StarksEwing1 wrote:Unless its a positive article about the knicks it has no facts i guess

Why would this be considered a positive article?

meloshouldgo wrote:Good article - this is exactly what rebuilds should look like. People who keep talking about win totals and Melo's window closing on us need to get over it. Phil doesn't care about Melo and this isn't about Melo. He can stick around or he can leave, whatever. Right now the Knicks are flat, boring and trying to develop young players. I LIKE IT.

The way Phil is going, this team is getting younger. 2 more younger guys are scheduled to be here already next year in Wroten and Willy. There could easily be more to replace older guys. MELO is not who Phil is building around even tho he's the best player at this moment. It's about the future.

MELO is here to take pressure off the younger players. KP even understands this already. It's kind of like having a vet QB to show your future Franchise QB the ropes as he learns and develops.

Malcolm wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:Is Phil quirky? Sure, but you knew that. Has he made some missteps? Absolutely. I haven’t loved every move and his intuition about the kind of coach the team needs may well be wrong. But in the broad brush strokes, Knicks fans are largely getting what they should expect out of a reasonably well-run rebuild. Phil has gotten a more complete Melo than any other leadership team. He’s found reasonable talent, and put those guys into roles where they could excel, like Rolo and Derrick Williams, and obviously he drafted/traded for Porzingis and Grant. We need more of the same from Phil . . .

My only concern about Jackson is . . . what the hell he could have been thinking when he hired Fisher.

Without the Fisher hire . . . I give him a B(+).

Lopez, Anthony, Porzingis, Williams -- all very good moves.

Grant and Thomas -- may still work out.

Afflalo and Calderon were mistakes -- but reasonable tries.

Shved was probably a significant mistake (related to Fisher mistake).

Fisher was a BIG mistake.

Overall: I give Jackson a B(-) grade . . .

The problem with the criticism is that its personalized and aimed squarely at Phil.

Look its fair to say, "i don't think this trade or another worked out as well as it could have." That's fair game.
But to say, "BECAUSE this trade or that move didn't work out, Phil is delusional and needs to step down and don't tell me about his 40 successful years in the league, the rings he can be credited for, the prestige of his leading this organization, or the charisma he owns. No, forget all that - he made a bad trade."

At least this posting offers some perspective. Personally I thought he should have held onto Cole Aldrich. But BFD, its small potatoes.

This is the makings of a very good, sustainable competitive team. Critics don't have to believe that but to question every motive, every silence, every word is bat**** crazy.