http://www.todaysfastbreak.com/nba-east/new-york-knicks/phil-jackson-chronicles-part-7-2015-16-season-postmortem/?utm_campaign=Contact+SNS+For+More+Referrer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=snsanalytics

Interesting. You can't really look back too much, but it would've been nice to get Crowder.

crzymdups wrote:Yeah, I'd been coveting a guy like Thad Young to put next to Melo. Crowder seems like he woulda been perfect.

Imagine a frontline of:

Melo
Crowder
KP

That's a great modern NBA frontcourt.

Also,

Crowder
KP
Noah

would be a great defensive lineup.

Oh well.
Seems like Phil thought Early could be that guy... it's too bad he could never put it together.

"While Cleanthony has missed lots of time in the past two seasons with us, he still has the potential to be a valuable player," Jackson said. "Even so, I should have taken Crowder. Anyway, for all of us, making mistakes are part of the learning process."

This is what you like in a leader. He made some mistakes and owning them. We had too many rookies at one time, so we were bound to fail. This year is a different story. But if you are afraid to fail, you will never win!

"While Cleanthony has missed lots of time in the past two seasons with us, he still has the potential to be a valuable player," Jackson said. "Even so, I should have taken Crowder. Anyway, for all of us, making mistakes are part of the learning process."

This is what you like in a leader. He made some mistakes and owning them. We had too many rookies at one time, so we were bound to fail. This year is a different story. But if you are afraid to fail, you will never win!

to be fair we got quite a few rookies in this upcoming season as well.....Kuz, Willy, Plumlee, Ndour and 15th player if its Randle or Ron Baker and also KP will still only be in his 2nd year

CrushAlot wrote:I wish he took Crowder. The Knicks probably would have won a few more games though. Cauleystein or Kaminsky might be a knick now.

Ya, scared to play Butterfly Effect now that KP is cast as the franchise. It is what it is, but interesting to hear Phil open up and acknowledge his misses.

Pavvy wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:Dam....Crowder could've been our 3 and D guy. Could improve his efficiency a little on the offensive end, but is one of those guys that just impacts the game on both ends.

Really like his game and he's only 26 and getting better and better each year. Phuckin' Phil!!!

sounds good but we got Lance Thomas for that.....if we had Crowder then Lance wouldnt have gotten much playing time

Slide Melo to the 4, start Crowder and bring Thomas in off the bench as their sub. Problem solved.

And then there is the obvious fact that we could've traded one of the aforementioned for a pick or a position of need. There is no excuse for leaving value on the table, especially given our circumstances.

“But, really, when you come down to it, the triangle is just a way to format basic basketball. Lots of teams run many aspects of the triangle, with San Antonio being the most successful example. What we lacked that, say, the Spurs had, were guards who could penetrate and force defenses to make the kinds of adjustments that left other players open.