I can live with that.

dk7th wrote:i prefer this franchise flush even more than roster flush. it was overdue. too bad the medical staff couldn't have been given the heave-ho. they have sucked so bad. phil getting rid of the stench.

instead of hiring Phil maybe we should have hired the suns medical staff, they worked wonders with Grant hill....

dk7th wrote:

holfresh wrote:Phil just a man, not a superhero...He will try his best and I think he can do a good job..But he needs luck...If we sign Melo, I'm not sure who that second guy will be...I think it's a lock that Love goes to LA...

he is a man with 13 rings. he isn't a superhero he is a WINNER. unproven as a team-builder? ok, whatever. still he is a winner and i think you should roll with that for a few months. you know why? because winners attract other winners.

if you want proof of that just look at who dolan has attracted over his tenure here. losers, because dolan is a loser.

I hope u are right...

holfresh wrote:Phil just a man, not a superhero...He will try his best and I think he can do a good job..But he needs luck...If we sign Melo, I'm not sure who that second guy will be...I think it's a lock that Love goes to LA...

Are you having a bad day or something? You're posts have been all unrelenting misery!

Personally, I think it's a good thing if we can't attract the big name, established FA's- we need to start focusing on players on the cusp- guys like Bledsoe, Milsap etc last year- they are more likely to be attracted to NY because they will have been overlooked in their smaller markets, plus they will be cheaper!

fishmike wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:Then you don't sign Melo and draft Batman

how many drafts and first rounders do you think it would take to draft another player as good as Melo?

Draft well in the meantime. Go after a Shaq/Lebron type free agent when you have a roster littered with talent and a boatload of cap space. There are many ways to do this without Melo. Phil Jackson has clout as does New York City. The main thing is that a winning culture is established. Melo is getting old. He has slow feet and plays defense with his hands. He's only getting slower with age. We need high octane and high IQ

This isn't Isiah's Knicks

nixluva wrote:

jrodmc wrote:

nixluva wrote:I like that he has such clear vision for what he wants the team to be and the kind of coaches he wants. IMO "buy in" is extremely important. Phil is gonna try to convince but if someone doesn't want to buy in they will be gone. That's something we haven't had in years. A President and all the way down to the last man on the roster who are all on the same page.

unfortunately the little man up at the top of the food chain is still there.

You need to get out of the past. Dolan won't have an impact on what Phil does the 1st 2 years IMO. Dolan already went on record saying Phil can sign Melo or not, so he can't interfere at this point cuz he actually made that direct statement to the press. If Dolan were to renege he will be castigated in the press much as he has with just this small rumor that he was messing around with Phil already. The old Dolan tricks won't work. He no longer has a spy in the coaching staff and that's a victory in itself.

Dolan will keep his spies in place. If not on the coaching staff, on the medical staff. Dolan went on record??? Did you really say that? You honestly think this idiot cares about getting castigated by the press, the same press he treats like mutant rabid retarded vermin?

Old tricks working? When did Jimmie ever cared if they worked? This is an idiot with the ego the size of Phil's ring case. He fires poor security guards for doing their job. If you refuse to learn from the past, you will just repeat it. Phil has not changed Dolan's personality. Yet.

The battle is joined. I am still hopeful things will turn out for the better.