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6/21/2019  12:40 PM
https://www.ridiculousupside.com/2019/6/19/18682787/report-westchester-knicks-head-coach-mike-miller-expected-to-join-david-fizdales-staff

IMO, he is gonna be huge for the development of the young players at the big club.

Mike Miller has been a focal point in player development in his tenure with the Westchester Knicks. Not only has the team put players in the best position to earn opportunities in the NBA, but Miller, along with his coaching staff, has played a role in building a top-notch development organization. With an opening on New York’s staff, the Knicks are promoting Miller.

“Barring an unforeseen change,” Miller is expected to join David Fizdale’s staff as an assistant coach next season, according to Ian Begley of SNY.

Miller played a significant role in building Westchester’s program. When he joined the team, the Knicks were in their second season and were coming off a 10-40 season. Miller brought more than 25 years of experience, including two years as an assistant coach with the Austin Spurs. He was named the 2017-18 G League Coach of the Year and players gave their thoughts on what makes him in detail with player development.

The Knicks experienced great success in the past four seasons. Westchester went 102-98 and made three appearances in the G League postseason. Nine players earned a combined 14 call-ups, while their nine call-ups in the past two seasons are the most in the G League.

Miller is a defensive oriented coach and has built some high level teams in the G League. Westchester ranked No. 1 in opponent field goal percentage (42.5 percent), No. 2 opponent points per game (105.0), No. 2 in defensive rating (102.3), No. 2 opponent points in the paint (45.0), No. 3 in opponent fast break points (11.6), and No. 5 in opponent points off turnovers (17.4) during the 2018-19 season.

New York and Westchester have built continuity where Mike Miller instilled similar schemes that David Fizdale ran in New York, which led to players making an easy transition to the Knicks and have an impact on the team.

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6/21/2019  12:51 PM
Nice. Fizdale has a lot of young players to develop, Miller will help in that dept. Maybe help raise the team's D.
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6/21/2019  12:53 PM
this is why I laugh when I hear about the genius types like 1248 talk about our poor history of developing players. We have seen such a good upturn here and finally seem to be using this tool.

I think it will really pay dividends when we finally have a good team and need depth and cheap labor to elevate roster player. They play D!!!!

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6/21/2019  12:57 PM
Miller has been awesome in Westchester. Glad he made it up to the bench with the Knicks. This is going to be such a young team having another developmental guy on the bench is a great move. Maybe he is the next Nick Nurse. He spent sometime working for the Spurs so maybe he can help Frank figure things out.
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CrushAlot wrote:Miller has been awesome in Westchester. Glad he made it up to the bench with the Knicks. This is going to be such a young team having another developmental guy on the bench is a great move. Maybe he is the next Nick Nurse. He spent sometime working for the Spurs so maybe he can help Frank figure things out.
I think Frank's two big things are obvious. He needs to be healthy and he needs to play in an offense with structure. If those two things happen next year I fully expect him to be a contributor next year.

If we actually got luck with some bigtime FAs a healthy Frank is probably one of our better roles players today. We know his handle is solid as is his passing and court vision and his defense is good.

I hope Frank does get sorted. Players with his size and skill set are so crucial. Obviously he's got to hit the 3 at a league ave and stay healthy. Start there

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6/21/2019  1:13 PM
fishmike wrote:
CrushAlot wrote:Miller has been awesome in Westchester. Glad he made it up to the bench with the Knicks. This is going to be such a young team having another developmental guy on the bench is a great move. Maybe he is the next Nick Nurse. He spent sometime working for the Spurs so maybe he can help Frank figure things out.
I think Frank's two big things are obvious. He needs to be healthy and he needs to play in an offense with structure. If those two things happen next year I fully expect him to be a contributor next year.

If we actually got luck with some bigtime FAs a healthy Frank is probably one of our better roles players today. We know his handle is solid as is his passing and court vision and his defense is good.

I hope Frank does get sorted. Players with his size and skill set are so crucial. Obviously he's got to hit the 3 at a league ave and stay healthy. Start there

If Frank isnt assertive, wont matter what offense is run. Only way out of being one of the worst players on offense in this league. More important than FG pct right now. Knox was at the bottom of the league in some categories on offense, but they werent from a lack of aggressiveness. Thats how he won rookie of the month before hitting a wall.

Frank looks bigger from that brief clip, maybe that helps him become more willing to take it to the rim, draw contact, get to the line. Has gone weeks without a free throw, since getting drafted.

Crush is right, maybe Miller can help Frank flip a switch, and lose the indecision.
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6/21/2019  1:31 PM
fishmike wrote:
CrushAlot wrote:Miller has been awesome in Westchester. Glad he made it up to the bench with the Knicks. This is going to be such a young team having another developmental guy on the bench is a great move. Maybe he is the next Nick Nurse. He spent sometime working for the Spurs so maybe he can help Frank figure things out.
I think Frank's two big things are obvious. He needs to be healthy and he needs to play in an offense with structure. If those two things happen next year I fully expect him to be a contributor next year.

If we actually got luck with some bigtime FAs a healthy Frank is probably one of our better roles players today. We know his handle is solid as is his passing and court vision and his defense is good.

I hope Frank does get sorted. Players with his size and skill set are so crucial. Obviously he's got to hit the 3 at a league ave and stay healthy. Start there


Frank's biggest issue is still his level of confidence, and tentativeness.

I'll be honest- did not see a ton of structure or system to our offense last year. There was a lot individualism going on. Maybe Fizdale just needs more time with a younger team. At Miami and Memphis he was working with experienced players, and at Miami, in particular, the stars pretty much ran things, even though they had a good head coach.

Maybe Miller can bring a little Spurs unselfishness here, but it all starts with the head coach.

Does Fizdale have a good rep with players because he is personable and just tells them to go out there and do their thing, or is there something else about him that I just didn't see last year which made him a desired coach.

If Frank needs structure, he might just have to get it somewhere else. I think Fizdale likes guys with scoring mentalities who make passes off of their attempts to score, not within a system.

I liked our draft a lot, but Barrett, Hinton, and Iggy are all aggressive offensive players who seem better off with the ball. Will be interesting to see how Fizdale molds these young players- hope he can.

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6/21/2019  1:46 PM
Lets just cut to the chase and fire Fizdale already and give Miller the job. No one wants to say anything about how awful a coach Fizdale is. The guy is out and out a hack.
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6/21/2019  2:07 PM
Vmart wrote:Lets just cut to the chase and fire Fizdale already and give Miller the job. No one wants to say anything about how awful a coach Fizdale is. The guy is out and out a hack.

almost to the point I can't tell the difference between you and 1248

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6/21/2019  2:22 PM
martin wrote:
Vmart wrote:Lets just cut to the chase and fire Fizdale already and give Miller the job. No one wants to say anything about how awful a coach Fizdale is. The guy is out and out a hack.

almost to the point I can't tell the difference between you and 1248

You might be right we might be one and the same in mind. 1248 isn’t totally wrong. He makes some valid points. He likes the Knicks so he is one of us, he wants them to succeed. Some want to follow everything the Knicks do as the gospel some scrutinize them with their moves and motives. One of the goals Fizdale was hired for was making sure KP bought in. Fizdale failed that miserably. The Knicks were tanking great excuse to not teach and develop players into a system. Memphis did away with Fizdale without hesitation for what. Alienating his best player. This guy is a wall builder there is something about him that says no foreign players allowed. By end of December the fans are going to clamoring for him to be fired.
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6/21/2019  2:26 PM
Vmart wrote:
martin wrote:
Vmart wrote:Lets just cut to the chase and fire Fizdale already and give Miller the job. No one wants to say anything about how awful a coach Fizdale is. The guy is out and out a hack.

almost to the point I can't tell the difference between you and 1248

You might be right we might be one and the same in mind. 1248 isn’t totally wrong. He makes some valid points. He likes the Knicks so he is one of us, he wants them to succeed. Some want to follow everything the Knicks do as the gospel some scrutinize them with their moves and motives. One of the goals Fizdale was hired for was making sure KP bought in. Fizdale failed that miserably. The Knicks were tanking great excuse to not teach and develop players into a system. Memphis did away with Fizdale without hesitation for what. Alienating his best player. This guy is a wall builder there is something about him that says no foreign players allowed. By end of December the fans are going to clamoring for him to be fired.

Hey if you wanna waste your time with thoughts like firing Fiz and replacing him with Miller, no one will pay attention to anything you say

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6/21/2019  2:36 PM
Lest we forget why Fiz got promoted from Assistant in Miami, to the head coach job in Memphis?
Look if up. If not, its lazy.
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6/21/2019  2:43 PM
martin wrote:
Vmart wrote:
martin wrote:
Vmart wrote:Lets just cut to the chase and fire Fizdale already and give Miller the job. No one wants to say anything about how awful a coach Fizdale is. The guy is out and out a hack.

almost to the point I can't tell the difference between you and 1248

You might be right we might be one and the same in mind. 1248 isn’t totally wrong. He makes some valid points. He likes the Knicks so he is one of us, he wants them to succeed. Some want to follow everything the Knicks do as the gospel some scrutinize them with their moves and motives. One of the goals Fizdale was hired for was making sure KP bought in. Fizdale failed that miserably. The Knicks were tanking great excuse to not teach and develop players into a system. Memphis did away with Fizdale without hesitation for what. Alienating his best player. This guy is a wall builder there is something about him that says no foreign players allowed. By end of December the fans are going to clamoring for him to be fired.

Hey if you wanna waste you time with thoughts like firing Fiz and replacing him with Miller, no one will pay attention to anything you say

There a lot of view points out there Martin it may not necessarily reflect your own.
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6/21/2019  2:53 PM
Nalod wrote:Lest we forget why Fiz got promoted from Assistant in Miami, to the head coach job in Memphis?
Look if up. If not, its lazy.

Yeah he road on LeBron, Wade and Bosh’s coattails. Lets not forget Pat the rat.
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6/21/2019  3:03 PM
Vmart wrote:
martin wrote:
Vmart wrote:
martin wrote:
Vmart wrote:Lets just cut to the chase and fire Fizdale already and give Miller the job. No one wants to say anything about how awful a coach Fizdale is. The guy is out and out a hack.

almost to the point I can't tell the difference between you and 1248

You might be right we might be one and the same in mind. 1248 isn’t totally wrong. He makes some valid points. He likes the Knicks so he is one of us, he wants them to succeed. Some want to follow everything the Knicks do as the gospel some scrutinize them with their moves and motives. One of the goals Fizdale was hired for was making sure KP bought in. Fizdale failed that miserably. The Knicks were tanking great excuse to not teach and develop players into a system. Memphis did away with Fizdale without hesitation for what. Alienating his best player. This guy is a wall builder there is something about him that says no foreign players allowed. By end of December the fans are going to clamoring for him to be fired.

Hey if you wanna waste you time with thoughts like firing Fiz and replacing him with Miller, no one will pay attention to anything you say

There a lot of view points out there Martin it may not necessarily reflect your own.

Fiz did not coach KP. Ever. How could he "fail miserably"? How could he have alienated him?
He and Gasol butted heads. Do you think it was a Euro thing? He wanted Gasol to take more threes. Gasol compliments Fiz on making him a better player. Look it up. I posted article in last two days.
He might have an issue with Frank. Gasol went to HS in Memphis. Mudiay is Foreign. As foreign as Gasol. SO is Mario. There was no problem with Enes. Enes wanted to play. Knicks season was lost. YOu think Fiz should put Enes over the good of the team? Or you just want him gone so you can hate on a new coach?
Your entitled to an opinon, but you can't mask it fact. Then your just making shyt up. Its what 1248 does and why he gets called out.
Postscript: Gasol got traded to Toronto. Fiz learned a lesson and it makes him a better coach. Gasol took more threes. Memphis still imploded after Fiz left.
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6/21/2019  3:08 PM
coaching staff needs massive upgrade. we ought to just fire fiz now
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6/21/2019  3:19 PM
Nalod wrote:
Vmart wrote:
martin wrote:
Vmart wrote:
martin wrote:
Vmart wrote:Lets just cut to the chase and fire Fizdale already and give Miller the job. No one wants to say anything about how awful a coach Fizdale is. The guy is out and out a hack.

almost to the point I can't tell the difference between you and 1248

You might be right we might be one and the same in mind. 1248 isn’t totally wrong. He makes some valid points. He likes the Knicks so he is one of us, he wants them to succeed. Some want to follow everything the Knicks do as the gospel some scrutinize them with their moves and motives. One of the goals Fizdale was hired for was making sure KP bought in. Fizdale failed that miserably. The Knicks were tanking great excuse to not teach and develop players into a system. Memphis did away with Fizdale without hesitation for what. Alienating his best player. This guy is a wall builder there is something about him that says no foreign players allowed. By end of December the fans are going to clamoring for him to be fired.

Hey if you wanna waste you time with thoughts like firing Fiz and replacing him with Miller, no one will pay attention to anything you say

There a lot of view points out there Martin it may not necessarily reflect your own.

Fiz did not coach KP. Ever. How could he "fail miserably"? How could he have alienated him?
He and Gasol butted heads. Do you think it was a Euro thing? He wanted Gasol to take more threes. Gasol compliments Fiz on making him a better player. Look it up. I posted article in last two days.
He might have an issue with Frank. Gasol went to HS in Memphis. Mudiay is Foreign. As foreign as Gasol. SO is Mario. There was no problem with Enes. Enes wanted to play. Knicks season was lost. YOu think Fiz should put Enes over the good of the team? Or you just want him gone so you can hate on a new coach?
Your entitled to an opinon, but you can't mask it fact. Then your just making shyt up. Its what 1248 does and why he gets called out.
Postscript: Gasol got traded to Toronto. Fiz learned a lesson and it makes him a better coach. Gasol took more threes. Memphis still imploded after Fiz left.

He was brought here to sooth things over with KP hence his visit to Latvia. Playing Mudiay and Hezonja who were Perry specials one year contract players. WTF was he playing them for it wasn’t for future development was it.

I’ll take a new coach thank.
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6/21/2019  3:23 PM
CrushAlot wrote:Miller has been awesome in Westchester. Glad he made it up to the bench with the Knicks. This is going to be such a young team having another developmental guy on the bench is a great move. Maybe he is the next Nick Nurse. He spent sometime working for the Spurs so maybe he can help Frank figure things out.

So you don't believe we will get any stars?

Because the FO can't bring top Tier FA like Kyrie/KD/Kawhi or whoever and ask them to baby sit for 2 or 3 yrs until these young players are near ready...

The NBA is wide open with no power house in either conference.

Some of you are already predicting another TANK yr..Thats sounds like you have ZERO FAITH IN THE FO that they will be able to put together a playoff team with 70 mill at their disposal..

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6/21/2019  3:24 PM
martin wrote:
Vmart wrote:
martin wrote:
Vmart wrote:Lets just cut to the chase and fire Fizdale already and give Miller the job. No one wants to say anything about how awful a coach Fizdale is. The guy is out and out a hack.

almost to the point I can't tell the difference between you and 1248

You might be right we might be one and the same in mind. 1248 isn’t totally wrong. He makes some valid points. He likes the Knicks so he is one of us, he wants them to succeed. Some want to follow everything the Knicks do as the gospel some scrutinize them with their moves and motives. One of the goals Fizdale was hired for was making sure KP bought in. Fizdale failed that miserably. The Knicks were tanking great excuse to not teach and develop players into a system. Memphis did away with Fizdale without hesitation for what. Alienating his best player. This guy is a wall builder there is something about him that says no foreign players allowed. By end of December the fans are going to clamoring for him to be fired.

Hey if you wanna waste your time with thoughts like firing Fiz and replacing him with Miller, no one will pay attention to anything you say

Martin, why do you think Fiz is a good coach?

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6/21/2019  3:25 PM
martin wrote:
Vmart wrote:
martin wrote:
Vmart wrote:Lets just cut to the chase and fire Fizdale already and give Miller the job. No one wants to say anything about how awful a coach Fizdale is. The guy is out and out a hack.

almost to the point I can't tell the difference between you and 1248

You might be right we might be one and the same in mind. 1248 isn’t totally wrong. He makes some valid points. He likes the Knicks so he is one of us, he wants them to succeed. Some want to follow everything the Knicks do as the gospel some scrutinize them with their moves and motives. One of the goals Fizdale was hired for was making sure KP bought in. Fizdale failed that miserably. The Knicks were tanking great excuse to not teach and develop players into a system. Memphis did away with Fizdale without hesitation for what. Alienating his best player. This guy is a wall builder there is something about him that says no foreign players allowed. By end of December the fans are going to clamoring for him to be fired.

Hey if you wanna waste your time with thoughts like firing Fiz and replacing him with Miller, no one will pay attention to anything you say

Martin, why do you think Fiz is a good HEAD coach?

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