fishmike wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:

Chandler wrote:

fishmike wrote:

Andrew wrote:I'm still trying to find exactly what Janis said that was so controversial.

well he mentioned Melo, and that is still a sensitive spot for many around here.

Agree great to hear they’re motivated by winning. That’s exactly what you want to hear

Having said that, his explanation makes zero sense

If you’re going to fight (because melo supposedly wouldn’t which itself is false) you go to the exit meeting and state your piece in a professional way — whatever it is.

Even if mgmt disagrees they would appreciate the candor and that would be leadership. You’d also have the personal benefit of clarity. You stated your position. They agreed or disagreed and you move on. Whatever that entails

Going AWOL in a very public way, not communicating with the team, is the opposite of that. It’s childish to be honest

He got called out on it. Frankly he would have been better served to say KP was extremely frustrated and left town because he didn’t think it would be constructive to talk when that frustrated — or something to that effect. It would have at least seemed plausible

To pitch it, as he does, as some calculated genius move is doubling down on stupidity

KP seems like a smart guy. I also get that he’s trying to help out his idiot brother

My hope is he’s smart enough to navigate this

Exactly right! You can't cry about dysfunction then contribute to dysfunction. Then get called out on it get butt hurt and claim. Well if you critic us for making childish decisions. We are going to act even more childish and threaten to leave the team. Speaking on it now is also a poor decision. Missing the exit meeting has been somewhat forgotten at this point and the team has been playing well. Everyone was moving forward. Now he opens up this can of worms for the media to now question them at every turn.

And we still don't know exactly what KPs beef was. We are still left to quess. KP never claimed to have issues with the system. KP stated himself that a lot of the things have been blown out of proportion.

You know who doesnt appear to guess? The Knicks. They seem to be on the same page as KP just fine. KP is busting his butt on defense and scoring like a boss. All the guys on the floor are giving max effort. Small sample size but lets work with what we DO know yea?

Direct causality:
Offense is quickly coming together and players look better and better every day
No Phil Jackson

Defense is being played with max effort all the time
No Melo, Rose

Can you come up with bigger contributing factors? I cant....

All i'm saying is the approach was poor. That they should acknowledge that the approach was poor or just ignore that it happen all together and move on. KP when he speaks usually comes off as the voice of reason. So I don't know if its just his bro/agent making poor decisions when it comes to the politics. Or if KP is a dude who will play nice in front of the cameras but act differently behind close doors. I don't think its the case as I think he is genuine guy.

I have no problem with them holding management accountable to act professionally, do the right things, and try to build a winning org, etc. But acting unprofessional isn't the way to do it. And if you act unprofessional and get called out on it. Getting butt hurt about it isn't a good look. Janis isn't coming off here as a legit sport agent.

newyorknewyork wrote:

fishmike wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:

Chandler wrote:

fishmike wrote:

Andrew wrote:I'm still trying to find exactly what Janis said that was so controversial.

well he mentioned Melo, and that is still a sensitive spot for many around here.

Agree great to hear they’re motivated by winning. That’s exactly what you want to hear

Having said that, his explanation makes zero sense

If you’re going to fight (because melo supposedly wouldn’t which itself is false) you go to the exit meeting and state your piece in a professional way — whatever it is.

Even if mgmt disagrees they would appreciate the candor and that would be leadership. You’d also have the personal benefit of clarity. You stated your position. They agreed or disagreed and you move on. Whatever that entails

Going AWOL in a very public way, not communicating with the team, is the opposite of that. It’s childish to be honest

He got called out on it. Frankly he would have been better served to say KP was extremely frustrated and left town because he didn’t think it would be constructive to talk when that frustrated — or something to that effect. It would have at least seemed plausible

To pitch it, as he does, as some calculated genius move is doubling down on stupidity

KP seems like a smart guy. I also get that he’s trying to help out his idiot brother

My hope is he’s smart enough to navigate this

Exactly right! You can't cry about dysfunction then contribute to dysfunction. Then get called out on it get butt hurt and claim. Well if you critic us for making childish decisions. We are going to act even more childish and threaten to leave the team. Speaking on it now is also a poor decision. Missing the exit meeting has been somewhat forgotten at this point and the team has been playing well. Everyone was moving forward. Now he opens up this can of worms for the media to now question them at every turn.

And we still don't know exactly what KPs beef was. We are still left to quess. KP never claimed to have issues with the system. KP stated himself that a lot of the things have been blown out of proportion.

You know who doesnt appear to guess? The Knicks. They seem to be on the same page as KP just fine. KP is busting his butt on defense and scoring like a boss. All the guys on the floor are giving max effort. Small sample size but lets work with what we DO know yea?

Direct causality:
Offense is quickly coming together and players look better and better every day
No Phil Jackson

Defense is being played with max effort all the time
No Melo, Rose

Can you come up with bigger contributing factors? I cant....

All i'm saying is the approach was poor. That they should acknowledge that the approach was poor or just ignore that it happen all together and move on. KP when he speaks usually comes off as the voice of reason. So I don't know if its just his bro/agent making poor decisions when it comes to the politics. Or if KP is a dude who will play nice in front of the cameras but act differently behind close doors. I don't think its the case as I think he is genuine guy.

I have no problem with them holding management accountable to act professionally, do the right things, and try to build a winning org, etc. But acting unprofessional isn't the way to do it. And if you act unprofessional and get called out on it. Getting butt hurt about it isn't a good look. Janis isn't coming off here as a legit sport agent.

Im happy to finally judge by what the eyes see on the court. Hard play and guys willing to listen to the coach. Its nice to not have to figure out why that wasnt happening. Two huge personalities are gone in Phil and Melo. Add Rose's play on the court. I am very happy with how things are going. Could not have asked for more to be honest. Its early, but it seems to have taken a few games to work some things out and thats OK. Looking forward to Pho

newyorknewyork wrote:

fishmike wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:

fishmike wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:

Chandler wrote:

fishmike wrote:

Andrew wrote:I'm still trying to find exactly what Janis said that was so controversial.

well he mentioned Melo, and that is still a sensitive spot for many around here.

Agree great to hear they’re motivated by winning. That’s exactly what you want to hear

Having said that, his explanation makes zero sense

If you’re going to fight (because melo supposedly wouldn’t which itself is false) you go to the exit meeting and state your piece in a professional way — whatever it is.

Even if mgmt disagrees they would appreciate the candor and that would be leadership. You’d also have the personal benefit of clarity. You stated your position. They agreed or disagreed and you move on. Whatever that entails

Going AWOL in a very public way, not communicating with the team, is the opposite of that. It’s childish to be honest

He got called out on it. Frankly he would have been better served to say KP was extremely frustrated and left town because he didn’t think it would be constructive to talk when that frustrated — or something to that effect. It would have at least seemed plausible

To pitch it, as he does, as some calculated genius move is doubling down on stupidity

KP seems like a smart guy. I also get that he’s trying to help out his idiot brother

My hope is he’s smart enough to navigate this

Exactly right! You can't cry about dysfunction then contribute to dysfunction. Then get called out on it get butt hurt and claim. Well if you critic us for making childish decisions. We are going to act even more childish and threaten to leave the team. Speaking on it now is also a poor decision. Missing the exit meeting has been somewhat forgotten at this point and the team has been playing well. Everyone was moving forward. Now he opens up this can of worms for the media to now question them at every turn.

And we still don't know exactly what KPs beef was. We are still left to quess. KP never claimed to have issues with the system. KP stated himself that a lot of the things have been blown out of proportion.

You know who doesnt appear to guess? The Knicks. They seem to be on the same page as KP just fine. KP is busting his butt on defense and scoring like a boss. All the guys on the floor are giving max effort. Small sample size but lets work with what we DO know yea?

Direct causality:
Offense is quickly coming together and players look better and better every day
No Phil Jackson

Defense is being played with max effort all the time
No Melo, Rose

Can you come up with bigger contributing factors? I cant....

All i'm saying is the approach was poor. That they should acknowledge that the approach was poor or just ignore that it happen all together and move on. KP when he speaks usually comes off as the voice of reason. So I don't know if its just his bro/agent making poor decisions when it comes to the politics. Or if KP is a dude who will play nice in front of the cameras but act differently behind close doors. I don't think its the case as I think he is genuine guy.

I have no problem with them holding management accountable to act professionally, do the right things, and try to build a winning org, etc. But acting unprofessional isn't the way to do it. And if you act unprofessional and get called out on it. Getting butt hurt about it isn't a good look. Janis isn't coming off here as a legit sport agent.

they will make mistakes, handle things wrong... in this case miss a meeting that might have been more productive. Who knows, maybe missing the meeting accomplished exactly what they wanted.

Im happy to finally judge by what the eyes see on the court. Hard play and guys willing to listen to the coach. Its nice to not have to figure out why that wasnt happening. Two huge personalities are gone in Phil and Melo. Add Rose's play on the court. I am very happy with how things are going. Could not have asked for more to be honest. Its early, but it seems to have taken a few games to work some things out and thats OK. Looking forward to Pho

I don't think them missing the exit meeting got them what they wanted if they wanted Phil and Melo and Rose out. Phil trying to buy Melo out is what got Phil out of here. Melo not wanting to come back got himself out of here. And I don't feel for one sec that Rose was ever being brought back.

lol

On the court don't have much complaints. Just need Janis to not speak to the public about this type of stuff anymore. As the only one causing potential dysfunction is Janis at the moment. As an agent he is only bringing more pressure on KP. Between how KP balls out on the court and how KP himself handles the media.

KP sells himself.

What we dont have to guess about is whats happening on the floor. For once. I am not high on blame. Both Melo and Phil left no shortage of things about their time here to be pissy about. Our best player works on both ends and our GM is a normal NBA exec. What else can a fan ask for...

knicks1248 wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:

Andrew wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:

fishmike wrote:

Andrew wrote:I'm still trying to find exactly what Janis said that was so controversial.

well he mentioned Melo, and that is still a sensitive spot for many around here.

you don't think Melo handled last year well? most people think he handled it pretty gracefully considering Phil JAx was screaming at him to get off his lawn year round. so then what the **** is KP's brother talking about? he's a clown

From the being a good soldier Melo handled it....I think Janis is talking about invoking change....making a point to say hey, what's happening is messed up from an organizational standpoint and needs to change.

I think KP's brother (whatever his name is) is playing big boy businessman - that's how this comes across to me

Yes, we all know that KP is the main attraction. You don't take exception that KP's representation is implying 'these other guys suck'?

End of the day, I know it doesn't exactly matter what KP's brother said, but it comes across as amateur hour especially when KP's ACTUAL agent Andy Miller declined to comment because he knows the is mindless BS that got dropped on the doorstep due to nepotism

Andy miller decline because his agency is already under investigation from the Ncaa/nike scandal, the last thing he needs is more drama.

I don't see how anyone can be mad about a stars older brother looking after him. The knicks have been a fck up organization for quite some yrs. You think after 7 games were suppose to be respectable now.

KP said I want to see growth, that's how he will determine if it's worth it to re-sign, if you think that means more ping pong balls, your sadly mistaken.

I recommend you read this

newyorknewyork wrote:

Chandler wrote:

fishmike wrote:

Andrew wrote:I'm still trying to find exactly what Janis said that was so controversial.

well he mentioned Melo, and that is still a sensitive spot for many around here.

Agree great to hear they’re motivated by winning. That’s exactly what you want to hear

Having said that, his explanation makes zero sense

If you’re going to fight (because melo supposedly wouldn’t which itself is false) you go to the exit meeting and state your piece in a professional way — whatever it is.

Even if mgmt disagrees they would appreciate the candor and that would be leadership. You’d also have the personal benefit of clarity. You stated your position. They agreed or disagreed and you move on. Whatever that entails

Going AWOL in a very public way, not communicating with the team, is the opposite of that. It’s childish to be honest

He got called out on it. Frankly he would have been better served to say KP was extremely frustrated and left town because he didn’t think it would be constructive to talk when that frustrated — or something to that effect. It would have at least seemed plausible

To pitch it, as he does, as some calculated genius move is doubling down on stupidity

KP seems like a smart guy. I also get that he’s trying to help out his idiot brother

My hope is he’s smart enough to navigate this

Exactly right! You can't cry about dysfunction then contribute to dysfunction. Then get called out on it get butt hurt and claim. Well if you critic us for making childish decisions. We are going to act even more childish and threaten to leave the team. Speaking on it now is also a poor decision. Missing the exit meeting has been somewhat forgotten at this point and the team has been playing well. Everyone was moving forward. Now he opens up this can of worms for the media to now question them at every turn.

And we still don't know exactly what KPs beef was. We are still left to quess. KP never claimed to have issues with the system. KP stated himself that a lot of the things have been blown out of proportion.

I like the way you put it; and also the other poster about Latvian Lavar Ball

KP would be wise to stick to his current meme and just say it's in the past. and Janis should zip it

HofstraBBall wrote:

fishmike wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:

fishmike wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:

Chandler wrote:

fishmike wrote:

Andrew wrote:I'm still trying to find exactly what Janis said that was so controversial.

well he mentioned Melo, and that is still a sensitive spot for many around here.

Agree great to hear they’re motivated by winning. That’s exactly what you want to hear

Having said that, his explanation makes zero sense

If you’re going to fight (because melo supposedly wouldn’t which itself is false) you go to the exit meeting and state your piece in a professional way — whatever it is.

Even if mgmt disagrees they would appreciate the candor and that would be leadership. You’d also have the personal benefit of clarity. You stated your position. They agreed or disagreed and you move on. Whatever that entails

Going AWOL in a very public way, not communicating with the team, is the opposite of that. It’s childish to be honest

He got called out on it. Frankly he would have been better served to say KP was extremely frustrated and left town because he didn’t think it would be constructive to talk when that frustrated — or something to that effect. It would have at least seemed plausible

To pitch it, as he does, as some calculated genius move is doubling down on stupidity

KP seems like a smart guy. I also get that he’s trying to help out his idiot brother

My hope is he’s smart enough to navigate this

Exactly right! You can't cry about dysfunction then contribute to dysfunction. Then get called out on it get butt hurt and claim. Well if you critic us for making childish decisions. We are going to act even more childish and threaten to leave the team. Speaking on it now is also a poor decision. Missing the exit meeting has been somewhat forgotten at this point and the team has been playing well. Everyone was moving forward. Now he opens up this can of worms for the media to now question them at every turn.

And we still don't know exactly what KPs beef was. We are still left to quess. KP never claimed to have issues with the system. KP stated himself that a lot of the things have been blown out of proportion.

You know who doesnt appear to guess? The Knicks. They seem to be on the same page as KP just fine. KP is busting his butt on defense and scoring like a boss. All the guys on the floor are giving max effort. Small sample size but lets work with what we DO know yea?

Direct causality:
Offense is quickly coming together and players look better and better every day
No Phil Jackson

Defense is being played with max effort all the time
No Melo, Rose

Can you come up with bigger contributing factors? I cant....

All i'm saying is the approach was poor. That they should acknowledge that the approach was poor or just ignore that it happen all together and move on. KP when he speaks usually comes off as the voice of reason. So I don't know if its just his bro/agent making poor decisions when it comes to the politics. Or if KP is a dude who will play nice in front of the cameras but act differently behind close doors. I don't think its the case as I think he is genuine guy.

I have no problem with them holding management accountable to act professionally, do the right things, and try to build a winning org, etc. But acting unprofessional isn't the way to do it. And if you act unprofessional and get called out on it. Getting butt hurt about it isn't a good look. Janis isn't coming off here as a legit sport agent.

they will make mistakes, handle things wrong... in this case miss a meeting that might have been more productive. Who knows, maybe missing the meeting accomplished exactly what they wanted.

Im happy to finally judge by what the eyes see on the court. Hard play and guys willing to listen to the coach. Its nice to not have to figure out why that wasnt happening. Two huge personalities are gone in Phil and Melo. Add Rose's play on the court. I am very happy with how things are going. Could not have asked for more to be honest. Its early, but it seems to have taken a few games to work some things out and thats OK. Looking forward to Pho

Can you honestly say that Melo was a "huge personality", in a negative way? I mean the players have already come out and said he was always positive and a great team mate. KP's brother is saying that if anything, he was not dramatic enough and did not speak out against things going on. So is it really fair for you to group Melo in with Phil, who was anything but low key and non dramatic? Important thing is that Phil's zen like 90's tactic as a coach or no longer here and instead resting in Montana, there is no more Triangle being pushed down players throats and Melo is somewhere where he is happier as well. Everyone involved is in a better place. Time to move on.

Btw. This is a non issue for me. KP's brother is just covering up for what may have been a bad decision. Yes, there is less respect given to those that excuse their actions by blaming others, but this is what an agent gets paid to do. Brothter or not, he is his agent. Not Fake News but over exaggerated news put out by the NY media.

ESPN: There are so many new faces here this season. No Phil Jackson, no Carmelo Anthony. What's been different so far this year compared to the last two seasons?

KP: I would say it’s a different vibe, a new vibe. A lot of new minds in new positions and a lot of new guys, players that want to play their best basketball that want to compete. … That’s what’s most important. We’re going out there and we’re playing hard, especially on the defensive end.

Add to that Melo has shown over and over again he is not going to stop holding the ball. He is still holding the ball. Does that make him a toxic cancer? A negative? A justified source of blame? Who phucking cares and why go there? Its not as important to me as you think. Does that make Melo a TERRIBLE FIT for a coach and a FO trying to build a team that prioritizes defense and ball movement? Sure seems like a terrible fit to me. Melo was a terrible fit with this team, and even if it doesnt translate into more wins (I am betting it does) the immediate effects of the players replacing him cant be denied.

You need to hear "the Knicks are playing better because Melo isnt here" or that the bad play was his fault. Bottom line is when you have a player that is such a bad fit AND is your higest paid alpha guy then it becomes a negative. I think we are already seeing some things happening that simply could not happen with Melo here. Hey. Maybe we were better with him. Just bring back Woodson and the 54 crew. Im actually not being sarcastic. This group hasnt proved anything without Melo, but I am happy with what I see so far. Just my 2c

Even if just trying to ensure we don't take him for granted, that is fine by me.

meloshouldgo wrote:People - Kristap's plays for us, his brother doesn't. Let him keep howling at the moon, focus on basketball.

Knicks fans, SMH

CrushAlot wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:People - Kristap's plays for us, his brother doesn't. Let him keep howling at the moon, focus on basketball.

Knicks fans, SMH

I don't think it is a big deal and I didn't think it was that big a deal when KP skipped the exit meeting. But I think it would not be smart to dismiss Janis as howling at the moon. The skipped exit meeting was a planned event that Janis was a part of and it was purposeful. The Knicks just need to run a franchise the right way for a few years and this is a non issue.

This is the type of thing that ensures its not run in the right way. You can't run a franchise the right way when your best player or his agent is a pouting little diva. This is what creates the dysfunction even when things are going well.

meloshouldgo wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:People - Kristap's plays for us, his brother doesn't. Let him keep howling at the moon, focus on basketball.

Knicks fans, SMH

I don't think it is a big deal and I didn't think it was that big a deal when KP skipped the exit meeting. But I think it would not be smart to dismiss Janis as howling at the moon. The skipped exit meeting was a planned event that Janis was a part of and it was purposeful. The Knicks just need to run a franchise the right way for a few years and this is a non issue.

This is the type of thing that ensures its not run in the right way. You can't run a franchise the right way when your best player or his agent is a pouting little diva. This is what creates the dysfunction even when things are going well.