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CrushAlot
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4/6/2016 6:03 PM
 I'm tired,I'm tired, I'm so tired right now......Kristaps Porzingis 1/3/18
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yellowboy90
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4/6/2016 6:03 PM
So,why didn't Phil hire Rambis over Fisher
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SocraticBallin22
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4/6/2016 7:23 PM
I think Kurt should be given an extension based on his recent Twitter activity.
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crzymdups
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4/6/2016 8:53 PM LAST EDITED: 4/6/2016 9:06 PM
Fantastic article by Herring.
Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL: http://www.wsj.com/articles/what-does-knicks-president-phil-jackson-see-in-kurt-rambis-1459989558 What Does Knicks President Phil Jackson See in Kurt Rambis? By CHRIS HERRING When a report emerged Wednesday that Knicks interim coach Kurt Rambis was receiving serious consideration for a multiyear deal to remain the coach, one question immediately came to mind: What does team president Phil Jackson see in Rambis that the rest of us don’t? We know Rambis has favor with Jackson, since he coached under the Hall of Famer for years in Los Angeles and understands Jackson’s preferred triangle offense as well as anyone. But if the 58-year-old Rambis, who replaced Derek Fisher before the All-Star break in February, has done anything to improve the sinking Knicks, it’s been hard to see. There are a handful of objective reasons to have serious concerns about a Rambis-coached Knicks club beyond this season. Briefly putting aside his 64-161 career coaching record, which, as of Wednesday, stood as the fifth-worst in NBA history among coaches with at least 200 games, one must question Rambis’s strategy for how best to develop the team’s younger talent, particularly Kristaps Porzingis and Jerian Grant. (Minnesota fans will remember Rambis pulling Kevin Love from the starting five and opting to use Ryan Gomes, a role player no longer in the NBA, instead.) Another notable problem: The players have been on a different page than Rambis at times. Weeks went by before Rambis spoke with starting guard Arron Afflalo about moving to the bench, frustrating Afflalo, who has a solid reputation around the NBA. After a March 11 loss to the Clippers, in which center Robin Lopez played 44 minutes including the entire second half, Rambis said he asked Lopez a handful of times if he wanted a sub. Lopez said he only recalled being asked once if he wanted to come out. “He didn’t ask me until there were four minutes left in the game,” Lopez said. “It was his decision, I suppose.” The minutes issue surfaced again last week. Carmelo Anthony, after speaking with teammates, approached Rambis to request that the veterans play fewer minutes to allow younger players more time for development in otherwise meaningless games—the sort of thing a coach should be able to decipher on his own, especially since Jackson said he suggested curtailing Anthony’s minutes last month anyway. Most coaches are judged on wins and losses. But if Rambis is enjoying true front-runner status—despite the accomplished free-agent coaches potentially available this summer—there’s no way his record is a key calculation here. By his own admission, he hasn’t helped the Knicks as much as he initially hoped to. “Have [the players] moved forward as much as I would like them to? No,” Rambis acknowledged Wednesday, adding that there hasn’t been discussion between him and Jackson concerning the permanent job. “I have high expectations for myself, high expectations for the team. The future of this club is bright and promising, and I’d like to be a part of that process as it moves forward.” The Knicks, 8-16 since Rambis took over, have lost eight of nine games that were separated by five points or fewer during the final five minutes of play—the second-worst mark in the NBA over that span. The Knicks were 12-16 in such situations under Fisher, according to NBA.com. Rambis’s continued candidacy for the job illustrates two things: First, how badly Jackson wants one of his own triangle disciples in the job; and second, that communication—Rambis and Jackson apparently speak every day—is paramount to Jackson, particularly after how things unfolded with Fisher, who sought to be his own man as the Knicks’ coach. But while Rambis would draw many fans’ ire if he were brought on for good, Jackson is the one who would take heat. Aside from potentially alienating Anthony, who said he’d like the Knicks to at least talk with outside coaching candidates, removing Rambis’s interim tag without a real search would only amplify the charge that Jackson cares most about proving the virtues of his triangle offense in today’s NBA, and promoting his own guys. “I have to see if this team moves or doesn’t move [under Rambis],” Jackson said last month when asked about the possibility of hiring Rambis permanently. “There’s a lot more season.” Not anymore. With three games to play, the team clearly hasn’t moved forward. Most others would be exploring an array of outside options right now. If Jackson fails to consider those options in favor of doing what’s comfortable by quickly hiring Rambis at season’s end, it would suggest his priorities are misplaced. And if that’s the case, he may be doing the organization more harm than good at this point. ¿ △ ?
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