HofstraBBall wrote:Great game last night!! The Garden was electric. Looks like we are seeing some good constants. KP's post up game and mid range game is spot on. No more 30ft. 3pt shots as the norm. Well maybe one or two. He is playing big and is hard to stop. Kanter is a work horse. Was all over the boards the first quarter. Really set the tone. Great energy guy, again. Good all around play or the bench. FYI. McBuckets can dunk!!

If we can get a high level wing player, we would be a really good team for a number of years. However the type of player we need has to be a defensive minded two way player. Someone who can do what Lee/Hardaway do with some passing ability as well. Neither Lee or Timmy pass at a high rate.

nyknickzingis wrote:

Chandler wrote:I am kissing the ground this morning we didn’t trade KP to suns for one of the rumored packages

Phil was never serious.
People don't get the mind games.
He mind ****ed Melo out of NY (Melo never would have left if not for Phil).
He mind ****ed with KP for skipping the exit meeting and KP responded with a work ethic this summer dedicated to the right things (Post game, lower leg strength etc).

The team needed to move on from Phil, but his finger prints are all over team in the right way. I thank heavens the Phil era happened, otherwise no Porzingis and we'd be still playing around Melo, some declining stars, big names, and maybe a draft pick like Mudiay.

CrushAlot wrote:

nyknickzingis wrote:

Chandler wrote:I am kissing the ground this morning we didn’t trade KP to suns for one of the rumored packages

Phil was never serious.
People don't get the mind games.
He mind ****ed Melo out of NY (Melo never would have left if not for Phil).
He mind ****ed with KP for skipping the exit meeting and KP responded with a work ethic this summer dedicated to the right things (Post game, lower leg strength etc).

The team needed to move on from Phil, but his finger prints are all over team in the right way. I thank heavens the Phil era happened, otherwise no Porzingis and we'd be still playing around Melo, some declining stars, big names, and maybe a draft pick like Mudiay.

Funny, someone on a podcast, Duncan or Lowe I believe said that Melo was regecting every trade proposal presented to him because he was so angry at Phil. Melo wasn't going anywhere because it had become a pissing contest and Phil had given him the Ntc. Phil would have had to buyout Melo. I do think Melo realized that the poor management and top down franchise dysfunction wasn't going away as long as Phil
Was in charge.

I agree. The hate for Phil was never rational. His "mind games" didn't work here and were his undoing, and for that I understand his exit. But what we are seeing and the solid groundwork going forward he deserves credit for and will never get.

reub wrote:I was seriously hoping that after we fired Phil and were able to trade Melo that we would then bring Phil back. For all of his faults he's turned this franchise completely around.
Thanks, Phil!

Rambis is here, so kinda also Phil is here :)