mreinman wrote:dk7th wrote:crzymdups wrote:dk7th wrote:crzymdups wrote:Basketball is actually a simple game. It's real simple. Defend the ball, protect the rim, move the ball to get open shots. Riley's simple system? He adapts for his talent. He gets talent. He knows getting the talent is paramount and he's damn good at that. Showtime Lakers, Ewing and Oak Knicks, Shaq, Wade, and Bron's Heat. Knicks have spent the past 20 years chasing systems - Don Nelson, MDA, now Phil.
Only time we had success after Riley left was when we hired his top lieutenant, JVG.
It's not really that complicated.
the knicks don't have enough talent to adapt to yet. when they get the requisite level of talent they will be better than average and then we can start thinking about adapting to that talent. and then that talent ought to be fundamentally sound as well, as in possessing the requisite skills.
that will take time and require patience. you can't undo 15 years of recklessness and chaos in two seasons.
That's fair. Hey, bright side if they suck next season, we get a draft pick.
I wouldn't mind this season quite so much if we hadn't done the Bargnani trade and we were swapping picks with Denver at the 2016 draft.
BUT, if they suck next season, I sort of wonder if Phil opts out and bounces to LA to teach Luke to use the Force...em, I mean Triangle to coach the Lakers.
this may be an age thing, but i imagine most of the guys on this and most other forums were not old enough to remember or participate as fans the last time the knicks won it all. and no, the ewing era doesn't count.
i mention this because, having been just old enough, i know how thrilling it was to see the knicks win it all-- and the way they played was superb. and phil jackson was a pretty big contributor off that knicks bench. he was all elbows and grit, a real pain in the butt for opponents. having won two of his rings as a player, moreover with the knicks, i have to believe his love for and devotion to the knicks franchise is deeper than you and many other pessimists will give him credit for.
although his persona is difficult if not outright grating, i still trust that his love for the knicks runs deep, far deeper than dolan.
so you are blinded by love. Maybe you can't see this as clearly since you have this connection to him that some of us are not stuck with?
You seem to often pick sides going with anger/love vs. logic and a detachment view.
Some are so blinded by hate/the value of negativity, that they can't see the water for the trees. Or accept the value of history. Fish is right; you are funnier when fighting with Briggs.
Short-sighted retinal detachment can lend itself to a horrible view of things.
I honestly believe that Phil does have a deep and abiding interest in that 613 hanging from the rafters...things Dolan truly could probably care less about.
4/27/2016 10:12 AM