gunsnewing wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:Was Dolan at the press conference?

No Derek and Dolan have not even spoken yet which shows this is all Phil

djsunyc wrote:the constant comments about how well spoken he is by announcers/reporters sound borderline racist.

Yep.

gunsnewing wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:Was Dolan at the press conference?

No Derek and Dolan have not even spoken yet which shows this is all Phil

djsunyc wrote:knicks doled out $85 mil for a first time gm and a first time coach. only the knicks.

5 years $25 mil...just more execs trying to prove how smart they are. meanwhile guys really paying dues can't catch a break. i wonder what doc rivers would've said if he constantly pushed for thibs to be a head coach only to not get the opportunity b/c guys like kerr and fisher get the job instead. outside of doc and mark...any other player to coach success stories in the past 20/30 years?

Knicks is also the only team that had #1 payroll and didn't even make the playoffs I think. So on the positive side, Knicks has gotten a lot of records lately.

I think Fisher will be worth the pay if he can learn from Phil coaching guidance and make into his own. However, I don't see Fisher working well with Anthony or Amar'e, and the Knicks should try to get Durant to play for the Knicks given Fisher's relationship with him in the next 2 years. Hopefully this will be an investment bigger than the 'outrageous' pay.

Rookie wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:Knowing Phil everytime the media asks about Melo the less he wants him back. It's not all about Melo!

It's never about any one player

Unless it's Jordan, Kobe or shaq

hahahaha....rings talk the loudest. Don't think Melo's lack of playoff success will help him in any conversations that over estimate his value with Phil.

To add to that. Fisher response to the media constantly asking him how will he CONVINCE Carmelo to stay. He said CONVINCE is not the proper word. It's more about proving to him that their plan will work.

You see this is one of the many reasons I'm ready to move on from Melo

I'm sick of
Melo
Melo
Melo

Melo this
Melo that

Melo doesn't approve

Melo is not happy

Melo's people

Melo's underwear

It's never about one player

I've had it!

gunsnewing wrote:

Rookie wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:Knowing Phil everytime the media asks about Melo the less he wants him back. It's not all about Melo!

It's never about any one player

Unless it's Jordan, Kobe or shaq

hahahaha....rings talk the loudest. Don't think Melo's lack of playoff success will help him in any conversations that over estimate his value with Phil.

To add to that. Fisher response to the media constantly asking him how will he CONVINCE Carmelo to stay. He said CONVINCE is not the proper word. It's more about proving to him that their plan will work.

You see this is one of the many reasons I'm ready to move on from Melo

I'm sick of
Melo
Melo
Melo

Melo this
Melo that

Melo doesn't approve

Melo is not happy

Melo's people

Melo's underwear

I've had it!

I feel the same way sometimes, but like that lame asS woodson would say "HE'S A BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO IN TERMS OF WINNING BASKETBALL GAMES"

And like Phil said, you need a guy when who can get you points when the offense isn't clicking and the game becomes a drag. The good thing about it is the ball won't stick, and he'll be taking much better shots, as well as JR..

nyk4ever wrote:sounds like phil is bringing in rambis, cartright and possibly luke walton as the assistants. im pumped!

Luke Walton? isn't that kind of random?

Syniko wrote:

nyk4ever wrote:sounds like phil is bringing in rambis, cartright and possibly luke walton as the assistants. im pumped!

Luke Walton? isn't that kind of random?

Luke has been mentioned a ton by Phil himself, books, interviews, etc.

fishmike wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:

Rookie wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:Knowing Phil everytime the media asks about Melo the less he wants him back. It's not all about Melo!

It's never about any one player

Unless it's Jordan, Kobe or shaq

hahahaha....rings talk the loudest. Don't think Melo's lack of playoff success will help him in any conversations that over estimate his value with Phil.

To add to that. Fisher response to the media constantly asking him how will he CONVINCE Carmelo to stay. He said CONVINCE is not the proper word. It's more about proving to him that their plan will work.

You see this is one of the many reasons I'm ready to move on from Melo

I'm sick of
Melo
Melo
Melo

Melo this
Melo that

Melo doesn't approve

Melo is not happy

Melo's people

Melo's underwear

I've had it!

aw.. do you miss the who's better? Gallo vs. Will Chandler threads in the middle of 30 win seasons? Winning again will help... cures all.

I like how CONVINCE is a bad word but PROVING is okay. Semantics is everything in Zen.

Melo: So WTF is this triangle thing, anyway?
Derek: It's a way of life, Melo, it's not a thing.
Melo: You know, there's an "I" in Iso and Triangle, did you ever notice that?
Derek: It's a thing we do not speak of.
Melo: Well, if you can get some of these other schmoes to hit shots in this new way of life, I'm already convinced.
Derek: Do not be convinced, become one with it, Melo. Do or do not, there is no "convince"...
PJax: Well said, grasshopper, well said.