Did Phil Jackson Just Insult The New Knicks?

“”From my rookie year on, I”™ve had different roles,” Afflalo added. Sometimes you have to sacrifice certain things to make a point, and this week Jackson seemed perfectly willing to sacrifice the confidence and pride of his latest acquisitions to point out why the Knicks couldn’t do better. In his first year on a five-year job that will pay him $60 million, Jackson took the Knicks through an unexpected, bottom-out rebuilding effort that resulted in the worst season in franchise history.

The wild-card signing was 2011 draft bust power forward Derrick Williams, who signed for two years and $10 million. Otherwise, he learned a cold, hard fact over the last two weeks: He’s a franchise player in name only.

“I don’t look at basketball that way”, Jackson said.

Shved, 26, joined New York last season and showed that he was an efficient offensive contributor despite playing in only 16 games. That’s not what I’m doing. We’re going after solid players who will step into vacuums, who will play ball. But the basketball legend is clearly committed to making it work. “I want to be as impactful as possible on both ends”. “He’s a combination of Dirk Nowitzki and Kevin Durant”. DeAndre Jordan opted to re-sign with the Los Angeles Clippers. “I think everything went according to how we thought it would go”. “He is interesting to watch, and the growth will be interesting to see. I think he’ll find the comfort zone”. Despite the Knicks failing to advance to the Eastern Conference finals since 2000 and posting a mostly embarrassing back-page run of false prophets and flopping saviors in the subsequent years, Porzingis said, “It’s the best organization there is”.

But not yet. What’s unsaid there, but implied, is that the new players the Knicks have attracted aren’t top-tier LaMarcus Aldridge-type talents.

The Porzingis pick initially upset Anthony, according to the New York Daily News, and forced him to offer a subtle rebuttal through social media.

However, the Knicks still lack a second proven scorer with Anthony coming off major knee surgery. Anthony repeatedly said last offseason that he “believes in Phil”. In his first chance to act as a draw, Carmelo Anthony failed to encourage signees to spurn the bright lights of Manhattan for Milwaukee.

“We need to win, be a competitive team”,

Jackson said, per MacMahon. “When we’re putting a team together that’s our 1st priority; how do we make a team in that works together”.

Or we can all just calm down and stop speaking so irrationally.

“[Fisher] said he wants us to run more drag screens to start plays”, said Grant, explaining that coaches want to get he and others in downhill situations more frequently, to put more pressure on the defense and to quicken the tempo of the offense.

“Obviously Carmelo is a guy that is a premier player, we understand that”. He listened to the pitch from team president Phil Jackson, Mills and coach Derek Fisher and was sold. The Knicks made a deal with the Sixers to take Hernangomez with the 35th pick, and the Knicks plan to have him on the team in 2016-17. And for us, we can’t get caught in trying to hurry up and be great.

After meeting with the Knicks, he canceled his meetings with other teams.

Although his numbers declined since leaving the Warriors, Wright is still a quality player who can provide efficient minutes for New York. Jackson wouldn’t dispute Monroe’s decision.

“No, Greg went to the right spot, ” Jackson said.