote:It's about proving the Triangle works. That's what it has always been about in terms of what Phil wants to prove in New York imho.

I think he thought Fisher would be better. I also think he thought last year's team would compete for the eighth seed and they'd be able to add a piece or two in FA and be a top four team this season.

I think Phil has overestimated the Triangle and maybe Fisher as a coach. But mainly I think this is about Phil needing to prove that all those rings were him and the Triangle and not just Michael, Scottie, Kobe, Shaq and Pau.

Tell me something......do some of you just forget that we're in the beginning stages of a rebuild and that this isn't the finished product that Phil plans on being the team he wants?? How the hellz was Fisher supposed to win with that team he had last year?? Do you remember that team?? I'm not trying to say Fisher is doing great cause i'm slowly losing confidence in him but i do understand that we don't have a great team right now and i do understand that most of these guys are trying to learn this offense which has proven to be a tougher offense than most think for these guys to get. We still have a ways to go guys so you better get some patience but i have 100% trust that in two years Phil will have a team that's ready to contend to not only make the playoffs but to make them as a top 4/5 seed and to make a run in the playoffs.

Even if the Knicks were 30-2 right now, I would say that the reason Phil Jackson came to New York was to prove the Triangle worked. That's the reason he came, in my opinion.

How successful he is with that plan remains to be seen.

I didn't say fire anyone or get rid of anything, just giving my opinion of why Phil came here. He was also directly quoted as saying he thought the Knicks would make the playoffs at the beginning of last season.