"Just as Phil Jackson feared right after Porzingis was drafted, players that tall and that lanky are extremely susceptible to injuries," writes Rosen. "Indeed, he has missed 26 games in his first two seasons, the most potentially serious being an Achilles tendon strain last season."

Rosen goes on to write about how he's "bullied" despite his size before addressing the current issue of skipping his exit meeting with Jackson.

"But his general attitude is the most troubling.

"KP and his brother have often complained about how poorly the Knicks treat their players. This undoubtedly has to do with the negative relationship that exists between Jackson and Carmelo Anthony. For sure, Melo’s in-house dissatisfactions have unduly influenced Porzingis.

"Which is unquestionably why KP blew off the exit interview with Jackson and left for home without saying goodbye."

This really needs to stop. Phil Jackson is a ****ing child. We can't have this guy as a mouthpiece. It's beyond unprofessional. It was bad enough that he released private conversations with Smith, Shumpert, Anthony, took shots at Tyson Chandler. You can't conduct business this way.

Phil has 11 rings and no one will go near the Knicks. It's becoming a high probability he's going to do something stupid this eve.

You don't show your cards. You don't devalue your assets before you sell them.

He maybe smarter than everyone when he's behind the bench, but he has proven to be smug introvert that's in over his head as executive.

He has been on the losing end of every trade he has made to date. If you have low IQ players you want to move, you maximize their value in an offense that plays to their strengths and you get all you can for them.

What is the upside to say a guys is susceptible to injuries and has a bad attitude.

Whay player in their right mind sees these hit pieces revealing private conversations and thinks, I want to be a part of this

MS wrote:Charley Rosen, who is widely believed to be the NBA reporter with the closest relationship to Phil Jackson, wrote a detailed piece in the wake of the New York Knicks entertaining trade offers for Kristaps Porzingis.

"Just as Phil Jackson feared right after Porzingis was drafted, players that tall and that lanky are extremely susceptible to injuries," writes Rosen. "Indeed, he has missed 26 games in his first two seasons, the most potentially serious being an Achilles tendon strain last season."

Rosen goes on to write about how he's "bullied" despite his size before addressing the current issue of skipping his exit meeting with Jackson.

"But his general attitude is the most troubling.

"KP and his brother have often complained about how poorly the Knicks treat their players. This undoubtedly has to do with the negative relationship that exists between Jackson and Carmelo Anthony. For sure, Melo’s in-house dissatisfactions have unduly influenced Porzingis.

"Which is unquestionably why KP blew off the exit interview with Jackson and left for home without saying goodbye."

This really needs to stop. Phil Jackson is a ****ing child. We can't have this guy as a mouthpiece. It's beyond unprofessional. It was bad enough that he released private conversations with Smith, Shumpert, Anthony, took shots at Tyson Chandler. You can't conduct business this way.

Phil has 11 rings and no one will go near the Knicks. It's becoming a high probability he's going to do something stupid this eve.

MS wrote:Actually Phil is wrong.

You don't show your cards. You don't devalue your assets before you sell them.

He maybe smarter than everyone when he's behind the bench, but he has proven to be smug introvert that's in over his head as executive.

He has been on the losing end of every trade he has made to date. If you have low IQ players you want to move, you maximize their value in an offense that plays to their strengths and you get all you can for them.

What is the upside to say a guys is susceptible to injuries and has a bad attitude.

Whay player in their right mind sees these hit pieces revealing private conversations and thinks, I want to be a part of this

I have a hard time believing Phil has effected either melo or kp's value. Are you one of those guys who thinks of Phil we're constantly gushing about melo we would have a first rounder by now.

Teams and gms are watching the same games us and Phil are. Everyone knows what's up with Melos game and attitude now.

You want to blame George Karl too for writing about him in his book too?

At what point does someone like melo start getting some responsibility for his rapidly declining value related to his behavior?

He has problems with everyone. Mike D'antoni as well who by the way just won coty.

Jig is up with melo no matter what Phil says.h

MS wrote:Actually Phil is wrong.

You don't show your cards. You don't devalue your assets before you sell them.

He maybe smarter than everyone when he's behind the bench, but he has proven to be smug introvert that's in over his head as executive.

He has been on the losing end of every trade he has made to date. If you have low IQ players you want to move, you maximize their value in an offense that plays to their strengths and you get all you can for them.

What is the upside to say a guys is susceptible to injuries and has a bad attitude.

Whay player in their right mind sees these hit pieces revealing private conversations and thinks, I want to be a part of this

And yes, i'm +1-ing, even though there's a dig at the DOUCHE in there...

franco12 wrote:so the one thing people could say Phil did right - drafting Porzingis- now goes down as a mistake?

Retaining Melo, giving him an NTC- mistake.

Trading for Derrick Rose - Mistake.

Signing Noah- Mistake.

When you're being paid $50M, you have to get something right once in a while.

Dolan has turned this franchise into a steaming pile of vomit.

If this franchise were an animal, it would be put down mercifully.

Clean wrote:Phil has some major problems but I think the root of a lot of this is melo. We should have just let him go to the Bulls. We should have remembered how he killed Linsanity because he could not stand Lin being the man in NY and tanked a season to get Dantoni fired. Melo might have turned KP into a Diva and he was the best thing to happen to the Knicks since linsanity.

Oh my god, my theory on replacement Melo hate theology is true and real! The 15 minutes of Jeremy lives on!

All we need now for the circle of life is a straight up Melo trade with Brooklyn for the Real Saviour to Come Home!

MS wrote:You just don't hear any GM's doing what Phil is doing.

He's right up there with George Karl. There seems to be an unspoken rule that things stay in house.

Phil, himself told Knicks fans that KP was 3-4 years away when he was drafted. If it's year two and he average 18pts and 7rbs perhaps we give him the benefit of the doubt before trashing him publically. Every person interviewed around the league has been unbelievably confused by Phil's behavior.

Derrick Rose was his point guard. Perhaps find pieces that fit before giving 70MM to a broken down center because you smoked a little peyote on your farm in Montana together. Perhaps Charlie Rosen should write an article about the ****ing center Phil signed in the offseason who played 20 games after missing a season and being ineffective and then suspended for using banned substances. I must have missed that article....

Every person that's not busy kissing their Lin and Dantoni and Gallinari dolls every day...

Funny, Phil ventriloquisting about KP being injury prone while his $72million dollar triangular center sits on the bench watching Chris Dudley free throw shooting youtube clips...

jrodmc wrote:

Clean wrote:Phil has some major problems but I think the root of a lot of this is melo. We should have just let him go to the Bulls. We should have remembered how he killed Linsanity because he could not stand Lin being the man in NY and tanked a season to get Dantoni fired. Melo might have turned KP into a Diva and he was the best thing to happen to the Knicks since linsanity.

Oh my god, my theory on replacement Melo hate theology is true and real! The 15 minutes of Jeremy lives on!

All we need now for the circle of life is a straight up Melo trade with Brooklyn for the Real Saviour to Come Home!

He thought fisher was the guy. He thought Caledron would be able to help the Knicks compete for a playoff spot. He thought grant could play the point. He thought Noah would help the team.

You can make mistakes, but you can't be a smug old man when your record is embarrassing and you have nothing to show for your seasons as an executive.

Hinkie had a plan. Compile assets, win by losing. No one wanted to be in philly, but if they stay healthy which is a stretch they have sagic, Covington, fultz, Simmons, Empid, cap room and draft picks. Which is a better position than the Knicks are in.

What's our plan? Win the last two games of the season lose out on Towns? Win the last game of this season, play melo and lose two spots in the draft?

Genius, Phil! Great press conference to end the season too!